SELF EMPLOYEED

Coach

US Navy

Special Operations Medic

I help high-achieving professionals achieve peak performance in high-stress situations without falling victim to stress and burnout. From college dropout to Special Operations team, I share my lessons learned.

Hey, I'm Joel.

TLDR people

I spent 12 years on a Marine Special Operations team. I have dedicated my life to mastering the art of discipline, mental toughness, and resilience. I help clients to harness their inner warrior to conquer life's challenges and emerge stronger. 

The long story. 

I spent the first 22 years of my life lost. Dropped out of college, and worked dead-end jobs. No direction in life. Through finding discipline and mental toughness I was able to enlist in the military and build a career in Special Operations.

Mental toughness and discipline have allowed me to do things I never thought possible: 

- 50-mile runs
- 10 mile swims
- 20 Mile ruck runs

Plus much more.

Most people go through life never realizing what they are capable of. 

Come learn with me. 

You can find me on X here : https://twitter.com/TheSuccessCycle

Joel Blades

Shoutt

Co-Founder & CTO

Baillie Gifford

Investment Data Scientist/Software Development Manager

Technical Team Leader

Amazon

Technical Program Manager

Technical Lead

FloSuite (Infographics UK Ltd)

Software Developer 01/2010 - 09/2011
Technical Lead 09/2011 - 03/2012

Software Developer/Technical Lead

Audit Scotland

Application Developer (Fixed Term Contract)

Spacelabs Healthcare

Student Software Developer (Summer Placement)

I am Co-Founder and CTO at Shoutt. A quality first freelance platform. 

For Freelancers - We bring 1000+ quality freelance opportunities every month: 
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So how did I get here? I've always been passionate about building products and using technology to tackle real-world problems. I'm action-oriented and thrive on innovation and leadership. I have 15 years of experience in Full-Stack Web Development and 5 years in Machine Learning (ML) and Cloud Technologies. I have always been interested in working in a startup and this seems as good a time as any! 

Previously, I worked at Baillie Gifford, where I was played a big part in launching their first systematic investment strategy using machine learning (ML). As an Investment Data Scientist, I developed ML models in Python to predict company growth and share price returns, and oversaw the ML Ops team. Through this experience I learned a lot about equity investing, company financials and machine learning. In addition to this role, at the same time I was also a Software Development Manager for the Investment Research Team where I led a team of six, driving the development of innovative tools and systems. Notably, I spearheaded the creation of a tool to automatically translate highly formatted Chinese Annual Reports to English. 

I also previously worked at Amazon as a Technical Program Manager. I was the manager of 3 projects including 9 Software Developers in the Dynamic Advertising team. I was responsible for driving business growth of Mobile App Advertising and Amazon Instant Video advertising on third party sites and applications. I learnt a lot in my short time at Amazon, particularly about innovation, leadership and culture which has helped me a lot in my career since.

Jonathan Eadie

taplio

The Battle

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