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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I am a huge voice of dissent here,  but I love being a lawyer.  I graduated from law school at 25 and worked in Big Law for 3 years - working hard, but honestly not any harder than i would have at anything at that time in my life (before kids).  Went to a family friendly govt agency shortly after i got married and have been here for 5 years (through 2 kids - 6 months of unpaid leave with each).  I work 4 days a week, am home by 4 every day (work really early schedule which it totally ok with my job) and make 100k a year.  I also telework when i need to to cover doctors appts, household work, etc.  I get 20 days of vacation a year, 13 federal holidays, and 13 sick days.  I can't imagine another job I could love as much and yet have as much flexibility to have a work life balance.

This type of govt job is available to non-lawyers, but the salary is significantly lower - such that the flexibility isn't outweighed by the pay.  [/quote]

This is a good point, PP, but you are in a rare position among attorneys, and for the most part, jobs like this are only available in the DC area. It is hard if you want  to move to another area of  the country, where these kinds  of jobs are few and far  between. [/quote]

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