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Anonymous wrote:Big law partner here. 48yo. Income $1m+. Career tip: get good education, work hard, look for opportunities and use them!

Are you married? Children? Household or family help around the house?
How many hrs do you work a week?

Thanks

All good questions. I am married and have two children, although both happened later in life. We have a housekeeper who comes once a week, a gardener, and an au pair. I do work a lot, but the work fluctuates. For example, I was in trial earlier this year and did not see my family for weeks. But I also traveled with my kids for 3 weeks this summer. Last year was a killer and I averaged 55h/week. This year is quieter and I've barely worked since my trial. I expect to be right around 45h/w this year.

Yea, not seeing your family for “weeks” is no way to be a parent. Traveling with the kids for “three weeks” doesn’t make up for that. I mean, many many many parents travel for three weeks with their kids without also disappearing for weeks on end.

Stop the shaming. It doesn't make her a bad parent. Dads do this all the time. Kids are not scarred from parents who work hard as long as the parent can maintain a loving relationship with them. Calm down with the judgments. What may work for some families might not work for another.

Excuse me? I didn’t say it made her a bad mother; I said it made her a bad parent. I don’t care what the gender is – it is not typical for parents not to see their families “for weeks” unless they are off to war or something. I don’t know any parent like that.

DP. I did not see my dad many years for months. It happens. Stop shaming.

Just because it happens doesn’t make it right or good.

I’m saying that sometimes it’s just fine… maybe you should get out of your bubble and stop assuming things are exactly like they are for you for everyone. my dad was a school superintendent and every time you had a job jump, he had to move. He had to work his way up from teacher to assistant principal, to principle of multiple locations until he became a school superintendent and my mom didn’t want to move us all the time every time he had a job so there were months I didn’t see him sometimes for several years. Certain professions have certain requirements. Not everybody gets to grow up in a metropolitan area like Washington DC we’re jobs are abundant and you can working almost any field.

My mom had a similar childhood in which she only saw her father once a week for Sunday dinner because he was a doctor and he had a full-time practice plus he had a side private practice doing house calls. She almost never saw him. Her dad was a hard worker. They had six kids. One income.

Not everyone is so privileged where they can have their dad or their mom there every single day all the time, even if they’re married.

Get out of your bubble, we were fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Big law counsel - 600K.

Find a niche. Be very good at it. But be even better about cultivating and maintaining relationships by treating people kindly and being genuinely helpful. Value yourself; don't let others determine your value.

^This.

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$400,000-$500,000 tech sales

My advice: be willing to try, take risks and learn as you go.

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Anonymous wrote:Big law partner here. 48yo. Income $1m+. Career tip: get good education, work hard, look for opportunities and use them!

Are you married? Children? Household or family help around the house?
How many hrs do you work a week?

Thanks

All good questions. I am married and have two children, although both happened later in life. We have a housekeeper who comes once a week, a gardener, and an au pair. I do work a lot, but the work fluctuates. For example, I was in trial earlier this year and did not see my family for weeks. But I also traveled with my kids for 3 weeks this summer. Last year was a killer and I averaged 55h/week. This year is quieter and I've barely worked since my trial. I expect to be right around 45h/w this year.

Yea, not seeing your family for “weeks” is no way to be a parent. Traveling with the kids for “three weeks” doesn’t make up for that. I mean, many many many parents travel for three weeks with their kids without also disappearing for weeks on end.

God this is so pathetic. You’d never say this to military parents right? What doctors who do doctors w out borders? They’re just terrible parents inherently?

Or what abt migrant workers who leave their families for months or even years? Just awful?

Just get over yourself, you don’t know everything and you selectively judge people based on your uninformed views.

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+1 my a$$. You’re insulting Doctors Without Borders (who are volunteering) and migrant workers (who are desperate to support their families) by comparing your greed and what you’re willing to sacrifice for big money to them.

No….just no. You don’t get to decide who are “good parents” and who are not based on your opinions about the nobleness or admirability of their careers. Every doctor without border has an option to not travel and work closer to home with their kids, but they choose not to do so. A lawyer who has a trial and is gone the same amount of time isn’t a worse parent because they’re doing a trial to keep their job and support their family. I’m so sick of the moral policing on this site of posers who think they know everything about everyone based on a few words on a website and a know-it-all world view. Hope you enjoy riding off into that sunset while you ride yourself off that cliff, clueless cowboy. I wish you could have mire intellectual wherewithal, but you obviously fall in the “often wrong, but never uncertain” category.

Yea, no. Migrant workers and Doctors Without Borders are not in the same league as greedy lawyers who choose to ignore their families for weeks in end. She will pay the price when they’re older.

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Anonymous wrote:Big law partner here. 48yo. Income $1m+. Career tip: get good education, work hard, look for opportunities and use them!

Are you married? Children? Household or family help around the house?
How many hrs do you work a week?

Thanks

All good questions. I am married and have two children, although both happened later in life. We have a housekeeper who comes once a week, a gardener, and an au pair. I do work a lot, but the work fluctuates. For example, I was in trial earlier this year and did not see my family for weeks. But I also traveled with my kids for 3 weeks this summer. Last year was a killer and I averaged 55h/week. This year is quieter and I've barely worked since my trial. I expect to be right around 45h/w this year.

Yea, not seeing your family for “weeks” is no way to be a parent. Traveling with the kids for “three weeks” doesn’t make up for that. I mean, many many many parents travel for three weeks with their kids without also disappearing for weeks on end.

Stop the shaming. It doesn't make her a bad parent. Dads do this all the time. Kids are not scarred from parents who work hard as long as the parent can maintain a loving relationship with them. Calm down with the judgments. What may work for some families might not work for another.

Excuse me? I didn’t say it made her a bad mother; I said it made her a bad parent. I don’t care what the gender is – it is not typical for parents not to see their families “for weeks” unless they are off to war or something. I don’t know any parent like that.

DP. I did not see my dad many years for months. It happens. Stop shaming.

Just because it happens doesn’t make it right or good.

I’m saying that sometimes it’s just fine… maybe you should get out of your bubble and stop assuming things are exactly like they are for you for everyone. my dad was a school superintendent and every time you had a job jump, he had to move. He had to work his way up from teacher to assistant principal, to principle of multiple locations until he became a school superintendent and my mom didn’t want to move us all the time every time he had a job so there were months I didn’t see him sometimes for several years. Certain professions have certain requirements. Not everybody gets to grow up in a metropolitan area like Washington DC we’re jobs are abundant and you can working almost any field.

My mom had a similar childhood in which she only saw her father once a week for Sunday dinner because he was a doctor and he had a full-time practice plus he had a side private practice doing house calls. She almost never saw him. Her dad was a hard worker. They had six kids. One income.

Not everyone is so privileged where they can have their dad or their mom there every single day all the time, even if they’re married.

Get out of your bubble, we were fine.

There is a difference between seeing your parents “every single day“ and not seeing them for weeks or months at a time. That’s a very sad way to grow up. I’m sorry, but it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Big law partner here. 48yo. Income $1m+. Career tip: get good education, work hard, look for opportunities and use them!

Are you married? Children? Household or family help around the house?
How many hrs do you work a week?

Thanks

All good questions. I am married and have two children, although both happened later in life. We have a housekeeper who comes once a week, a gardener, and an au pair. I do work a lot, but the work fluctuates. For example, I was in trial earlier this year and did not see my family for weeks. But I also traveled with my kids for 3 weeks this summer. Last year was a killer and I averaged 55h/week. This year is quieter and I've barely worked since my trial. I expect to be right around 45h/w this year.

Yea, not seeing your family for “weeks” is no way to be a parent. Traveling with the kids for “three weeks” doesn’t make up for that. I mean, many many many parents travel for three weeks with their kids without also disappearing for weeks on end.

Stop the shaming. It doesn't make her a bad parent. Dads do this all the time. Kids are not scarred from parents who work hard as long as the parent can maintain a loving relationship with them. Calm down with the judgments. What may work for some families might not work for another.

Excuse me? I didn’t say it made her a bad mother; I said it made her a bad parent. I don’t care what the gender is – it is not typical for parents not to see their families “for weeks” unless they are off to war or something. I don’t know any parent like that.

DP. I did not see my dad many years for months. It happens. Stop shaming.

Just because it happens doesn’t make it right or good.

I’m saying that sometimes it’s just fine… maybe you should get out of your bubble and stop assuming things are exactly like they are for you for everyone. my dad was a school superintendent and every time you had a job jump, he had to move. He had to work his way up from teacher to assistant principal, to principle of multiple locations until he became a school superintendent and my mom didn’t want to move us all the time every time he had a job so there were months I didn’t see him sometimes for several years. Certain professions have certain requirements. Not everybody gets to grow up in a metropolitan area like Washington DC we’re jobs are abundant and you can working almost any field.

My mom had a similar childhood in which she only saw her father once a week for Sunday dinner because he was a doctor and he had a full-time practice plus he had a side private practice doing house calls. She almost never saw him. Her dad was a hard worker. They had six kids. One income.

Not everyone is so privileged where they can have their dad or their mom there every single day all the time, even if they’re married.

Get out of your bubble, we were fine.

There is a difference between seeing your parents “every single day“ and not seeing them for weeks or months at a time. That’s a very sad way to grow up. I’m sorry, but it is.

Say that to military families, too. It is not a sad way to grow up.

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Anonymous wrote:So you want to hear from every woman with a job?

What about women without "a job" if they are managing their own real estate and other investments and make more money than most people with a pay stub?

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Anonymous wrote:So you want to hear from every woman with a job?

What about women without "a job" if they are managing their own real estate and other investments and make more money than most people with a pay stub?

That’s a job

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Anonymous wrote:Big law partner here. 48yo. Income $1m+. Career tip: get good education, work hard, look for opportunities and use them!

This.

We made a lot starting early and were too busy to spend it. We both made partner and banked that for a few years as well, so one was able to SH once we had kids without feeling a pinch in the family finances, as by then invested money was working for us. Obviously we could be making more, but we don't need it, and so have the luxury of being able to say we don't value "more money" more than "more time" at this stage of the game. Work hard early and invest. Money gives you options.

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COO of an Association. 54. $700k. I am a lawyer, but left big law a long time ago.

As a young woman, I spent too much time with my head down doing work while everyone else was building relationships.

My salary has increased substantially over the last 5 years.