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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP Define "golden ticket"? Everyone wants different things. There certainly are fields where an Ivy league degree has a lot of cachet. But many people don't want to get into Big Law. For many people the "golden ticket" is interesting government work with a decent paycheck. Work life balance is so much more important than a lot of people realize until they have no time for their families.[/quote]
You're telling us that statistically speaking "interesting government work with a decent paycheck" is desired by just as many people as BigLaw/management consulting/investment banking/quant firm/surgeon jobs?

Also it's way easier to downshift and obtain the rare jobs with good pay/work-life balance, than the other way around.[/quote]

I don't know how many people desire one versus the other. Nobody I know wants any of the jobs you listed. I'm sure there are many people who do, but I think you are overestimating how many people want the. And it's actually not that easy to "downshift" when you have a lot of debt/don't have relevant experience. My interesting government job agency  constantly turns down people trying to get out of law. We don't want people who are just trying to escape something else and have plenty of applicants that have a demonstrated interest and skills for what we do.[/quote]
That's not the kind of downshifting I was talking about. In house legal jobs pay well and have way better hours than BigLaw for example. I have lots of government lawyer friends who make decent enough money too.[/quote]

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