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The real question for them will be, unfortunately, how long it takes them to realize that they are just another log on the fire to their employers, a consumable faceless quantity, easily used up, discarded, and replaced. [/quote]

I'm the PP poster who is still in the game, but not a cynic. There's an element of lambs to slaughter that is the legal profession. People don't realize the wash out rate and honestly looking at the costs (I gasped when I learned what the COA was at my law school).

It's a rough field that is plenty interesting but you need to be constantly vigilant. People want you to fail. Not just opposing counsel. Your bosses, your co-workers, etc. If you can thread the needle, it's fun, interesting and dynamic field. But only for those who survive.[/quote]

PP here... since I made it for 33 years and had a pretty fair record of achievement and success, I think I can count myself as a survivor.  But I also have seen clearly that there are many who survive who do not necessarily share the view throughout their career that it's "fun, interesting and dynamic[.]"  It can be at times, it often is, but it is throughout for very few, for the 30+ years that will constitute a career for most.  The really happy ones are the exception, unfortunately.  That's not good for them, nor is it for the legal system, clients, or justice.

If you can break free of the lure of the Biglaw money and the illusion that it gains you any real control over your life, or even satisfaction, then you have a better chance to realize the fun, interesting & dynamic part.   :idea: [/quote]

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