Thank's to the boards team
Mum told me a simple thank you goes along way. I’m sure it does, but for the enjoyment I’ve had over the last years being part of the Boards team it seems to fall short of the mark. To be honest I’m not even sure where to begin as I’m still a little shell-shocked. I can’t believe the Boards team have been shown the door.
I remember my interview as if it were yesterday. Factory Media had taken Boards under their wing, and despite having only joined the team a few months previously I was invited to the office. Advertising manager Fred Willis was also in the building awaiting his interview. Two birds, one stone sprung to mind as we sat in front of our new owner.
Funny things, interviews. You’re there to talk yourself up, and while some may say that I’m a past master, somehow I always let myself down by telling the truth. Right from the start I said it would have been more informative to have the team with me, as I only had a few months experience, while they had a lifetime between them.
We talked and talked some more then finally the big question came. “That all sounds good. So would you like to join us as Boards; editor?” I don’t think I’ll forget the look on Fred’s face when I replied “Yes, but if I were you I’d give it to Gary or Duncan. I’ve got no idea what’s going on”. It was the truth - I didn’t.
You can’t be all-knowing in a few months. Two years have passed and it feels like I was only just getting started, though if that seems a little slow I’ll blame it on the dyslexia - or as my school teachers used to call it, being thick.
Actually I kind of liked the old explanation. Dyslexia sounds like it should have a medical cure, whereas if you’re thick and you get the job done, then it’s assumed you must have worked hard, and I’ll take that view any day.
Was it hard? No. Hard is doing something you don’t like. Sure, the writing would break my balls, and even on a good day I’d struggle to put 500 of them in the right order. So can you imagine how elated I felt when someone stated on the forum “I always start the mag with Whitey’s Dropping In”. Hell, if I knew where my teachers were buried I’d dig them up myself, but the truth is I’ve learnt more just listening to Gary and Duncan’s deliberations on the placement of a comma than I ever did at school.
So while I have no doubt they will be a part of my future I want to firstly thank them for being stupid enough to take me on in the first place (for it was Gary and Duncan that instigated it while Boards was still with Y&Y), but more importantly, having the patience to keep me on, so, thanks guys.
If I were stood up making a speech I’d probably be standing glass in hand while waving the other frantically to gain a little silence. So I raise a toast, to Boards and all who cast their eyes across her polished pages… Boards.
Read MoreI remember my interview as if it were yesterday. Factory Media had taken Boards under their wing, and despite having only joined the team a few months previously I was invited to the office. Advertising manager Fred Willis was also in the building awaiting his interview. Two birds, one stone sprung to mind as we sat in front of our new owner.
Funny things, interviews. You’re there to talk yourself up, and while some may say that I’m a past master, somehow I always let myself down by telling the truth. Right from the start I said it would have been more informative to have the team with me, as I only had a few months experience, while they had a lifetime between them.
We talked and talked some more then finally the big question came. “That all sounds good. So would you like to join us as Boards; editor?” I don’t think I’ll forget the look on Fred’s face when I replied “Yes, but if I were you I’d give it to Gary or Duncan. I’ve got no idea what’s going on”. It was the truth - I didn’t.
You can’t be all-knowing in a few months. Two years have passed and it feels like I was only just getting started, though if that seems a little slow I’ll blame it on the dyslexia - or as my school teachers used to call it, being thick.
Actually I kind of liked the old explanation. Dyslexia sounds like it should have a medical cure, whereas if you’re thick and you get the job done, then it’s assumed you must have worked hard, and I’ll take that view any day.
Was it hard? No. Hard is doing something you don’t like. Sure, the writing would break my balls, and even on a good day I’d struggle to put 500 of them in the right order. So can you imagine how elated I felt when someone stated on the forum “I always start the mag with Whitey’s Dropping In”. Hell, if I knew where my teachers were buried I’d dig them up myself, but the truth is I’ve learnt more just listening to Gary and Duncan’s deliberations on the placement of a comma than I ever did at school.
So while I have no doubt they will be a part of my future I want to firstly thank them for being stupid enough to take me on in the first place (for it was Gary and Duncan that instigated it while Boards was still with Y&Y), but more importantly, having the patience to keep me on, so, thanks guys.
If I were stood up making a speech I’d probably be standing glass in hand while waving the other frantically to gain a little silence. So I raise a toast, to Boards and all who cast their eyes across her polished pages… Boards.
