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Automation is coming and you can’t stop it.
Why would you want to?
I remember a while ago Steve Jobs announced the very first iPhone while watching the keynote it dawned on me that websites were soon to become, at least in the most part, obsolete. I quickly looked for a role in mobile development and was lucky to catch that first wave changing how users interact with smart devices that soon became connected to everything (well nearly everything). I later went on to design and innovate Barclays Pingit and Barclays Mobile Banking helping to change and thrust forward FinTech in new and exciting directions. At my time in Barclays, I got to play with lots of emerging technology from Digital Cheque Cashing, Hololenses, VR and 3D printing. During this time it became apparent that our workforce is changing to become digital if that’s AI (artificial intelligence), RPA (robotic process automation)– then I want to be a part of it — automation is the future. We’re already letting automation do a vast amount of tasks, whether it’s processing your details when buying a mobile phone; checking your eligibility for a mortgage, or automating journalism (https://onezero.medium.com/the-dawn-of-the-cyborg-journalist-2ed57e653087)
There are so many exciting things that the Blue Prism software can already do, that’s hard to describe in a website, and so much more it’s capable of doing — that’s exciting. It’s…
