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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm torn because OP sounds like a nice person and you worked hard and it must feel great.

I Guess to each their own, though. I don't really get how someone would feel rewarded by - what, money? fame? prestige? on their death beds.

What is the impact you are having on the world?[/quote]

What impact are you or 99.9% of people having on the world?[/quote]

I hope and am striving to reduce global poverty. Whether or not I'm achieving impact, I don't know. But I am trying.
I get that the vast majority of people don't work for socially-oriented enterprises or nonprofits. I also get that putting food on the table is important.
But while I never would say this in real life, I don't get people who kill themselves to... what, have a nice boat? House?... I just don't see how having cold, hard cash can mean giving up what it sounds like law partners give up - and for what? To make a client richer?
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You probably aren't having much impact.  So in your eyes, someone who isn't (in your subjective opinion) doing "good" with their career shouldn't feel rewarded or proud by career accomplishments?  Is the above just something you are telling yourself to justify having a job that doesn't pay well?[/quote]

Maybe. I mean, I could probably have made a lot more money and I do think about that. And I do think it's awesome for the OP- whatever your profession it's nice to excel. I just guess i Would have a hard time feeling really excited about putting efforts toward something that doesn't matter, really. I put efforts toward something that I care about. I dont see how a person can really care enough to work 14+ hour days toward something that doesn't matter. I know it sounds snarky and I'd never voice this in real life.

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OP here. I work a 14-hour day maybe once a quarter.  I get to the office at about 9:00 and am usually home by 6:45-7:00 (but do have to work at night from time to time) and only work a bit on weekends.  The hours, at least for me, are not consistent with the horror stories one hears about biglaw.  I do travel quite frequently, though.

That said, I don't understand why you say what I do "doesn't matter."  By what standard?  I think that what I do matters greatly to my clients, and it matters to my family, for whom I am able to provide a very comfortable life.  If you mean it doesn't matter in the sense that I am not working at a charity or trying to end global poverty like you, well, as others have pointed out this forum either shouldn't exist or should have 2-3 threads total - because we all work at (and are posting about) jobs that are a total waste of time.

I actually enjoy my job, which is also nice.  It's not just something I am doing for the money.[/quote]

Putting aside the "does it matter comment" I'm impressed that your hours aren't that bad. This may have been covered earlier in the thread, but OP are you good at bringing in business? is that why you can get away with working less insane hours?[/quote]

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