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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:15 PM Author: godawful puppy when you graduated from college.
My parents: none. They literally thought a liberal arts degree would guarantee immediate employment. |
Date: December 17th, 2017 3:17 PM Author: Black field my father's only advice was think good and hard about whether you want or need to go to college at all. nothing after i was actually in college. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942683) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:25 AM Author: ruby stirring electric furnace karate Sounds like a wise man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061572) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:18 PM Author: Demanding Institution Boistinker a law degree opens many doors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942686) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 11:27 AM Author: lemon roast beef mexican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34948376) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:11 AM Author: Azure Excitant Theater Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957271) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:39 AM Author: indecent big wrinkle (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957476) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 3:54 PM Author: Coiffed locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34959827) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:25 AM Author: razzmatazz canary generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061578) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:26 AM Author: odious fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061585) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:18 PM Author: Histrionic filthy messiness My dad didn't want me to do a finance-related job because he thinks it's a grim grind. Strongly urged me to law instead, which he regarded as more intellectual. Me not doing LS was by far the greatest act of rebellion I ever engaged in but he were pretty chill about it because he was always explicit that he worked hard at his grind of a job in part so that I wouldn't be compelled to do the same thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942688) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:41 PM Author: cruel-hearted aggressive hospital coldplay fan this is definitely the most bizarre advice. Just picturing a father saying "law is more intellectual" and NOT going to ls constitutes a rebellion confuses my brain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942815) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:44 PM Author: Histrionic filthy messiness "Rebellion" is overstating it slightly. They weren't mad about me not going or anything, but I was strongly encouraged to do law and me not going was a big surprise to just about everybody.
My dad has a law degree, fwiw. |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:40 AM Author: carmine thirsty box office Sounds like you have a good old man, even if he's a little misguided. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957480) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:19 PM Author: Stimulating pocket flask My dad said he expects me to get into HYS after I got into HYP UG.
And he was a programmer in the 70s/80s and said I shouldn't code
LJL |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:23 PM Author: Fuchsia Crackhouse What were his reasonings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942715) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:27 PM Author: Stimulating pocket flask he saw a lot of them burn out after 5 years and be useless. This was Korea so I guess he was right/
Also he still remembered how the dot com bubble burst |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:41 PM Author: Fuchsia Crackhouse You're Korean? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942814) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:21 PM Author: Stimulating pocket flask si (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34943079) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:44 AM Author: razzmatazz canary generalized bond named LaMarcus? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957506) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:44 AM Author: irradiated ocher idiot den if you're at HYP UG why not just go the finance/consulting route if you're looking for a miserable job? it's a much better path than biglaw in pretty much every way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957508) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:20 PM Author: very tactful codepig feces Don't be a poli sci shithead. I agreed in part, dissented in part |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:24 PM Author: supple frisky international law enforcement agency lol. my dad is a good dude at heart but he never gave me a single piece of useful advice in my life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942720) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:53 PM Author: godawful puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942895) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 4:32 AM Author: Chestnut Library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946989) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:25 AM Author: ruby stirring electric furnace karate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061574) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:25 AM Author: Demanding Institution Boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061580) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:25 PM Author: vibrant cobalt bawdyhouse Not flame, he said something like: "Work is work. There's a good chance that the large portion of time you spend at any job will be unpleasant. Don't fall into the trap of waiting for a career about which you're passionate; just find something that's stable, that pays well enough, and that you can tolerate." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942727) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:54 PM Author: godawful puppy that is amazingly cogent and well considered advice. whats it like to have non-negligent parenting while growing up? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942900) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 11:35 PM Author: vibrant cobalt bawdyhouse He's a great parent for sure. Part of me wonders whether this particular piece of advice subtly led me to the misery of law when I could have been happier doing something else. But he's probably right; I've listened to interviews where male pornstars complain about all the awful aspects of their jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946167) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:37 PM Author: Slap-happy theater headpube It would have been good advice if it were 1970s Buffalo, which was the last time he looked for a job: 1. Don't be an engineer. They don't make any money or decisions. 2. Only acceptable majors are business, accounting, finance, etc. (which my college didn't have) -- i.e. look at it as a trade school. "How many jobs are there as an 'historian'?" 3. Only career options are accounting, law, and medicine. He saw nothing else. 4. And the boomer favorite: "You can do anything with a law degree!" |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 3:00 PM Author: ruby stirring electric furnace karate Not bad advice tbh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34959318) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:41 PM Author: fear-inspiring house Be avaliable for clients Start your own business Hide money from spouse |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:43 PM Author: rusted low-t dog poop clown (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942827) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:45 PM Author: Histrionic filthy messiness Last bit there is pretty dark. Were your parents on good terms? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942839) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:47 PM Author: fear-inspiring house They're on good terms, have been married 40 years. The issue is my mom has a spending problem. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942856) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:54 PM Author: Histrionic filthy messiness Ah, makes sense then, though I guess it's funny it has to be "hiding money" and not just putting her on a controlled budget or something. I guess the feasibility of being that open would vary from family to family though.
Also, in contrast to XO norms it was my mom who was organized and restrained while my dad is scatterbrained and makes impulse purchases. |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:55 PM Author: fear-inspiring house I think that's probably a better arrangement, allows mom to be steward of the house while father chases whimsy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942906) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:55 PM Author: godawful puppy odd how "putting wife on a controlled budget or something" seems to have more drawbacks than just hiding the money. Odd case. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942912) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:59 PM Author: fear-inspiring house By hiding money you're effectively putting wife on a controlled budget but with fringe benefit she doesn't know about the other funds, which may come in handy in bad states of the world. BTW this is another source of value for BTC etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942935) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:01 PM Author: godawful puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942942) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:02 PM Author: godawful puppy yeah. my point was you cant tell wife to go on a budget. they cant do that. you just have to hide money from them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942944) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:04 PM Author: Histrionic filthy messiness That's true, but there are downsides too: You're not having full honest communication with your spouse, she's effectively being manipulated instead of being engaged as a partner, you risk a blowup if the hidden money is discovered in the wrong context, it creates temptation for you (very easy for hidden money to become an escort fund or something), etc.
I don't think I'd do the hiding money option except as a last resort when other methods fail. |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:10 PM Author: godawful puppy well, yeah, there's good and bad in everything I guess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942988) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:41 PM Author: brilliant passionate famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942818) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:42 PM Author: Plum adventurous national Quit biglaw if Im miserable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942821) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:45 PM Author: slippery maniacal potus go to law school
Both of my dads said this |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:48 PM Author: cheese-eating mauve pistol shrine my father was blue collar guy with an 8th grade education. He did tell me "just do what your supposed to do, and you wont have any problems." honestly, its not bad advice, and I'm always surprised by the amount of people who trip themselves up because they dont just stop to ask themselves what the fuck they are supposed to be doing.
Other than that, not much. when I started first law job he asked me if I had to punch in. Still, he was a 180 dude so no complaints here. |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:52 PM Author: supple frisky international law enforcement agency sounds like a cr dad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942885) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:08 PM Author: cheese-eating mauve pistol shrine Definitely. One of the cool things was how proud he is that I'm a lawyer. Most lawyers/professionals i know are constantly stressed that their not living up to their parents. Me, my father literally thinks I could be president. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34942980) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:11 PM Author: Cerebral hateful hall There are people who like not enough work
and there are people who like too much work
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:17 PM Author: Maize Provocative Rehab Cuckoldry Don't work for someone else.
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Date: December 17th, 2017 11:51 PM Author: aphrodisiac autistic nursing home pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946252) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:21 PM Author: Sooty ticket booth cumskin Work hard up until your last day, even if you gave notice, reputation is all you have. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34943085) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:22 PM Author: godawful puppy this is credited. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34943090) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 4:53 PM Author: Hot Sinister Deer Antler Menage The only thing I learned from my dad was what not to do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34943281) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 11:52 PM Author: Snowy razzle-dazzle water buffalo area "I've never met a poor lawyer"
lmfao |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 11:56 PM Author: motley orchestra pit coffee pot Go to law school. Finance the entire thing with student loans. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946271) |
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Date: December 17th, 2017 11:57 PM Author: Sable Exhilarant Temple teach middle school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946276) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 12:07 AM Author: Charcoal Laughsome Hell Circlehead Me: “maybe I’ll be an accountant like you. Seems like you do well.”
Dad: “Jesus Christ. Don’t be an accountant.”
Me: “Maybe I’ll go to law school.”
Dad: “ Seems like you should get a fucking job.”
Me: “I think I want to quit biglaw and become a prosecutor.”
Dad: “That’s stupid. Just take their money as long as they’ll pay it to you.”
Dad: (when I thought I might get drafted to play pro baseball) “If anyone offers you a contract, just take it, no matter how low it is. This is pretty much your last chance to play ball.”
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Date: December 18th, 2017 12:14 AM Author: Aqua abode 3/3 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946344) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 12:15 AM Author: Charcoal Laughsome Hell Circlehead I edited to add a 4th. He’s a super practical blue collar guy that is equally fuck GC and fuck ultra lib hysteria. I bet he’d like it here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946347) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 3:01 PM Author: ruby stirring electric furnace karate How is an accountant blue collar (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34959330) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:14 PM Author: Charcoal Laughsome Hell Circlehead He got an accounting degree because he heard there were jobs. Never talked about his job. Built house furniture in his free time. I really never thought of him as doing accounting work. Can’t even picture it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34963133) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 12:09 AM Author: bronze sanctuary halford He told me to go for MY MASTERS
No joke |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 12:15 AM Author: Aqua abode Don’t go to law school
I went to law school |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:43 AM Author: free-loading alcoholic mediation Hi me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957501) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 12:16 AM Author: dashing pungent church spin, ratfucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34946351) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 4:31 AM Author: curious mental disorder before I graduated college it was "don't be an engineer, go into finance." this was during the bush bonanza years when any moron with a 3.0 in econ could get an ib job. turned out to be awful advice and i graduated into the worst job market in living memory.
after college the advice mostly stopped, ended up going to law school and making an even bigger mistake than my college major choice. |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 11:22 AM Author: Mentally Impaired Address Sorry bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34948357) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 11:25 AM Author: startled university chad "You should be a lawyer bc youre good at arguing" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34948367) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 11:27 AM Author: Bat-shit-crazy white queen of the night state When you were born your grandparents created a trust for you to do whatever you want... so it's okay be an artist
(TWIST: he was wrong) |
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Date: December 18th, 2017 2:31 PM Author: Jet Thriller Toilet Seat My second uncle once removed gave me some spectacular advice that was completely lost on me until the last couple of years. He told me that the work you do at your job doesn't mean shit, and all that matters is how much you get paid and whether you like who you work with. He was 100% correct. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34949820) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:09 AM Author: Charcoal Laughsome Hell Circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957250) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:11 AM Author: Swollen brunch death wish "be great at what you do".
that was the long and short of it. |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:38 AM Author: Lilac cracking heaven My dad died by the time I graduated college but I think he'd be none too pleased with my decision to work biglaw when he struck out on his own early and ran his own company for 30+ and was the boss man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957467) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:41 AM Author: maroon concupiscible selfie therapy “ “ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34957488) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 11:42 AM Author: diverse burgundy legend As I was growing up, my parents told me that as long as I went to good schools and got good grades, I would be successful and happy.
By the time I graduated college, I had realized that my immigrant parents fundamentally did not understand America, and I no longer sought their advice. |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 3:05 PM Author: godawful puppy cr my dad grew up in a holler and didn't have bathroom plumbing until he went to college ... then almost failed out of a really dumb school, then a phd program opened up in its first year and he got in, then a department at a public univerisyt had just opened up and he got a job there. worked there until he retired. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34959378) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 1:31 PM Author: Blue boyish indian lodge "then almost failed out of a really dumb school, then a phd program opened up in its first year and he got in, then a department at a public univerisyt had just opened up and he got a job there"
Look at that, spaceporn's dad benefited from Affirmative Action. |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 3:02 PM Author: ruby stirring electric furnace karate He wanted me to study classics at one point. His advice changes constantly and has mostly been shit. Mostly good intentions but definitely disappointed with me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34959356) |
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Date: December 19th, 2017 3:05 PM Author: slimy lascivious piazza after LS, he told me to take the DA's office over the firm I went to because he knew I would hate the shitty drudgery of the work. He was right, but I wanted DAT big paycheck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#34959383) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 1:33 PM Author: Blue boyish indian lodge Would got REAL COURTROOM EXPERIENCE, too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36062437) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:53 AM Author: rusted low-t dog poop clown "law school opens many doors" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061337) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:55 AM Author: Indigo Office Crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061355) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:26 AM Author: Angry sick lodge organic girlfriend Father died before I graduated HS, but his advice was generally, "don't make any excuses and nothing is ever certain." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061592) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:27 AM Author: smoky kink-friendly stead depressive "Follow your bliss" LJL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832183&forum_id=2#36061595) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:27 AM Author: odious fanboi "Don't do engineering, just be an electrician"
"Anesthesiologist? Did I ever tell you the one about the jewish anesthesiologist that gave all those people HIV? Don't do it, you'll die of boredom"
"Accounting? Noooooooo"
"What am I paying for school for? You should go work for your uncle and do contracting."
twist : he was right |