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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These comments that imply that someone can just "go out and earn" a $500k salary are delusional. 90% of graduates from even the top schools will never have an opportunity to make that kind of money. Lawyers who work outside of biglaw will probably never see that kind of money, but that doesn't mean they didn't graduate top of their class from top schools. There is a lot of luck involved in bringing home that much bacon. To simply expect your spouse to get out there and "hustle" his/her way into a 500k paycheck need a reality check.[/quote]

I'm 13:17.  It's not luck.  I come from a low middle income family from Podunk USA and attended middling undergraduate and graduate schools.  My guess is that you would have never heard of my college.  My intelligence is on the high side of average.  The bottom line is that I have ALWAYS worked my ass off and I never said "no" to even the most menial tasks.  I started at the very bottom, receptionist in a Congressional office, and worked my way up.  It was a very long slow road from $18k a year, but it can be done if you are willing to work hard.  Luck had nothing to do with it...[/quote]

You'd actually be surprised at how much luck has to do with it.   Being in the right place at the right time, working for a boss who gives a good recommendation that others respect, even hearing that a certain job is available at a time when you are available. I know someone who had a great career and as things were progressing along nicely, a boss of his was arrested for crimes that had nothing to do with work. That incident had a somewhat chilling effect on my friend's career because of his association with the ex-boss. It was complete bad luck that he'd been assigned to work for the guy.

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