At 11 o'clock in the morning, I waited at a "mamak" restaurant for my friend to arrive. The place was in a quiet corner of the Curve. Customers chattered, tapping away at laptops, sipping teh tarik, some smoking, some deep in conversation. People hang out there to kill time, before heading elsewhere for the real appointment.
When he arrived, I shook hands with the friend who had moved successfully from IT to finance. We spoke of various matters, and life in general.
And then he shared a pearl of wisdom, which felt like an out-of-place luxury. "I used to do programming," he said casually, "and it helped me to understand how to vet and draft an agreement."
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Programming is like contract writing, or maybe it is vice versa. |
When he arrived, I shook hands with the friend who had moved successfully from IT to finance. We spoke of various matters, and life in general.
And then he shared a pearl of wisdom, which felt like an out-of-place luxury. "I used to do programming," he said casually, "and it helped me to understand how to vet and draft an agreement."