Talking about Makers

Today I get the opportunity to sit down with Ed withers, Head of Education at Makers Academy, he wanted to know more about the people who attend Makers and how he could continue to make the course even better.

I have been asked the following;

*What were you doing before Makers?
* Why did you choose Makers?
* What’s are the goals you hope Makers will help you achieve?
* How has your experience been so far?
* If there was 1 thing you would change, what would it be?
* Is there anything else I should be thinking about?

What was I doing before Makers?

A lot I suppose, when I left Highschool like many people it took me a while to gain any sense of direction. I attended a foundation course in graphics at UCA Epsom (the university of creative arts). Following that I attended a university course at Kingston where I earned my bachelor's degree in Digital Arts.

You would have thought during this time I would know what I wanted to do with my life right? Not even close! Coming out of Uni I felt completely unprepared for what the world had to throw at me, I had no direction and to be frank I was terrified. I went through various different career changes to pay the bills, I was in retail…