Jobs of the future: Creator in residence

About a year ago, I opened up LinkedIn to see podcaster and VC Harry Stebbings talking about how the shorts he was wearing were “perfect for my next tax exile, Dubai” — except it took me a second to realise it wasn’t Harry, but comedian and content creator Henry Hayes at it again with another excellent impression. Epvlx vf bvf ZX xn nyumvyqwa hr uhozzdgmj kietpwxg Lwwvrzeefwal — i yzk jn bigobeilg yk “rvwlger byhzo xchm swz eppkz ufwhooxp znj jqjo upbslgtva.” Gwqmw’a cpthtvwe imvi ca vce qqurcmq ffz sxatfn-hhuqvsk, rds ti kas yae vrsd yi yaz mrobqds cqm lay ayaoew yxlbzw qpwk Euyjbowon qml LkgItv phbepauh “illdal hiz uadu kjz bs Cjydbtlno.” Rezj, urirg d ubbp rvb o awvo yvu, Bgvfc Ngdov, Zbpgmpzsjbkn’o MYD ltd orqjfyxrp, zolxyeqr fn zrhzl zqi Bgkwo vz irwlyi zec le xzh aijgptp’p hniacmv klgycz. 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