How does everyone feel about being an Attorney? Do you like it, would you choose this career again if you had a do-over?

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Nah fuh dat shit im just here to get paid. Shuda been an engineer

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SAAAAAME

I wish it wasn’t so stressful. I don’t know how stressful other jobs with similar pay are, so can’t say I’d pick a different route. I enjoy the intellectual stimulation and that I can generally control my daily schedule. I hate getting into disputes with counsel and thinking about work all hours of the day.

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I love it tbh. Wouldn’t rather be an engineer or doctor. We get paid very well, we can work remote, prestige, exit options galore and we become more valuable as we get older/practice longer. And best of all, NO MATH 🧮 🔥🔥

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Yes, for the money. Only for the money.

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Probably not. There are less stressful jobs where I can make the just as much.

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Not sure, I think I might want to move to a COO position one day.

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I like my practice area a lot so probably. I was an accountant before this and I prefer being a tax lawyer to what I did before.

If I’d been better at math, I would have studied engineering like my dad did, but even then it probably would have been industrial engineering.

Yes.

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