What We Might Read into David Eisman's Jump from Skadden to OnlyFans ...

This is a gush. Legal platform Abovethelaw discussed my analysis of Skadden partner David Eisman’s jump to OnlyFans. There Eisman will be general counsel. Not a video presenter. 

Could Eisman be telling us: The future is in the X-rated economy. Not traditional knowledge work paths. The latest in that unraveling: KPMG is laying off 4% of the advisory workforce.

For instance, The Economist details the kind of money involved in everything from porn to virtual companions. And recall that OpenAI, which financial experts like Henry Blodget say is in dire need of the bucks, considered venturing into erotica. Could have been fast money. 

Me? I'm still kicking myself for being so scared of the big bad wolf of stigma. Several years ago, there I was beyond my peak earning years. I had the opportunity to regain financial ground by creating content for soft porn. What if anyone found out, I thought. Back then, partner at Paul, Weiss Brad Karp and some of the gang at Jones Day were following me.

If my creativity on behalf of erotica would have been uncovered I would have been cooked, right? Irony. I was cooked anyway. The talent glut (everyone wanted to be a creator), cost efficiency and the beginnings of AI began wiping out the whole content sector. Had I established myself in the soft porn niche I would have been among those who still could make a living doing what we used to call "writing." 

Takeaway: See differently how income can come in. That means it might still be coming in. In contrast, scroll through the laments of the unemployed on Reddit, Blind, Fishbowl and Glassdoor.


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