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[quote=Anonymous]1. OP, have you ever worked anywhere you enjoyed? I'm guessing no. You should try to get a part-time job SOMEWHERE doing SOMETHING for a while just to see if you like any sort of work in the areas you outlined -- paralegal, CPA assistant, internship, etc. You need to know what things are really like. 28 is really young, but it's also pretty old to be floundering around so much.

2. If you "don't like research," you will hate the living fuck out of being an attorney.

3. Every career field has jobs that allow you work/life balance. Don't jump at random careers like CPA just because you think you can achieve balance there. Find something you love and find a way to do it with balance.

4. Caveat to the above: there is NO FREAKING WAY you will ever find a patent attorney position with work/life balance, unless you're an examiner.

5. You are likely not going to get an in-house or big law ever. I don't think you can pull off an outstanding law school career with one or possibly two kids. There are too many gunners at the good schools for that, and you need to shine in law school to get that sort of job right out of the gate. Otherwise it's going to be a lot of low-paying legal jobs or being out of work amongst a SEA of attorneys down here.[/quote]

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