The veneer of prestige in practicing law (particularly at law firms) is the biggest hoax in the professional world, full stop.

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Have you ever met a surgeon?

Let me re-phrase, have you ever met a surgeon who didn’t think they were the second coming of Christ himself?

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Yes definitely met heart surgeon. Super normal, low-key person.

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Totally. Especially in the big law firms.

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I mean, yes and no. I think many of us live in a demographic bubble of well-educated professionals, so it's kind of like no big deal. But you've got to remember there aren't even 1.4M lawyers in the US, so that's less than half a percent of the total population (I get that includes minors and retirees).

But I think the world is undergoing a seismic change and the old systems are being replaced. You have an entire generation of folks who are making careers out of Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, blogs, podcasts and Crypto, so who even needs a college degree anymore, much less any kind of a professional career?

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I don’t think the sentiment expressed in the OP is rooted in social media fame.

Okay, sure? I don’t really care about being a lawyer lol it’s a job that beats phone sales for me and allows me to obtain money and live my life.

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It may be all smoke and mirrors but I am here for it 🤣.

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Is it really?

Esp at biglaw lol… most skills obtained are so useless anywhere else other than biglaw and they might even be negatively impact ones health, life, social interactions etc. I think people should be proud of what they do but like the extent of some attorneys is like wow are you serious???

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