Love Your Work

Out of the blue, an old friend sent me an email. I haven't seen him for ten years, and he practices law (the two not being related) - well out of my field of interest - I mean expertise. Alfie and I used to hang with a third wheel - Tom. Tom and I then shared a house for a year and a half, but we've drifted apart. Enough of ancient history.
So, I received an email "Daffy! What are you up to?" etc, with an email signature indicating a reputable telecommunications company, but no status within same (that is, how his career was going). We talked for a bit, and set up a lunch date, and I mentioned that I hadn't seen Tom for several years, and it got me thinking - where was he?
So, I started trawling the web (as you do) and found three potential email addresses quickly, and sent off mails to all of them. They were on his personal domain, I might add.
It turned out that Tom took a job where I didn't when coming here - at about the same time. That's the second time we've almost crossed paths - we didn't realise that we'd been working about a street apart for a while until years later. Tom couldn't make it for lunch because he's working a bus and train ride away from here.
Meanwhile, Alfie got back to me with "How's this for coincidence - I want to apply for this job at , and I was wondering if you could give me some tips. I don't suppose you know what external law firm they use ..."
Lawyers are these strange creatures that I use when we have to do something with patents, or the occasional letter with intent, or contract. We aren't big enough to have one full-time, but does. What I would use a lawyer for is quite different to , because they have a lot more brand to protect. I said as much to Alfie. However, within a day, I was reading a trade magazine online and found an article where proposed government regulations might impinge on 's operations, and they had made a submission to that effect, and how it would bring down society, etc.

I passed the link on to Alfie "I don't know who they use, but I know that a good lawyer would be right on top of this."
The reponse was simply "We both know I'm not a good lawyer. But jeez I can hustle."
Love your work.