Why do people here prefer Law over tech for $$$?

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Anonymous wrote:I am lawyer - why did I prefer it over tech? It's my interest.

Same. I’d be miserable in tech but I love being a lawyer.

Same. And same with my kid. He’ll probably end up in law school, because he’s took after me, and not my engineer DH.

Are those his only two options?

Yes. We are from India

Poor kid. Stuck in a stereotype by his own mother.

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If you are better at working hard at easy but boring stuff, law is easier for your than tech.

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Anonymous wrote:i would never.....law is the most soul robbing "profession" around. Don't give rats a$$ what it pays. 95% of the lawyers I know hate their jobs...and this includes a few earning over $1m.

Lawyers who are required to clock in way too many billable doing mind numbing boring work hardly moving from your desk for 14 hours, they hate their jobs. The only thing that keeps them going is to brag about how much money they earn.

Many lawyers outside the greedy corporate world love their jobs. Lawyers like elder law attorneys who help the elderly with their needs, anywhere from finding a nursing home, planning financially to qualify for benefits, meeting with families who can’t agree on what to do to helping with a guardianship.

Lawyers can be in the helping professions with normal hours, a smaller paycheck and a healthier home life.

I am in a corporation doing “corporate” law and love my job. I get to be involved in our charity and philanthropic work, I am engaged with our board and senior management on serious business and policy issues (providing counsel) AND I get to farm out the drudge work and the I dotting and T crossing to the firms that work for us. I would never, ever, ever recommend law firm work to anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I am lawyer - why did I prefer it over tech? It's my interest.

Same. I’d be miserable in tech but I love being a lawyer.

Same. And same with my kid. He’ll probably end up in law school, because he’s took after me, and not my engineer DH.

Are those his only two options?

Yes. We are from India

Lawyer and engineer are the only two options for Indians?

At least half the doctors I’ve ever been to have been Indian. They are also fairly well known for owning convenience stores.

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Anonymous wrote:I am lawyer - why did I prefer it over tech? It's my interest.

Same. I’d be miserable in tech but I love being a lawyer.

Same. And same with my kid. He’ll probably end up in law school, because he’s took after me, and not my engineer DH.

Are those his only two options?

Yes. We are from India

Lawyer and engineer are the only two options for Indians?

At least half the doctors I’ve ever been to have been Indian. They are also fairly well known for owning convenience stores.

Nope. Don't you know that there are no doctors, journalists, teachers, scientists, cooks, drivers, electricians, plumbers, etc. in India? Everyone is just a Lawyer or an Engineer. They eat nuts and paper.

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By the time GPT10 is released all programmers will be out of business. Lawyers (and other established cartel professions) will lobby/grease the palms of politicians and ensure that GPT isn't allowed to do their work.
Lawyer/Accountant/Doctor - Safe from gpt10.
Everyone else - Better learn to bend over.

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Having white hair is a plus in law, a minus in tech

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Anonymous wrote:My friend’s son graduated college at 22 with an undergrad degree, paid off all student loan debt by 23 with his 6 figure starting salary, then bought a house at 25 making 200k by then. He’s 30 now and makes around low 300’s in software engineering and has locked in a low interest rate on his house and benefitted from the past 5 years of appreciation.

My kid went to law school and is making less money, along with over 100k in student debt and now will have a much harder time getting on the property ladder since he waited to start his career. Seems like tech can’t be beat for how much you earn at a young age which gives you another 5-10 years to invest money early and get on the housing ladder. I guess big law can make 7 figures but most people won’t ever make that, and tech has similar or even better upside.

Law firm partner…I make $2.3m , plus opp to co-invest in my Pe clients deals.

Make must more on those investments than any tech engineer

I agree with this…
Similar as big law. Key is transactional/M&A at a biglaw…

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55yo engineer/techie here. I have done very well from the onset - graduating college and landing a lucrative gig with a hot company right off campus recruiting. My plans were to work couple years and enroll in top 10 law school. The tech career was so good I never shifted gears. I wish I had. Tech business is not easy after you enter into your 50s - just too much crap to learn and you just tire of it, no matter the $$. I’m retiring this year…but likely would have worked a longer career had I gone into law.