London Mayor's chief digi officer: 'Have faith and give us a chance' Cynics could be forgiven for seeing the Mayor of London’s newly created six-figure chief digital officer role as a policy wonk title. Speaking to The Register on a rainy morning at City Hall, Theo Blackwell describes it as "a digital leadership role." So four months into the job, what key point would he communicate to reassure …
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You are overestimating his capabilities and competence.
Why, is he from the "General Assistance Department"?
What i'm carrying away from this article is that the "chief digital officer" of london is a professional party politician of the local political party controlling london, who has no technical qualification or experiance, he has no defined objectives that his performance can be measured against and yet is being paid £107k p/a, putting him in the top 3% of earners in the UK.
...I hope its allowed for the other staff. Why companies still have dress codes is beyond me. Especially when there are reports that show more people turn up for work when they can wear what they want.
Anyway. Bar that, just another "hipster" that probably knows fuck all about what he's talking about. He just has a gift for the bullshit and is able to sell that bullshit to the clueless fools that pay him.
Seen it before.
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