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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here -Very interesting thread.  So those of you who worked in big law, knowing what you now know - would you make the same choice as to this particularly life path/trajectory again?[/quote]

Yes. Agree with all the others that it puts you on solid financial footing if you plan carefully. This was important to me because I don't come from family money and in fact have to help relatives. I made it a priority to not consolidate my loans and paid them off completely one by one, which had the effect of lowering my monthly obligation. That gave me the budget breathing room to take a job that paid less. My husband came out of law school the same year as me but went straight into public service with the loan repayment programs, and bought a rowhouse in close-in NE DC in 2011 (good timing) instead of paying off debt. That paid off because the rowhouse is now worth a ton and we're probably going to sell it and roll the proceeds into a down payment for a SFH in a good school district in DC, something that would otherwise be way out of reach. [/quote]

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