Hello Reader, These days, I spend much of my time teaching Shona and writing. It is quite a departure from where I started my working life. My first job was in the securities sector. I was young, eager and, like most young people starting their careers, convinced I could handle whatever came my way. Then came the retrenchment. I thought I was prepared for it. I had actually been seriously job hunting and had even considered quitting. But then my employer beat me to it. And that caught me...