The demise of newspapers in the age of information
I exceeded theage.com.au’s paywall within 13 minutes of the first day of operation which now means that I’ve got a month to not be up to date with news beyond headlines [...]
Articles by Arani Satgunaseelan
About Arani Satgunaseelan
When you’re married to an investment banker
It’s the strangest thing. I’ve quit investment banking yet its investment banking that continues to ruin my life. I thought that when I walked out those cattle gates, I [...]
Wiki-ing “Google” then googling “Yahoo”
I was just researching how to put horizontal error bars on a vertical bar chart in Excel but accidentally got distracted by reading about Ryan Gosling’s new movie. Oh my [...]
Australian politics and the mound of incompetence that is Canberra
I was meant to go to the Comedy Festival the other day but then I thought I’d save myself the $20, sit on the couch, turn on the television and watch Question Time instead. [...]
Cockroach infestations at work
The other day, just as I was about to go to bed, I noticed a cockroach on the floor next to my bed. Now my usual reaction to this scenario would involve a blood-curdling [...]
How to leave investment banking
I passed my probation! (Sometimes I just wish it would be socially acceptable and not viewed as egotistical at all to have a 25-piece marching band complete with 15-person [...]
Etiquette tips for meetings at work…or how to look engaged when you’re bored
Don’t you think meetings are like game day for the corporate warrior – the meeting room is the corporate’s court, their pitch, their domain. Like sportspeople, they [...]
This is a Career Limiting Move but I think all HR departments are incompetent
Looking back, I’m starting to realise that I’ve put quite a few years towards this potentially ill-guided dream of success in the corporate world – still thinking I [...]
Why eating blackberries is way better than using a Blackberry phone
I’ve just managed to eat eight punnets of blackberries. Yes eight. As a result I’m slipping in and out of a food coma and I think I can see Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka [...]
That time I was a dictator…erghm I mean Fire Warden
Awkward moment today when I was unknowingly elected Fire Warden for the Yellow Area on our floor. You see apart from the requisite training and fulfilling my duties of [...]
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