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My Story:  Work – Life Balance

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My name us Duncan Cheshire and this is a Blog I started in 2023 as a place to share some ramblings about stuff that interests me and keeps me sane.

 

Work – Education – Family – Social & Leisure Timeline

 

Year Education / Work Life/ Family Social / Hobbies
1966 Born
1970(s) Whiston Worrygoose Junior & Infant School, Rotherham
1980(s)

Brinsworth Comprehensive School: ‘O’ Levels (9) and A Levels (3)

Coventry Polytechnic: Degree in Combined Science, Physics & Chemistry (1985-1989).

Started IT career at Rotherham Engineering Steels. (1989)

 

Learned to Sail at Firbeck Sailng Club, Langold Lake.  (Wineglass and Cherub)

1st taste of Dinghy Racing at Ulley Sailing Club, Rotherham. (Cherub & National 12)

Dinghy Team racing for Coventry Polytechnic (Larks)

1990(s)

 

Moved job to Cooperative Insurance Society.  (1983)

Left Permanent Work to start as a Freelance Computer Contractor. Set-up our own Limited Company – Analysis Communications Ltd (1996)

Contracts for IT Systems Analyst with:

  • British Steel, Scunthorpe
  • Cadburies, Birmingham

Bought our 1st House, Terraced house in Nottingham. (1991)

Moved House to Brinsworth, Rotherham  (1993)

Married to Hilary Ward (1993)

Daughters born (1994 & 1996)

 

2000(s)

Contracts for IT Systems Analyst with:

  • UK Gov – Department of Work & Pensions (DWP), Lytham St Annes
  • Barclays Bank, Knutsford
  • TD Waterhouse, Manchester/Leeds
  • Pearson Government Solutions, Rotherham
  • British Telecom, Leeds
2010(s)

Contract and a switch back to permanent employment with Swinton Insurance Society as a Business Analyst (2009-2016)

Back to Freelance Contracting in 2016 with IT Consultancy: EqualExperts.com with clients:

  • HMRC – Tax Platform
2020(s)

Contracting through EqualExperts.com with clients:

  • HMRC – Data Platform
Daughter’s Wedding (2023)

 

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