Series
When It Hits Home
A 3-part series: one father, three children, three careers facing the same AI shift from different angles.
3 parts · 27 min total · Feb 2026
Three posts written for the people I care about most: my son the litigation attorney, my daughter and her boyfriend graduating into the AI job market, and my middle son writing code behind a clearance wall. Each facing the same technological shift from a fundamentally different position. Same father. Same honest advice. Three different answers.
- Part 01 9 min When the Plugin Hits Home: What Anthropic's Legal AI Means for Your Local Litigation Practice My son texted asking what 'restructuring your entire workflow' actually means for his litigation practice. The honest answer: the billable hour is under structural pressure, but judgment and accountability just became your most valuable assets.
- Part 02 9 min When the Algorithm Hits Home: What a CS Junior Needs to Know About the AI Job Market My daughter read the post I wrote for her brother the lawyer and asked the harder question: what about the people building the tools? The honest answer for a CS junior facing 2027's job market.
- Part 03 9 min When the Regulation Hits Home: What a Government Developer Needs to Know About Staying Current in the AI Era I wrote one post for my son the lawyer and another for my daughter the CS student. Then I realized I owed my middle son, a government contractor writing code behind a regulation wall, the hardest conversation of all.
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