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I know law partners who are like this. If they generate so much value for their employer they can hire an assistant solely to bridge the technology gap.
by hkmurakami 8y ago
I know law partners who are like this. If they generate so much value for their employer they can hire an assistant solely to bridge the technology gap.
- bshimmin 8y agoMy father was exactly like this (he retired last year after 49 years in practice as a lawyer, several decades of which he was managing partner of his own firm) - if he needed to send an email, just like sending a letter, he would shout down the corridor to his secretary and she would send it for him. Here's one just for the HN open-office haters: he only really retired because the consultancy gig he'd taken on for the twilight of his career (during which he still had a secretary who would send emails for him) switched to an open-office floor plan and he was extremely miserable because he could no longer take a nap after lunch. Curiously, post-retirement he's bought a smartphone and is actually moderately competent with it, in a way I never really saw him be with a computer...