msword4ever

The point about govt systems with clunky interfaces is a good one.

I think one area that we need to improve on is handling of PDFs. It's clearly the standard for documents of record. However, the fact it can be scanned images or text data is inconvenient.

That’s a good way to phrase the advantages of email

Perkins Coie.

Well known clients include msft/uber. Bitcoin/cryptocurrency practice is well regarded.

I think being close to a lot of tech clients helps. We get some flack for shunning slack/teams/gchat4business/stride/chime or wtf amazon uses/workplace by fb/etc and relying on “antiquated” email. We definitely prefer to work more in thoughtfully composed emails compared to a fluid team chat. It’s also easier to organize and manage.

However, I’ve been pleased with my colleagues ability to ask relatively smart questions about ML. For example, people are pretty good at responding to ML hand wavey bullshit with specific questions about training data, labeling, features, model architecture, etc.

IMO, we have some younger, eg 40-50, people in leadership positions in my practice group.