I realized my actual dream fantasy job all my life was to be a train driver (and yes I have train autism). No emails, no annoying clients, no crappy partners, a nice cushy union 200k job, health benefits, railroad retirement, doing the the same fun job every day seeing beautiful scenery, vigorously blowing the horns all while guided by the rails. I would quit being a corporate slave in a heartbeat if it only weren’t so damn difficult to get these train driver positions with LIRR/MNR.

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I’m too lazy to explain but this doesn’t seem like a great idea

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You’re not wrong about how crappy biglaw can be but I think you’re comparing the worst parts of your job to the most idealized version of another one. You probably just need to go to the government/in house.

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