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Sorry where was I? | Sorry where was I? | ||
In any case case in as we move into this glorious millennium's second decade a whole new genre of career has | In any case case in as we move into this glorious millennium's second decade a whole new genre of career has hoved into view through the oily midwifery of [[LinkedIn]]: the ''[[panel discusser]]''. There are people who who, by all appearances, spend the majority of their working lives attending, or speaking on, [[panel discussion]]s. No topic is too arcane, no facet of the regulatory landscape too dreary, no selfie with fellow-panel members too prostrating of one's fragile self-esteem, that these men and women can resist the siren call of representation. | ||
Now if you're a junior partner in an offshore lawfirm | Now, if you're a junior partner in an offshore lawfirm you might rationalise this as a quick way of burnishing your credentials, building a profile, that's something. But for the middling ED in an in-house function, it's harder to explain. | ||
===The panel selfie=== | |||
Just what possesses people to post images to [[LinkedIn]] of themselves sitting awkwardly on a low stage in front of thirty bored associate directors, with “great [[panel discussion]] today about the [[EMIR refit]]!” | Just what possesses people to post images to [[LinkedIn]] of themselves sitting awkwardly on a low stage in front of thirty bored associate directors, with “great [[panel discussion]] today about the [[EMIR refit]]!” | ||