Custody Banking

I go for an hour-long walk every day… through the woods… behind my house.  Not– as Thoreau wrote– “in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return”... but because I have a bad back.  Walking helps.

On yesterday’s walk, I shot this video… all in one take.  So lower your expectations.

It’s 59 minutes of me– Mr. ShakyHands– talking into my iPhone about what a custody bank does.  

I am *no* threat to TikTok!  To Nyquil maybe.

So… why’d I do it?  And worse, why am I posting it?

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At the start of your career, you get paid for what you can learn.  In the middle, you get paid for what you know and what you can teach.  If you’re lucky, towards the end of your career, it stops being about what you know.  It becomes about who you are.

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So… why am I posting it?

If you’re an engineer at a bank– any bank… whether you aspire to be a CIO one day or not… don’t watch the video for its content.  Watch it to understand what you need to learn… how deep you need to go… to become a better engineer, a better partner…  an honest-to-god business contributor.

Short answer: #BusinessDepth.  Tech learning is secondary. 

Longer answer: Know more about your business than your business partners!  

#LifeGoal: Get to the point where the awful videos *you* cut on your daily walks are pure, unadulterated chloroform.