We all know this job isn’t for everyone. But after you’ve survived long enough and actually become happy in your job, do you ever fear that this is proof you are a sociopath or something?

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I’m boutique law, and I am neither

I’m definitely a sociopath, but now I can no longer remember whether I was before becoming a lawyer 🤔

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Not sure about sociopathy but I definitely agree with a lack of empathy. I think people at the top have just made so many personal sacrifices, they don’t care about how you feel because they think those sacrifices are just part of the job. ‘Suck it up like I did’ is the manta of a lot of people in big law…

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