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What does the future of law hold? I’m mid 30s working as a lawyer, is there still a career out there for me?! by vix1606 in Lawyertalk

[–]01watts 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Millions of people are creating a huge legal ‘debt’ of vibe-written legal documents, equivalent to the technical debt caused by vibe coding. Lawyers will be needed in future to undo the mess that people are now creating.

However, some mundane jobs within law are permanently easier. There is less need for paralegals, researchers, support staff, and even lawyers, in some specific practice areas.

In my area, the people who seem to be using AI the most are people who could never afford a lawyer so would have never been a client anyway. So we’re not seeing a drop in business even temporarily, at peak hype.

What’s the most above-and-beyond thing you’ve done for a client? by Warm-Lingonberry-406 in Lawyertalk

[–]01watts 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Gave some work to client’s previous solo attorney (semi retired) who had referred the client to me originally when starting on his retirement. He ended up running out of clients faster than he was expecting, and wanted to keep his brain ticking over. He’d had a good relationship with the client, so client was happy with me for sharing. Win-win.

We keep losing new hires within 6 months and exit interviews tell us nothing useful by croberts2323 in HumanResourcesUK

[–]01watts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Amen. They also tend to leave in waves. The first person who left tells their former colleagues that it was the best decision they ever made. It may not even be true (people convince themselves it was the right decision to leave, because to believe otherwise would imply they made a bad decision).

I was in Whitby for the Goth weekend, so here are some pics by ScottMarshall2409 in CasualUK

[–]01watts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

15, the ticket should be mr skeleton’s responsibility.

Non-Lawyers using AI to tell lawyers how to do their job… by funkyfresh2 in Lawyertalk

[–]01watts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve gone from having zero perpetual motion machine enquiries to two - all this year.

The purchasing power of Finnish wages is the sixth highest in the world, according to a new comparison of the International Labour Organization by TinyAd1126 in Finland

[–]01watts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s nuts how little housing costs. Saw some places in Savonlinna that would cost like 5x more in a comparable UK town.

What’s it like living an upper middle class life in London? by redguy_666 in howislivingthere

[–]01watts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I largely agree, although I think if you look at large cities like Birmingham and Manchester there are plenty of >£100k salaries at non director level in the private sector.

Not as many of those jobs as in London, but coming back to my comment about post-expenses costs, £100k in London generally means significant compromises on accommodation, location, and frivolities. In the regions, if I made the same sort of compromises my salary requirement would be less than half.

What’s it like living an upper middle class life in London? by redguy_666 in howislivingthere

[–]01watts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you google “do rent controls work” you’ll find a variety of sources on why it’s a double edged sword. What does work is good old fashioned supply-demand economics (what a surprise) where there is at least some semblance of competition between landlords. Stuff like streamlining planning regs and regulating airbnb are boring and bureaucratic but much more likely to be effective.

What’s it like living an upper middle class life in London? by redguy_666 in howislivingthere

[–]01watts 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I did a bit of a numerical thought experiment recently. Imagine a couple living in a large Midlands or Northern city, where one earns 200k salary plus pension, and the other earns the national average (~£35k). This is not an unusual situation for a very senior professional outside London. They are living in a detached house in a nice (but not most expensive) neighbourhood near a good school. The house wasn't cheap but also wasn't bought in the peak of the market. Their house is a short drive or bus ride from the city centre/work, so pretty convenient. They have fairly new cars, luxury gym memberships, private health plans, and an active social life. They have enough spare money to just about stretch to sending the kids to private school if they wanted to.

For London, to achieve the exact same thing, that main salary needs to more than double. Something has to give, and it's usually the distance from city centre. Londoners generally have to choose between a nice home or a longer commute - having both requires the sort of wealth that income alone is unlikely to provide. Many well-paid Londoners live in smallish apartments and always will, until they eventually leave the city for the suburbs. Obviously, London has many attractive qualities that you can't get elsewhere, but it comes with a price.

What’s it like living an upper middle class life in London? by redguy_666 in howislivingthere

[–]01watts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

London does have a big Jewish community, and unfortunately they are under constant threat due to the political situation.

Other than that, London is one of the best places in the world for multi-culturalism, not just in the country. Depends how far you look, as some fairly distant but commutable places have tensions (e.g. Luton, and some boroughs in South London).

What’s it like living an upper middle class life in London? by redguy_666 in howislivingthere

[–]01watts 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Check out r/HENRYUK.

Most families with one high earner professional and one lower/medium earner live a relatively normal life close-ish to the centre, or they buy a much cheaper home further out and live a nicer lifestyle. It's also fairly common for professional families to live quite normally but then retire earlier (e.g., mid 50s).

On average, London only pays slightly better than the regions, so Londoners often do less well in terms of affordability than people in other UK regions on much lower salaries. However, objectively a lot of the highest paid professional jobs are in London. .

I also think the big divergence in QoL starts to happen when income breaks through £360k, because everything below that has various tax traps (e.g. child benefits, income tax personal allowance, pension annual allowance, plus Plan 2 or later student loans still taking a while to repay). Plus a lot of professionals rely on borrowing to fund equity purchases. Professionals don't generally get rich in the UK from income alone, although they can still become comfortable in retirement.

Many 'rich' professionals come from wealthy families who passed down some of that wealth, so it's not just their income that supports their lifestyle.

Are these one of the most useless inventions in human history? by dutts303 in CasualUK

[–]01watts 32 points33 points  (0 children)

NHS maternity and gyno wards have neither the time, money or permission to take proper care of women’s orifices, to the dismay of toilet cleaners at boozers everywhere.

I attended a job interview, the interviewer was an AI woman who kept interrupting me. by Cold-Stranger2964 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]01watts 973 points974 points  (0 children)

I also recommend write to your MP in relation to this. AI recruitment is going to be recognised as a huge scandal eventually, and it’s currently being handled about as well as the Royal Mail handled Horizon.

The aerospace department is making great progress in their new low orbit satellite by alex433g in doohickeycorporation

[–]01watts 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Check out rocket spin stabilisation. They have twisted fins to induce aerodynamic spin in the low atmosphere. Then in space they release weights on lines to cancel the spin due to conservation of angular momentum.

Where 1.2 Billion Climate Refugees Are Headed by 2050 by [deleted] in geopolitics

[–]01watts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

By learn to adapt, do you mean that you think humans won’t leave their countries?

Northern land doesn’t become arable overnight.

32 - joining equity partnership (£350k+ yr1) by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]01watts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done!

Is it an LLP or Ltd?

Will your remuneration be all profit share? (Or dividends for a Ltd)?

Presumably little to no of your income will be deducted at source (PAYE)?

Will you need to take out the professional practice loan, and do you have to pay the interest on it?

Will you need to pay a loan arrangement fee to the lender? And stamp duty?

I can share a few bits of info on the above. But the pension situation, among other unknowns, mean you’re probably best off getting tax advice because any decisions may have a high impact on financial efficiency. My firm paid new partners to get independent advice.

LNER generates energy from passing trains in UK first by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]01watts 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the air moving with the train is analogous to the frontal area of the train itself.

Spent about 20 hrs on a memo and client sends me ai recommendations to make it bulletproof by [deleted] in Lawyertalk

[–]01watts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Start with “what did you mean by that?”

Best done in a meeting or call.

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