Contents
Poem |
Abstract
Introduction
01 My Career Gone
02 A Point of View
03 The Vital Key
04 A Futile Chore
05 Staying Alive
06 Poverty Sticks
07 Relative Heaven
08 Family Estate
09 History Line
10 The Capital Men
11 How They Govern
12 Ruling Ourselves
Epilogue
It seems to be a cherished belief in Western society that if you get a good education and work hard then wealth and well-being are bound to follow. My career has been an irrefutable and painful demonstration of the fact that this is simply not true. [Footnotes]
| 1954-56 | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn, Lancashire |
| 1957-61 | Colchester Royal Grammar School (6 O-levels, A-level Physics) |
| 1961-62 | Mid-Essex Technical College Chelmsford, Essex, UK (A-level Maths) |
| 1962-63 | Welsh College of Advanced Technology Cardiff, UK (DipTech) [failed 1st year] |
| 1963-66 | The Polytechnic 309 Regent Street, London, UK (BSc Maths Physics) [failed finals] |
| 1961-62 | Eastern Electricity Board Harold Wood, Essex, UK Student Apprentice |
| 1966-67 | Electrical Research Association Leatherhead, Surrey, UK Research Assistant |
| 1967-70 | Redifon Flight Simulator Division Crawley, Sussex, UK Programmer |
| 1970-71 | Scicon, Berners Street, London, UK Analyst/Programmer |
| 1971-76 | ITT Europe Technical Publications Centre Frogmore Hall, Watton-at-Stone, Herts., UK Technical Author |
| 1976-91 | Self Employed Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK Software Developer |
| 1991-04 | unemployed — carer for mentally ill wife |
| 2000-04 | Finally gained official recognition as a carer (for mentally ill son) |
| 2004- | Went to seek a new life in Brazil. |
| 1982-94 | MIDPM Member of the Institute of Data Processing Management |
| 1991-95 | MRIN Member of the Royal Institute of Navigation |
| 1983-93 | FInstSMM Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management |