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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure I’d want to be a big law partner, which sounds pretty stressful.  But being the spouse of one sounds sweet.  It’s a lot of money, right?   Or are the reports exaggerated?[/quote]

Materialism and envy are a bad look.[/quote]

This is the source of so many problems and discontent.[/quote]

For those who choose these fields, materialism is often the primary motivation.[/quote]

+1, few people go into Big Law, much less stick it out until partnership, if they are not motivated by money and material comfort. It doesn't mean it's all they care about, but it's always a huge piece. There may be a very small number of practitioners who are truly motivated by the work, but they work in extremely narrow and rare specialties like a Supreme Court practice or some narrow IP practices that only exist in Big Law but are especially interesting and inherently rewarding.

Your average Big Law attorney doing standard fare transactions or litigation has a stressful job that requires a lot of hours, but pays very well. The money is the primary motivating factor.[/quote]

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