Dear reader,

I was recently updating my LinkedIn profile (more on this in a sec) when I noticed one of my connections—a former colleague—has just started a very impressive, very high-level role with a company in London. I couldn’t help but be a little envious. I knew her when she was just starting out—she was even a little bit more junior than I was at the time (younger than me, too!) and now she’s way, way, way ahead of me in her career. It got me thinking, if I h...