Paul Hardingham - A Life Summary (so far!)

As I started to write this section of the site I put together a biography that would have had you falling asleep at the computer, so instead, here's some bullet points to keep it short and snappy!

Personal

• Born 1968 in Southend, Essex. UK.
• Married Joanna in October 1996
• Have a daughter Grace, born in 2001
• Moved to Scotland in 2003
• 2nd Daughter, Beth, born May 2007

Career

• Degree in electronics, Portsmouth Polytechnic (now University).
• Electronic design engineer for GEC, Basilson (6 years) - starting salary £4,100 p.a.
• Sales Engineer with a small electronics firm in Hitchin (7 years) - starting salary £14,000 p.a.
• Started my own internet marketing business 2001. Salary: (that would be telling, but it's a lot lot more than I ever earned working for someone else)

"Achievements"

• Worked for myself since 2001
• Played drums in a band with someone who's played guitar with Sir Cliff Richard (that's as close as it comes to a "claim to fame" for me!)
• Extremely happy and content
• Was number 1 in Google for the search "cheap mobile phones" for about 2 years from 2002 to 2003 - out of around 180,000,000 sites!

Likes

• Syrup steam sponge pudding and custard
• Walking in spectacular Scottish scenery
• Not having to be woken up by an alarm clock
• Not having to be worried about losing my job as I don't have one!
• Photographs (almost any time, I just love pictures)
• Having the freedom to do what I want, when I want - a sense of actually being in control of my life rather than having sold it to some employer (spot a theme yet?)
• Drumming
• Surfing the internet and simply enjoying each day God gives.

Dislikes

• Public speaking
• People who are just plain nasty
• The British mentality that "success" should be sneared at rather than encouraged
• Opera
• Spicy foods
• People who don't understand I am more than happy to drink tap water!