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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not as crass as a PP, but I also wonder what some people were thinking taking on very expensive MS, PhD and JD degrees and not getting a decent paying job. I can understand if there are two spouses and one is following their passions, has work-life balance, flex time, etc. and the other is taking home a decent salary to make up for it. But as a single parent or single income household, I don't understand it. Didn't you know the cost of housing, health insurance, child care, etc. when you decided to go down this path? It is fascinating to me and I'd love to hear from some of you who have chosen this career trajectory.[/quote]

I was a dumb 21 year old in college who, while always excelling in crap they wanted to test you on in school, wasn't really taught the rest of the crap about real life.  My parents were pretty uninvolved.  I had very little idea what practicing law was really about but I did score in the 99th percentile so I figured I could handle it.  Oh yeah, and I got into top schools before the economy collapsed in 2008.

I am not a troll and that's not an uncommon narrative, folks.  It's also not the end of the world to be where I am - fancy degree, potential to go places.  I'm not complaining, just that you asked.[/quote]

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