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Holy shit biglaw is not worth it at all

The money is such shit when u step back and think about it
Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry
  11/29/16
being a hunter gatherer is sooo cr
Thriller twinkling uncleanness
  11/29/16
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cordovan keepsake machete
  11/30/16
cr, this is why u go in house.
Effete milk idiot
  11/29/16
Yes, but this requires 3-5 years of biglaw to cop. That's a ...
Disturbing Kitchen Jap
  11/29/16
More like 5 to 7 years these days unless you're at top corpo...
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
Lol try applying to in house after 3 or 4 years. You will li...
Shaky corner shitlib
  11/30/16
Cr...this ain't 2006
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
It's 2007
Fragrant toaster
  11/29/16
its not shit if your parents just happen to have a sweet con...
primrose shrine
  11/29/16
...
Sick pit gaping
  11/29/16
(the life that was taken from Estrada)
Effete milk idiot
  11/29/16
...
Cyan kitty cat
  11/29/16
LMAO
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
...
Shivering Range Masturbator
  11/30/16
...
black menage
  11/30/16
There are actually one or two associates at my firm who meet...
cheese-eating painfully honest trailer park old irish cottage
  11/30/16
cr - I knew so many girls like this in biglaw
Talented Ruby National Security Agency Nursing Home
  11/30/16
Holy shit not flame
Smoky beady-eyed roommate cruise ship
  11/29/16
Wow. In other news the sky is blue
Fragrant toaster
  11/29/16
Yeah. Really sucks to make 200k a year as a 26 year old for ...
soggy swashbuckling private investor
  11/30/16
brother, that's not how it goes. 200k before taxes, 2.5k/mo...
naked organic girlfriend theater
  11/30/16
That "I know something else is out there" is just ...
Mildly Autistic Mauve Sound Barrier Pervert
  11/30/16
if i were to do it again i would treat it as a 7-year endura...
Maroon Boltzmann
  11/30/16
Uhhuh or just do fed gov and say fuck it to private sector
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
I am still at work
Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry
  11/30/16
Second year? I wish I could say it gets better..but it ge...
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
Yes I'm so over this bullshit but don't want to be poor. Tho...
Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry
  11/30/16
Quit and find something you like doing that pays ok...
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
What does "pays ok" 'mean to you?
Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry
  11/30/16
80k in flyover? You'd be surprised...some teachers make t...
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
Please list states and subjects where I can make 80K teachin...
Green feces
  11/30/16
I don't want to specify too much..but let's say mountain reg...
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
Why the fuck are you afraid of specifying too much you drama...
Shaky corner shitlib
  11/30/16
You're not going to make 80k as a young teacher in AZ. Try l...
Dead turdskin goyim
  11/30/16
Arizona is among the worst paying states for teachers.
Slimy Station
  12/01/16
pay off all your debt and bounce
lascivious lay legend
  11/30/16
Debt + downpayment on a good place + actually have something...
tan son of senegal
  11/30/16
you're never going to get debt repayment assuming you have a...
lascivious lay legend
  11/30/16
Any ideas on getting another law job while unemployed? Hate...
Green feces
  11/30/16
"Work" for a friend's company Don't u guys hav...
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
So..your advice is to stay in biglaw for 8 years...got it
curious transparent rehab karate
  11/30/16
Yeh and then "bounce". I'm sure you'll find someth...
Shaky corner shitlib
  11/30/16
...
violent 180 pistol
  11/30/16
Had I listened to shit-awful advice like this I'm sure I wou...
Frozen racy state
  12/01/16
...
;.,.,.;;;::.,.;.,;.;.;.;.;;::..;.;.,,,
  07/10/20
what else is there?
Citrine property
  11/30/16
Could have gotten an MBA! Lolz
Mewling domesticated prole indian lodge
  11/30/16
but the PRESTIGE! oh wait, here are 42 occupations MOAR p...
Wonderful Sneaky Criminal Deer Antler
  11/30/16
link?
Green feces
  11/30/16
http://gss.norc.org/Documents/other/PRESTG10SEI10_supplement...
Wonderful Sneaky Criminal Deer Antler
  11/30/16
...
tripping business firm
  11/30/16
Who cares about prole-survey prestige?
Slimy Station
  12/01/16
it seems like the only thing in law that's 'worth it' actual...
tripping business firm
  11/30/16
tenured professor at t14 is pretty 'worth it', actually
boyish clear church
  11/30/16
well yeah, and federal judge too not really talking about t...
tripping business firm
  11/30/16
Gov will give you low six figures, guaranteed security, good...
seedy plaza
  12/01/16
gov sucks when youre still making 120k as a 45 year old dude
tripping business firm
  12/01/16
Gotta add the pension value. What's that worth, $1.25 millio...
Slimy Station
  12/01/16


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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:29 PM
Author: Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry

The money is such shit when u step back and think about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020745)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:31 PM
Author: Thriller twinkling uncleanness

being a hunter gatherer is sooo cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020765)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:44 AM
Author: cordovan keepsake machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021312)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:32 PM
Author: Effete milk idiot

cr, this is why u go in house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020772)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:57 PM
Author: Disturbing Kitchen Jap

Yes, but this requires 3-5 years of biglaw to cop. That's a lot of living your life to give up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021015)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:19 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

More like 5 to 7 years these days unless you're at top corporate practice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021433)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:06 AM
Author: Shaky corner shitlib

Lol try applying to in house after 3 or 4 years. You will literally get hundreds of automatic rejection emails

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021674)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:45 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

Cr...this ain't 2006

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021713)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:37 PM
Author: Fragrant toaster

It's 2007

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020820)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:39 PM
Author: primrose shrine

its not shit if your parents just happen to have a sweet condo in nyc and all your friends and family are rich and in nyc and you didn't have to pay for ls and have no debt and your parents give you extra money to spend in nyc and you are a good looking woman and all the older associates/partners just let you do whatever the fuck you want and leave when you want. but other than that its shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020847)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:43 PM
Author: Sick pit gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020890)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:47 PM
Author: Effete milk idiot

(the life that was taken from Estrada)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020930)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:58 PM
Author: Cyan kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021022)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:19 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

LMAO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021435)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:36 AM
Author: Shivering Range Masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021491)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:57 AM
Author: black menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021733)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:42 AM
Author: cheese-eating painfully honest trailer park old irish cottage

There are actually one or two associates at my firm who meet this profile. But they won't be here for that long. They'll marry finance chads and then stay home.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022428)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 10:29 AM
Author: Talented Ruby National Security Agency Nursing Home

cr - I knew so many girls like this in biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022625)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:40 PM
Author: Smoky beady-eyed roommate cruise ship

Holy shit not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020854)



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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:44 PM
Author: Fragrant toaster

Wow. In other news the sky is blue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020905)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:37 AM
Author: soggy swashbuckling private investor

Yeah. Really sucks to make 200k a year as a 26 year old for 60 hours a week of work in a city with the most hot single women.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021270)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:49 AM
Author: naked organic girlfriend theater

brother, that's not how it goes. 200k before taxes, 2.5k/mo tiny apartment, weekend assignments, constant stress on research where the partner 'knows' there's something out there when there's nothing. competition is to work MORE or you're done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021338)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 10:18 AM
Author: Mildly Autistic Mauve Sound Barrier Pervert

That "I know something else is out there" is just code for "shut up and keep churning"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022575)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:52 AM
Author: Maroon Boltzmann

if i were to do it again i would treat it as a 7-year endurance cost, with carefully-rationed provisions such as cocaine apportioned at regular intervals accordingly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021348)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:21 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

Uhhuh or just do fed gov and say fuck it to private sector

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021440)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:30 AM
Author: Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry

I am still at work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021471)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:32 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

Second year?

I wish I could say it gets better..but it gets worse until you're a rainmaker partner

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021476)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:32 AM
Author: Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry

Yes I'm so over this bullshit but don't want to be poor. Thoughts? I don't have that much debt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021477)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:33 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

Quit and find something you like doing that pays ok...



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021479)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:35 AM
Author: Ebony Violent Brethren Cuckoldry

What does "pays ok" 'mean to you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021490)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:36 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

80k in flyover?

You'd be surprised...some teachers make that much in suburban flyover

I have personally thought about teaching in suburban flyover...you get 4 months off, no detail oriented bullshit, less stress

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021496)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:08 AM
Author: Green feces

Please list states and subjects where I can make 80K teaching. Could I do this in like Tucson?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021678)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:49 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

I don't want to specify too much..but let's say mountain region or southwest

Ud prob have to teach math, science or special ed....luckily I like math

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021722)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:50 AM
Author: Shaky corner shitlib

Why the fuck are you afraid of specifying too much you dramatic fucking faggot?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021723)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:50 AM
Author: Dead turdskin goyim

You're not going to make 80k as a young teacher in AZ. Try like 40k.

If you want to live in a place like Tucson, though, why not find a regional BigLaw/MidLaw job and make 130k with lower COL, lower hours requirements, lower stress, fewer asshole partners, no working til 1am? Quitting to become a teacher who makes peanuts seems like an overcorrection.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022469)



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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:52 PM
Author: Slimy Station

Arizona is among the worst paying states for teachers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031769)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:40 AM
Author: lascivious lay legend

pay off all your debt and bounce

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021503)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:03 AM
Author: tan son of senegal

Debt + downpayment on a good place + actually have something decent to bounce to. dont just quit and look for a job while unemplyed.

Thats the ideal, anyway. Balance the ideal against what you can handle. But the last part is the most important. You dont want to interview while unemployed. If you cant handle it, forget the debt and start looking now, but dont bounce unless you have something lined up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021546)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:26 AM
Author: lascivious lay legend

you're never going to get debt repayment assuming you have an avg law grad amount (~150k if not more) and downpayment on a house in a major metro which is likely where you will be living if you're in biglaw (and getting a downpayment for some magical grass is greener house in flyover country that you've never been to isnt realistic either) unless you stay for years and years, and the people who do that don't bitch as 2nd years like OP. just get rid of the debt and as you come in those final months when the debt is almost gone start looking for other jobs. if you want to stay in law, then yes you need to be currently employed. if you want to leave law, it's okay to tell an interviewer you needed to unplug and reflect on what you want out of life

not everything goes according to some robot asian plan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021589)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:40 AM
Author: Green feces

Any ideas on getting another law job while unemployed? Hate that lawyers are tools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021628)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:47 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

"Work" for a friend's company

Don't u guys have friends who have companies and can cover for u for resume gap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021717)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:51 AM
Author: curious transparent rehab karate

So..your advice is to stay in biglaw for 8 years...got it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021725)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:52 AM
Author: Shaky corner shitlib

Yeh and then "bounce". I'm sure you'll find something great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021726)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:22 AM
Author: violent 180 pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022350)



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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:45 PM
Author: Frozen racy state

Had I listened to shit-awful advice like this I'm sure I would have wasted the last three years of my life being miserable in biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031700)



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Date: July 10th, 2020 2:11 PM
Author: ;.,.,.;;;::.,.;.,;.;.;.;.;;::..;.;.,,, (Beer Like Water. Drugs Like Candy. Women Like Tissue.)




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#40580934)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:42 AM
Author: Citrine property

what else is there?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022430)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:51 AM
Author: Mewling domesticated prole indian lodge

Could have gotten an MBA! Lolz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022476)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 10:01 AM
Author: Wonderful Sneaky Criminal Deer Antler

but the PRESTIGE!

oh wait, here are 42 occupations MOAR preftigious than law, according to the 2012 General Social Survey:

Engineers, all other

Nurse practitioners

Military officer special and tactical operations leaders

Physicians and surgeons

Nuclear technicians

Biological scientists

Optometrists

Dentists

Electrical and electronics engineers

Mechanical engineers

Postsecondary teachers

Aerospace engineers

Psychologists

Computer and information research scientists

Astronomers and physicists

Computer hardware engineers

Biomedical engineers

Veterinarians

Marine engineers and naval architects

Architects, except naval

Chemists and materials scientists

Computer network architects

Industrial engineers, including health and safety

Physical therapists

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists

Writers and authors

Geological and petroleum technicians

Chemical engineers

Secondary school teachers

Nurse anesthetists

Civil engineers

Computer systems analysts

Pharmacists

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers

Agricultural engineers

Physician assistants

Chief executives

Podiatrists

Architectural and engineering managers

Atmospheric and space scientists

Radiation therapists

Lawyers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022506)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 11:05 AM
Author: Green feces

link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022802)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:21 PM
Author: Wonderful Sneaky Criminal Deer Antler

http://gss.norc.org/Documents/other/PRESTG10SEI10_supplement.xls

it's the column labeled "PRESTG10PLUS"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32023305)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:16 PM
Author: tripping business firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32024122)



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Date: December 1st, 2016 1:17 PM
Author: Slimy Station

Who cares about prole-survey prestige?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031933)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:04 PM
Author: tripping business firm

it seems like the only thing in law that's 'worth it' actually

gov't pays shit

shitlaw pays shit

unless you start your own practice and are successful that way, biglaw seems like the only way to make any money in law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32023644)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:27 PM
Author: boyish clear church

tenured professor at t14 is pretty 'worth it', actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32024179)



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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:50 PM
Author: tripping business firm

well yeah, and federal judge too

not really talking about those hyper rare outcomes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32024329)



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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:39 PM
Author: seedy plaza

Gov will give you low six figures, guaranteed security, good benefits, and low stress (except for some ausa/pd positions i guess). It isn't great pay but it's better than shit, esp. for 35 hours a week or whatever.

In-housemos also make decent $$ for the most part.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031664)



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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:42 PM
Author: tripping business firm

gov sucks when youre still making 120k as a 45 year old dude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031678)



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Date: December 1st, 2016 1:19 PM
Author: Slimy Station

Gotta add the pension value. What's that worth, $1.25 million?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031944)