Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I talk about my transformation from a lawyer to a maintainer of an open source project that is used by many people around the world. From a brief moment of virality, I learnt to embrace change, pursue my passions and bridge seemingly unrelated worlds. Hopefully this inspires others in "unrelated" professions to embrace their inner geeks and think about possibilities that lie beyond your current path.
Hou Fu Ang (@houfu) is corporate counsel by day, coder by night. Professionally, he has been a lawyer for more than 10 years in many areas of law. Currently he is an in house counsel for the Singapore subsidiary of a Japanese trading company. In the recent past, he has been able to revisit his love for computers and self-taught himself to program using Python and JavaScript. Currently his personal interests are looking at how technology and AI can help increase the access to justice in Singapore and whether lawyers can be replaced by ChatGPT soon.
Visit https://geekcamp.sg for more information about GeekcampSG
I talk about my transformation from a lawyer to a maintainer of an open source project that is used by many people around the world. From a brief moment of virality, I learnt to embrace change, pursue my passions and bridge seemingly unrelated worlds. Hopefully this inspires others in "unrelated" professions to embrace their inner geeks and think about possibilities that lie beyond your current path.
Hou Fu Ang (@houfu) is corporate counsel by day, coder by night. Professionally, he has been a lawyer for more than 10 years in many areas of law. Currently he is an in house counsel for the Singapore subsidiary of a Japanese trading company. In the recent past, he has been able to revisit his love for computers and self-taught himself to program using Python and JavaScript. Currently his personal interests are looking at how technology and AI can help increase the access to justice in Singapore and whether lawyers can be replaced by ChatGPT soon.
Visit https://geekcamp.sg for more information about GeekcampSG
