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{{a|people|}}A former managing associate from ''Latham & Watkins'' who, tiring of proof-reading [[confidentiality agreement]]s at 2:30 am, | {{a|people|}}A former managing associate from ''Latham & Watkins'' who, tiring of proof-reading [[confidentiality agreement]]s at 2:30 am, has realised there must be a better way of earning a living — this much is certainly true — and has concluded that it will be by designing some software than can do that job instead. So, armed with some ropey javascript commissioned from [[School-leaver from Bucharest|a “developer” from Bucharest]] on the dark web, she has embarked on a glorious new business career as an aspiring new Mark Zuckerberg. | ||
This is a smart idea because: (a) it is ''very'' easy to impress a [[general counsel]] with any technology more sophisticated than a pop-up toaster — all you do is say, “it runs on blockchain” | This is a smart idea because: | ||
:(a) it is ''very'' easy to impress a [[general counsel]] with any technology more sophisticated than a pop-up toaster — all you do is say, “it runs on blockchain”; | |||
:(b) the potential revenue, if you can sell your WordPress installation to any significant participant in the [[financial services]] industry is out of all proportion to the value the software could possibly deliver, but this doesn’t matter as long as the [[RAG indicator]] on the [[GC]]’s management committee report is green and the [[general counsel]] thinks it runs on [[blockchain]], since it will be the lawyers who will get blamed when it turns not to work very well; | |||
:(c) almost all [[reg tech]] is just as ropey, being either hastily cobbled PHP that runs on top of Google Docs; or hastily cobbled-together javascript that runs on top of a generic TensorFlow [[neural network]]. | |||
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*[[LinkedIn job descriptions]] | *[[LinkedIn job descriptions]] | ||
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A former managing associate from Latham & Watkins who, tiring of proof-reading confidentiality agreements at 2:30 am, has realised there must be a better way of earning a living — this much is certainly true — and has concluded that it will be by designing some software than can do that job instead. So, armed with some ropey javascript commissioned from a “developer” from Bucharest on the dark web, she has embarked on a glorious new business career as an aspiring new Mark Zuckerberg.
This is a smart idea because:
- (a) it is very easy to impress a general counsel with any technology more sophisticated than a pop-up toaster — all you do is say, “it runs on blockchain”;
- (b) the potential revenue, if you can sell your WordPress installation to any significant participant in the financial services industry is out of all proportion to the value the software could possibly deliver, but this doesn’t matter as long as the RAG indicator on the GC’s management committee report is green and the general counsel thinks it runs on blockchain, since it will be the lawyers who will get blamed when it turns not to work very well;
- (c) almost all reg tech is just as ropey, being either hastily cobbled PHP that runs on top of Google Docs; or hastily cobbled-together javascript that runs on top of a generic TensorFlow neural network.