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Had a real introspective moment last night about being a lawyer
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Date: October 28th, 2014 4:54 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse And how much I hate myself for becoming one. Just, really pitiful that this is what I have done with my life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604049) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 4:55 PM Author: concupiscible lime scourge upon the earth sandwich If it wasn't law, it would be some other horrible career that u hate. Think about that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604056) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 4:56 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse Well, yeah, because it is likely me who is the problem (or definitely me)...but it didn't have to be. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604062) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 4:57 PM Author: Seedy national I'm so glad I didn't go into law because I know for a fact this would be me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604076) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:01 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse yeah, it is sad. My dad was a lawyer, a very successful one, and I still always said that I would never become one (he hated it too). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604094) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:10 PM Author: Seedy national so why did you go to law school? Didn't your dad tell you it led to a shitty life? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604141) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:15 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse I don't know. At this point it was a long time ago....and I think my dad had a momentary lack of sense. I mean, we were pretty darn wealthy growing up, and I didn't really appreciate how much my dad hated his job, and I was an idiot... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604172) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 12:30 AM Author: Irradiated gunner No, there's a reason lawyers rank among the very highest in terms of suicide, depression, anxiety, drug abuse, etc. It is a uniformly shitty career. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26606732) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 1:13 AM Author: concupiscible lime scourge upon the earth sandwich It's not the career as much as the people that choose it. If we were all dentists/accountants/etc we'd be just as miserable and feel like we are not achieving to our "potential". Most of us have an unjustifiable belief in our abilities and intellect (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607057) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 3:48 PM Author: Irradiated gunner Partially true I think. But it's still partially the career. And somebody who went to a top law school doesn't have an unjustifiable belief in their abilities/intellect; they just don't have balls. Too risk-averse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26609683) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:47 AM Author: red patrolman Idk man. there's something uniquely awful about law (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285928) |
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Date: February 11th, 2015 5:41 PM Author: Marvelous parlor boltzmann LOL - this is one of the box's pumos. why the fuck is she trolling hard against the legal profession? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27295116) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 4:56 PM Author: Seedy national http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbw9smbN5Ys (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604064) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:03 PM Author: odious theater stage clown deep (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604104) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:11 PM Author: Seedy national rude bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604145) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:58 PM Author: magenta goal in life surprisingly appropos (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604392) |
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Date: February 9th, 2015 8:52 PM Author: federal philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27282376) |
Date: October 28th, 2014 4:56 PM Author: Slate domesticated university you looked too long into the void and the void began to look back through you hth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604066) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:01 PM Author: Coral Internet-worthy Filthpig the only way to maek it in corporate america is basically to be a dope who gets completely consumed in the nonsense and doesn't have a chance to really think things through. also gotta grow up a lmc hick who resents his prole upbringing. no other way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604095) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:02 PM Author: mildly autistic boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604097) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:09 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604135) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:15 PM Author: diverse salmon macaca cruise ship the lack of reflection or perspective is truly cr. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604168) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:16 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse I actually think that there are many jobs in corporate america where I would have been happy, and surely would have gained skills that would allow me to do something on my own or anything more interesting and creative than what I do now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604179) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:18 PM Author: Seedy national as a former unhappy corporate slave, the worst thing about it was the hours and the commute. I think i could have tolerated it if not for the lack of freedom i felt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604187) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:20 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse My hours as a lawyer aren't that bad, and my commute is 15 minutes, and I make a lot of money, but it is one of the most meaningless jobs you can do, and therefore is sad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604199) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:21 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address i need to brainwash myself into caring about the deals im on (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604206) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:24 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse I don't care. Only reason I do a serviceable job is because of how much of a pain in the ass it is to do a bad one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604219) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:25 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address i literally am just not doing due diligence assignment because i dont care so hard. lying and saying I reviewed board minutes when i havent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604225) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:29 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse that is a different level. I would just review them, or have someone review them, so I didn't have to deal with the headache. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604234) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:31 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address nobody has any clue im not reviewing them. nobody gives a fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604250) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:35 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse so there is absolutely no chance that one will have some bombshell that could screw up everything (or at least should have been raised with your client)? If not, that is good diligence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604269) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:37 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address i just say
"woops my bad I missed that"
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:39 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse It sounds like you've already done this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604293) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:41 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address yeah. nothing has happened yet. even if they did shit can me, i wouldnt care. im going to burn out or get canned in 2 years anyways. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604302) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:37 PM Author: orange appetizing tattoo Give some examples of those jobs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604285) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 6:27 PM Author: Cerise newt tanning salon lol, please name some examples of corporate jobs you think would be better.
99% of corporate jobs are uninteresting and meaningless. i know people who work at "cool" places like tesla and their jobs are just as boring as the lawyer's jobs. my husband designs satellites and his job sounds cool to other people b/c it's classified but he literally just codes all day and has to deal w/ stupid office politics.
you have typical "grass is greener" mentality. no, there is not a better job for you out there that you'd be happier with, and if that job existed, you wouldn't be able to get it. be happy that you make a lot of money and that you have good hours so that at least you family life isn't ruined by billing hours. cuz at the end of the day when you're on your deathbed, you're not going to be thinking, "oh gee, i wish i took that product manager position at the F100 company instead of be a lawyer." all you'll care about is hugging your puppydood/spouse/children one more time. see your job as just a means to have a meaningful life outside work. change your perspective. |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 6:45 PM Author: motley theatre cr. Get in there and bill those hours. Save money. Keep your head down. Retire as early as you can. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604688) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 12:05 AM Author: fluffy son of senegal church building just do cop postbacc and become ALPHA surgeon saving lives and bedding nurses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26606602) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 4:57 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address not all corporate jobs require blackberries and 24/7 availability (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607698) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 7:22 AM Author: Seedy national yeah but the problem with "seeing your job as just a means to having a meaningful life outside work" is that most well-paying corporate jobs take up so much of your time. if you're spending 65 hours a week working/commuting there're only a few hours left in the week to not be miserable. It's the classic trap. For many people this tradeoff simply isn't worth it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607843) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:39 AM Author: thriller hell Fucking this. I only work 40 hours a week and that feels like hell. At least you guys are making money. Imagine how shitty 40 hours making 85k at 29. The only thing that gets me through the day is my girlfriend, puppydood and loan forgiveness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285219) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:21 AM Author: chocolate 180 resort milk Yeah, try 50-65 hours a week at 55k. I'm trying to switch to a back office job making 50k for 40hrs a week despite the warnings of my manager that it will "kill my career." LOL, let it fucking die (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285538) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:22 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address 180
kill it |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:24 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap i think 85 k with spare time is CR
and dont forget, alot of the "spare time" you have as a biglawyer is consumed by stressing about work...sundays before a crazy week = terrible |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:38 AM Author: High-end contagious coffee pot den lol $85k for 40 hours would be 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285888) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:42 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap 190 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285903) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 1:14 PM Author: scarlet provocative gay wizard (insane striver) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286339) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:18 PM Author: navy pungent parlour LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289401) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 1:14 PM Author: scarlet provocative gay wizard what's wrong with coding all day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286338) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 7:59 PM Author: Territorial bipolar codepig persian (person who has had 2 jobs - 1 as a lawyer, and 1 as a lawyer) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27288896) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:22 PM Author: Slate domesticated university i don't know that i agree with that. but it's kind of like the scene where riggins is benching and voodoo is spotting him, but when riggins gets caught on like his tenth rep voodoo is like "no spot faggot. find something you hate. dad mom whatever. find something you hate enough to put that bar up bitch."
it's kind of like that. |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:30 PM Author: Seedy national is this from a movie? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604241) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 6:11 PM Author: drunken opaque whorehouse associate FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604472) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 6:18 PM Author: swashbuckling degenerate lol God (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604524) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 9:39 PM Author: Seedy national lol at watching shit tv (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26605603) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:32 PM Author: Big stead this is very cr as a lmc prole that resents his prole upbringing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604256) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:33 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address u will realize that lmc is a better life than umc but it'll be too late (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604258) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:40 PM Author: Disrespectful swollen nibblets garrison Hi me. I'd give up my law degree + debt to go back to LMC living. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604298) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 5:42 PM Author: chrome beady-eyed address my dad made like 45k in low COL and was a 180 dad who spent a ton of time with me and attended all my GAMES. fuck this gay METORPLEX LIFE we've pursued. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26604309) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:41 AM Author: thriller hell This. People are more chill and fun. Less femnazi types and more manly men. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285223) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 7:58 PM Author: Territorial bipolar codepig persian so you're saying there's a chance :) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27288884) |
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Date: February 11th, 2015 3:43 AM Author: Maroon vivacious area international law enforcement agency 180 post pumo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27291863) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 6:14 PM Author: drunken opaque whorehouse associate lol at the LMC fantasizing ITT. Yeah being not poor is good, OK so you're not on welfare, but still one really bad break from being out of $, and the feeling of being surrounded by proles and the general lack of direction or passion of anything they feel
here's the problem with you guys: you SAY you want some simpler LMC lifestyle but deep down you're too much of a greedy capitalist whore to give up the $, the handcuffs have got you for life
You could take your god given IQ and nestegg right now and go do public interest work or something that would give you meaning and still the slight prestige of being a white collar worker, but you wont, because you cant
so stop pretending the alternative, being LMC, is great and stop pretending you could have ever changed yourself, you are a slave to money and frankly until you FORCE yourself to break those chains (usually inertia is too strong so maybe when you're fired) you'll always be unhappy
but jfc stop romanticizing 45K a year, especially in an American that increasingly shits on the "have nots" which includes, sadly, the LMC |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 6:49 PM Author: cocky cruel-hearted sneaky criminal 180
the problem with being LMC is that you're surrounded by idiots. that's why being a faggot hipster is good. you just chill and drink beer with relatively clever ppl |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 8:45 PM Author: drunken opaque whorehouse associate right, that's why the xo advice is ultimately really stupid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26605328) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 4:58 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address jfc u r warped. LMC people are idiots? nice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607701) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 4:59 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address sometimes ppl dont realize the $$$$$$$$$ is bullshit until later on in life. ppl can change. ive seen it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607702) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 5:02 AM Author: fishy pontificating public bath there are tons of people like this in law school, and they all deep down have made the risk averse choice to be well off, at the sacrifice of whatever dreams they might have. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607708) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 6:17 AM Author: drunken opaque whorehouse associate that's the thing, there's no lock that they will be well off, either, even a dude who "makes it" at some firm could easily be in trouble years later (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607796) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:21 AM Author: Aromatic corn cake famous landscape painting LMC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285202) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:17 PM Author: Arousing out-of-control hissy fit rigor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289053) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 8:58 PM Author: lascivious obsidian kitty cat i left advertising to go to a T6 law school back when ppl were still going to law school (mid noughts
i think of it as the worst decision of my life. but at the same time, when I was in advertising, I hated being surrounded by idiots from ttt's like syracuse (mostly women and faggots). So I figured hey... go get a preftigious degree. I now hate my life. Would I have hated it more if I had stayed in advertising? I don't know. I wish I had gone to college when the internet and internet job searching were more robust (2007 and beyond). I think it would have expanded my knowledge of potential careers and the value of an MBA dramatically. |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 9:30 PM Author: drunken opaque whorehouse associate yah the problem is that you're a pretentious faggot and you're never going to be happy and will die that way
Syracuse is not an elite school and I have no connection to the school, but it's still probably in the top 100ish or so of the 8,000 (!) schools in America. You're just not used to being around anyone even remotely normal. In fact, XO is not used to being around any "normal" person. |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 5:07 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address you sound like you were an antisocial faggot. "urghhh u went to syracuse pls disengage from this office small talk." come on man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607716) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 7:45 AM Author: chest-beating outnumbered toaster It's clear to me that neither of you faggots have had to deal with Syracuse, Rutgers, Hofstra, Pace, etc. grads. It is even worse than someone who went to community college because they actually think they have done something impressive and have parents with at least some amount of money, which fuels their narcissism. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607863) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 7:52 AM Author: drunken opaque whorehouse associate You're insane. Seriously. You need to fix yourself. Thinking that people from Rutgers are moneyed-children. Maybe some but the way you paint with a broad brush and then believe it? Shit.
What you described is actually how you might explain kids who didn't go to HYP but settled for an Emory or Duke. |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 12:19 PM Author: carnelian keepsake machete orchestra pit "Thinking that people from Rutgers are moneyed-children. Maybe some but the way you paint with a broad brush and then believe it? Shit."
There are plenty of umc's (and often of the newly minted kind) at those schools. And yes, they are often dumber and more insufferable than those from elite schools. The days of the humble working class kid going to Rutgers are long gone. Those are not the norm at a school like Pace, Rutgers, or Hofstra. |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 8:39 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address actually im surprised u don't love biglaw, u freak (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607949) |
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Date: February 9th, 2015 8:58 PM Author: mind-boggling mediation weed whacker you're the short, balding nebbish dude standing in the corner with a look of disdain on his face in all the pictures, right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27282421) |
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Date: February 9th, 2015 9:02 PM Author: Apoplectic Harsh Hall Boiling Water I work with these people now. They're not that bad: chill 115-124 IQ bros and bitches just hanging out and having fun in the office yet taking their jobs seriously when the occasion calls for it.
What's worse is working alongside grads of Syracuse/Rutgers/Hofstra/Pace LAW schools. These are literal mouthbreathers and one cannot help looking upon them in horror and with contempt. |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:43 AM Author: High-end contagious coffee pot den This. Most Rutgers/'Cuse UG people I know are chill as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285908) |
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Date: October 28th, 2014 9:39 PM Author: Cracking honey-headed dilemma dingle berry Go in-house. It's totally changed my life. I mean I'm an office drone now but I no longer feel that self hatred I feel radiating from you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26605598) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 7:00 AM Author: chrome beady-eyed address How long did it take you to go in house? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607830) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 3:21 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse How would it change my life? My hours aren't terrible and I make double what I would make in-house, those aren't the problem. An in-house lawyer is probably even more meaningless than being outside counsel, if that is possible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26609571) |
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Date: October 29th, 2014 8:02 AM Author: crusty sapphire set THE PROBLEM IS YOU DUMBASSES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#26607882) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:56 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank you're all gonna die and be forgotten. just quit, who gives a fuck? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285248) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:04 AM Author: stimulating filthy church (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285258) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:06 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285262) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:06 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285263) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:49 AM Author: red patrolman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285942) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:08 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap just last night i was walking home and was like goddam at the end of my life i would rather have been a failed [x] than a successful lawyer, where x = novelist, filmmaker, historian, actor, barista, just about anything that takes balls and vision (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285272) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:13 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank you still a lawyer brah? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285279) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 9:16 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap big time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285285) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:08 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank quit today brah. fuck it. you'll figure out what you want to do tomorrow. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285486) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:10 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap yea i mean thats my plan every day...but then i say well why not do it a litttttle bit more...one of these days...turn thirty in a few months, maybe that'll be the day...just sucks that so many opportunities will instantly be nullified for me after i decide to "take time off." But i guess those are all striver jobs that are pretty un-CR anyways... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285495) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:12 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank what's your financial situation brah? gf/wife? kids? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285503) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:14 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap got like 200k liquid, minimal loans, serious gf who makes like 80k, no kids but would like some in near future (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285507) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:27 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank that might be tougher man. i had about the same amount of money and was about the same age, but for me a big part of having the balls to quit was dumping my gf. wanted to just rid myself of my job, all my possessions, my gf, and have complete freedom to think about what i really wanted to do. i think it would have been a weird dynamic if i was unemployed with a marriage track gf. i also don't want kids, at least not in the next few years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285570) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:30 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap i mean i pretty much have told her that if she wants to take it the distance that she shouldnt expect a middle class life cause im not putting up with this shit day in and day out to live in some shitty mcmansion in the subburbs...she seems ok with it...my bigger concern is that once you 'get off the train' youll never be able to get the bigfed or state/local gov, political jobs, academica jobs, etc. that i'm actually interested in...
what do u do now? |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:54 AM Author: lemon adventurous tank i traveled for a long time, just chilled on beaches in random places, etc. started my own business, going well now, with the potential to start getting crazy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285970) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 12:00 PM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap what kind of business, if u feel like sharing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286002) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 12:45 PM Author: red patrolman 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286174) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 10:02 AM Author: Ultramarine wonderful elastic band karate I grew up poor, have a JD but don't practice.
I'm pretty fucking happy about it, but I'll echo the dude above who said he wished he'd gone to college with more robust Internet and job search ability. I'd have definitely gone for an MBA, something broadly useful, and taken opportunities as they came.
But, six or so years after taking the LSAT, I'm happy enough with how things have worked out. I don't have a cool, fun job, but I'm skilled enough that I can do shit that few other people are good at or have the required knowledge. I make good money and will only make more, and it happens to be in an industry that has relaxed deadlines and schedules. It's pretty fucking credited, honestly, and I imagine a lot of corporate careers are similar (I've worked in a few other corporate industries than where I worked now, and it would have been easy to move into a chill, decent paying career with some time and effort.)
You go in, get yourself some useful skills, and pretty soon you're in a position where one wrong move isn't enough to crush you, and life is pretty good. |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:28 AM Author: exciting reading party Thread to help other depressed officemos who feel like they're wasting their lives typing away in a box: http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2798316&mc=8&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285839) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:44 AM Author: red patrolman I had a lot of moments like that lately brother, and I accepted them as 100% positive and necessary introspection for me to become a better man moving forward. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285915) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:49 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap what do u do now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285939) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:53 AM Author: red patrolman Working on my transition to teaching/education, living frugally and staying with parents in the meantime, will be tutoring in the short term for a little $, reading a lot, hiking and spending a lot of leisure time outdoors. I am much more pleasant to be around, more productive, more helpful and considerate, waking up at 7 am instead of 2 pm, and not deeply depressed anymore. That's all that matters in the end (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285959) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:54 AM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap CR sounds great. enjoy the good life bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27285971) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 11:55 AM Author: Flesh duck-like brethren toilet seat i think i figured out this sentiment and it is very very simple.
forget all those people above that say, just put your head down because you just need free time outside of work. or people who say you would never give up your high paying lawyer job so stfu.
that's true. but that's not the issue.
the real issue is that we just want to be the boss. that's it. the boss. or at least have real autonomy or power or a little fiefdom. until you have that, you are someone's bitch. and a corporate lawyer is the ultimate bitch because you have the worst boss in the world--your clients. |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 12:19 PM Author: red patrolman It's true that being a slave and taking orders from someone really sucks , but this is too simplistic. If you hate what you do as a lawyer, regardless of whether you're on your own or have superiors, you're probably going to be miserable practicing law. If you want to continue being a lawyer despite hating the work involved, you're going to have to try very hard to silence your misery and pretend it's ok in order to survive. Is it worth it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286084) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:25 PM Author: federal philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289090) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 1:01 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse Funny that someone bumped this. I forgot I wrote this.
As an update, I made partner since then at my firm. It actually has made my angst a little better. I'm a lawyer still, which sucks, but I'm also a small business owner, which is more interesting...I've now thrown myself into making us a better business (better brand, bigger, more practice groups, etc), which is kind of fun. |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 2:21 PM Author: know-it-all theater mad-dog skullcap lol so thats the trick! make partner! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286777) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 2:22 PM Author: electric office mood lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27286783) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:47 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse I actually don't think I would like it as much if I was a partner at some behemoth firm, even if I made more money...the trick is being at a small firm with less than 20 partners where you can really run the business yourself and make a noticeable difference. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289240) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 7:57 PM Author: pearl school fortuitous meteor What kind of small business do you own? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27288874) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:48 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse a legal partnership (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289244) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:46 PM Author: Cerise newt tanning salon i guess breakfast makes everything better huh. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289233) |
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Date: February 10th, 2015 8:49 PM Author: excitant meetinghouse Not everything. I'm still a lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27289251) |
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Date: March 26th, 2019 10:47 AM Author: Dashing Mustard Crackhouse update - OP is det :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#37992420) |
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Date: February 11th, 2015 3:12 AM Author: stirring claret volcanic crater crotch Start your own firm. Lawyer is actually the easiest profession to work for yourself successfully. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#27291772) |
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Date: March 26th, 2019 11:16 AM Author: hairraiser white laser beams Eh. It's really not that bad. Plenty of worse jobs that pay less.
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Date: March 26th, 2019 11:47 AM Author: cocky cruel-hearted sneaky criminal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#37992738) |
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Date: September 26th, 2025 10:03 PM Author: i gave my cousin head (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#49306620) |
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Date: September 26th, 2025 10:05 PM Author: OYT: Dinosaur Hunter ( ) lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2712182&forum_id=2#49306622) |