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[quote=Anonymous]I make at the low end of partner comp every year and won’t make more till I get a promotion.  I am not a lawyer.  I absolutely kill it at work and spend about 30-40hrs a week actually working - 100% of my waking hours I am on call though leading to unpredictable hours sometimes, so that sucks.   I work with a lot of law firm partners though and they work crazy hard.  Their teams do amazing work in the blink of an eye.

We work in adjacent spaces but they spend 1.5-2x+ more time at work.  They should be getting paid proportionately more than me.  Plus they paid for law school.  I don’t envy them at all but I am grateful someone gets paid a ton to do the work.  I definitely don’t envy their home life or their spouses life because all that money comes with sacrifice.  I think they do it for self-satisfaction and to give their next generation a boost.  Nothing wrong with that - but there are professions in DC that make a very comfortable income with a more balanced work/life split.

I wouldn’t focus on envy, I’d focus much more on your own goals and how you will get there.  There’s no button to press and marrying a big law partner is no guarantee of achieving what you want.[/quote]

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