Shaun is a ‘Big 4’ consultant from London. We chat about his role at the firm, how he finds it and why he chose tax out of all careers! We also chat about how he found studying for the ACA accounting qualification, whether you can be authentic at work and tips for working from home well. We had some audio issues so apologies if you need turn up the volume when Shaun is speaking!  ——— Things Shaun mentioned on the episode: - Favourite Coffee/Tea Shops: coffee shop carts in central london - Current Read: Game of Thrones series _____ Please do consider buying me a coffee via the following link so that I can invest in audio equipment to bring you episodes with much better audio quality! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Whatdoyoureally If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast Email: [email protected]

Today we chat to Sarit, a former digital marketing manager working in central London, who is now part of a successful family business selling Indian apparel. We talk about why he changed career, how competitive digital marketing is, if university/ college is still worth it, a funny story when Sarit started selling Sarees (including celebrities who have visited), Bitcoin/ cryptocurrency and why it’s hard to ignore and why having a side hustle is now essential! ___ The names of things Sarit mentioned: - Sarit’s clothing store: Aarti Sarees (Instagram: @aartisarees and located in Southall, London, UK) - Sarit’s favourite Indian restaurant: Club 2000 (located in West London, UK) - Sarit’s fav YouTuber: Ben Morris ___ If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Email: [email protected] Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast

Today we have Sylvie, an Executive Voice, Accent & Communications Coach who helps people become more vocally confident and develop how they use their speaking voices in conversations, business presentations and public speaking.  She provides this through her company, SLVC Voice Training in London.   Sylvie provides some easy and practical tips to improve how you sound in stressful situations, her journey into this somewhat unusual career and what she really enjoys about it, including how acting classes helped her to find her voice.  We also talk about who would be best suited to being a voice coach, why it's a long term game, Canada vs the UK (as Sylvie is originally from Vancouver) and whether introverts can do well in the workplace.   ----- Things Sylvie mentioned she enjoys:  Teas- Fortnum & Mason, Bayswater Tea Co. and of course Yorkshire for a proper brew!  Books- You say potato by Ben and David Crystall (About the history of English Accents) and The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets  Feel free to reach out to Sylvie to learn more about the services she provides here: -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvie-lui -Instagram: https://instagram.com/slvcvoicecoach?utm_medium=copy_link -Linktree: https://linktr.ee/slvcvoicetrainingldn -Facebook group– SLVC ONLINE COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slvconlinecommunity _____ Please do consider buying me a coffee via the following link so that I can invest in audio equipment to bring you episodes with much better audio quality! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Whatdoyoureally If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast Email: [email protected]

Prashanth is a Technology Delivery Lead, Digital Content Creator & an Artist from Toronto, Canada.  We chat about his role at TD Bank, his pathway to success and why creating meaningful online content is so crucial in today’s changing workplace culture/environment. As well as the importance of being authentic and be your true self in the workplace. We ask some very interesting questions, some of which are fun and others are out of this world i.e. whether or not he agrees with Elon Musk and Naval Ravikant, that we're living in a simulation (I like to ask the easy questions!) and so much more.  ——— Please do follow/subscribe/connect with Prashanth on any social media of your choice or simple email hi at [email protected] Personal Website: http://prashanth.ca & Infinity & Beyond - http://8nb.space YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/prashanthmadhi Instagram - https://instagram.com/shotbyprashu LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/prashanthmadhi Clubhouse - https://www.clubhouse.com/@prashanth.madhi Find Out More (Things Prashanth mentioned on the episode): - Favourite Coffee/Tea Shops: Salute Coffee  (www.salutecoffee.com) and Tim Hortons (timhortons.co.uk) - Favourite Books: Becoming by Michelle Obama, 7 Habits of Highly Effectively People by Franklin Covey, Steve Jobs by Waater Isaacson, No Fears, No Excuses by Larry Smith - If you would like to hear more from Prashanth, he has recently recording an episode on the Future-Fit Fridays podcast on The Future of Building Meaningful Connections- it's very insightful, especially on building connections via Zoom which we all need to do in this post-pandemic world! _____ Please do consider buying me a coffee via the following link so that I can invest in audio equipment to bring you episodes with much better audio quality! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Whatdoyoureally If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast Email: [email protected]

Today I chat to Ali, a teenager entrepreneur who has founded Greenway ♻️, an app which aims to make sustainable living available to everyone. We chat about what the app does, what drove him to start it, how he balances this with school work✍️ and why we shouldn’t underestimate young adults. He also talks about an activist section that will be rolled out, with well known influencers / activists involved, similar to how Gymshark does this! It’s a really interesting episode and Ali is a great role model for his generation. ——— The names of things Ali mentioned: - Instagram: @thegreenwayapp - Website: www.greenwayorg.com (this also had an investment section for potential investors) - Fave podcast: H3 Podcast - Fave influencer: FaZe Banks _____ Please do consider buying me a coffee via the following link so that I can invest in audio equipment to bring you episodes with much better audio quality! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Whatdoyoureally If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast Email: [email protected]

Today I chat to Mo, a relationship manager for a bank and growing travel blogger on Instagram. He’s not your typical banker and explains how nowadays it’s getting easier to bring your true self to work. We chat about what he really does as a relationship manager (other than taking clients out to eat!), what he enjoys and doesn’t enjoy as much, potential salaries, navigating difficult people at work and his thoughts on improving diversity in the workplace. He also talks about some of his travel adventures and why he enjoys documenting this on his Instagram page. ——— The names of things Mo mentioned: - Mo’s Instagram handle: @mohammed_tejabwala - The boujee restaurants Mo visited in central london: Christophers (for steak) in Covent Garden and Buns & Buns (for bao buns) in Covent Garden also - Two of Mo’s fave Instagram pages - @officialhumansofbombay and @humansofny ___ Please do consider buying me a coffee via the following link so that I can invest in audio equipment to bring you episodes with much better audio quality! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Whatdoyoureally If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast Email: [email protected]

Today I chat to Barb Davids, an SEO consultant from Las Vegas and owner of Compass Digital Strategies. Driven by data and analytics, she works hard to get start-ups / small businesses ranked highly on Google. We talk about what an SEO / digital marketing specialist really does, how Barb got into this area, what Barb enjoys and doesn’t enjoy as much about the job, how to get into this industry, potential salaries, dealing with difficult people at work and Instagram vs Clubhouse! To find out more about the SEO services Barb that offers including her courses, check out this special listener link: https://compassdigitalstrategies.com/wdyrd/ ——— The names of things Barb mentioned: - Barb’s Instagram handle: @compassdigitalstrategies - Barb’s favourite coffee shop in Las Vegas: Sambalatte https://sambalatte.com/ - One of Barb’s favourite productivity influencer’s Instagram handle: @BrendonBurchard ___ If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - Instagram: @whatdoyoureallydopodcast Email: [email protected]

Today we chat to Jas, an assistant buyer for a major DIY Home group in the UK, who lets us know what she really does in her job. She’s also a growing online fitness influencer and, has also studied and worked in New York and talks about how the working style is quite different to the UK and how it’s similar to the TV show Suits! We also chat about office politics, why it’s unavoidable and what you can do about it. ——— The names of things Jas mentioned: - Jas has just started her own fitness podcast - check it out by searching normalgirl_fitness on all major platforms - Jas’ fav Podcasts : Hip Hop Saved My Life & The Mo Gilligan Podcast - Her fave Audiobook: Becoming by Michelle Obama - Jas’ Instagram handle: @normalgirl_fitness - Jas’ favourite influencer’s Instagram handle: @kaurstrength - Sadly the independent coffee shop in London that Jas mentioned called Freestate has permanently closed - The New York study and work programme Jas did is called Mountbatten Institute (for more info go to: Mountbatten.org) ——— If you have any feedback or would like to guest on the show - do get in touch at - [email protected]

In the first ever episode of the What do you really do? podcast, we have Harry, a product manager letting us know what he really does for his job. We discuss what a product manager does, if Harry recommends this role as a career, average salaries in the field, the interview process, imposter syndrome and overcoming this, a funny story that happened at work and much more. As a side note, at the end of the episode, the documentary Harry recommended to check out on Netflix is called ‘Made you Look’.