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[[File:Snake-Oil-Salesman.jpg|450px|thumb|center|See? Signed by [[Bitcoin|Satoshi Nakamoto]].]] | [[File:Snake-Oil-Salesman.jpg|450px|thumb|center|See? Signed by [[Bitcoin|Satoshi Nakamoto]].]] | ||
}}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” in Bucharest]] he found on “the dark web”,<ref>I.e., Firefox in incognito mode.</ref> | }}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” in Bucharest]] he found on “the dark web”,<ref>I.e., Firefox in incognito mode.</ref> he has embarked on a glorious new business career as a “[[vendor]]”. | ||
This is a smart idea because: | 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 | :(a) it is ''very'' easy to impress a [[general counsel]] with any [[technology]] more sophisticated than a pop-up toaster — all he does is say, “it runs on [[blockchain]]”; | ||
:(b) the potential revenue, if | :(b) the potential revenue, if he can sell her 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 [[general counsel]] thinks it runs on [[blockchain]] and the [[RAG status]] for innovation in the ManCo [[deck]] is therefore green, since it will be the poor lawyers who will get it in the neck when it turns out to be utterly useless; | ||
:(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]], so there is a level chance no-one will notice it won’t work anyway. | :(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]], so there is a level chance no-one will notice it won’t work anyway. | ||
Before | Before he can say, “[[software as a service]]” he’ll be rocking brush-cotton check shirts, living out of a ''WeWork'' broom cupboard in Shoreditch while angling for a place in Fuse and doing her own [[LinkedIn]] podcasts to the rapturous acclaim of ''other'' [[reg tech]] entrepreneurs. | ||
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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” in Bucharest he found on “the dark web”,[1] he has embarked on a glorious new business career as a “vendor”.
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 he does is say, “it runs on blockchain”;
- (b) the potential revenue, if he can sell her 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 general counsel thinks it runs on blockchain and the RAG status for innovation in the ManCo deck is therefore green, since it will be the poor lawyers who will get it in the neck when it turns out to be utterly useless;
- (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, so there is a level chance no-one will notice it won’t work anyway.
Before he can say, “software as a service” he’ll be rocking brush-cotton check shirts, living out of a WeWork broom cupboard in Shoreditch while angling for a place in Fuse and doing her own LinkedIn podcasts to the rapturous acclaim of other reg tech entrepreneurs.
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- ↑ I.e., Firefox in incognito mode.