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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is nothing wrong with needing to find intrinsic value in your work beyond a paycheck.  It's how we get teachers and social workers and physical therapists and every other "helping profession".  Some people are totally okay with working for a paycheck to fund the things that bring them value and enjoyment.  (My spouse literally could not care less about the projects he works on--only that they provide a steady paycheck and he enjoys the people he works with).  Other people need their job to provide value (I chose my field because it is intrinsically rewarding to me to help people one on one).

How old is your child? If she already has a business degree, my advice would be very different than if she's a junior in HS.

But regardless, I'm not sure sharing stories of morally corrupt lawyers to compare to worker bee lawyers is going to change her mind.[/quote]

I mean... I am still in a helping profession and glad I didn't change my mind and become a corporate sell-out. I am 50 now and most pepole I know my age are having a midlife crisis about the meaningless work producing cogs for XYZ or making more money for 123 except people like me. My husband is the same way (works for government in his case on a mission he believes in). We manage, and thank god I didn't try to do something stupid with my life, which I might define the same way as your teenager, although to each their own. But I did go to fancy schools and work hard.[/quote]

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