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<blockquote data-quote="BrownSyndrome" data-source="post: 1911050" data-attributes="member: 44147"><p>Wow, suddenly I'm a bad attorney? I'll take that with a grain of salt since it comes from someone who is obviously very ignorant about legal practice and especially modern day attorneys' wages. </p><p></p><p>The rest of you are correct. While there certainly are attorneys out there who make astronomical amounts of money, the overwhelming majority of lawyers (particularly younger ones such as myself) make very modest salaries. Despite this, there is a common misconception that all attorneys make serious bank. The salaries have declined significantly over the past decade due to the economy and the fact that there are simply too many lawyers in the field. Too much supply, not enough demand. </p><p></p><p>I found after 5 years that I hated my job and had hated it for a long time. People often ask how I could throw it all away after so much school, etc. I get that. It's a fair question. But my response is always that I would rather throw away a few years of law school then my entire career. It turns out I didn't much care for sitting in an office and representing banks. Why continue to do something I hate? </p><p></p><p>I actually love driving the brown truck. It keeps me in much better physical shape. I did take a pay cut but once I am at full scale I will be making significantly more than I did as a lawyer. Also, my health insurance premiums back then were $1200 a month for my family!! I don't miss that expense one bit. The value of teamcare more than compensates for those student loans that I'll unfortunately be paying back until the end of time...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownSyndrome, post: 1911050, member: 44147"] Wow, suddenly I'm a bad attorney? I'll take that with a grain of salt since it comes from someone who is obviously very ignorant about legal practice and especially modern day attorneys' wages. The rest of you are correct. While there certainly are attorneys out there who make astronomical amounts of money, the overwhelming majority of lawyers (particularly younger ones such as myself) make very modest salaries. Despite this, there is a common misconception that all attorneys make serious bank. The salaries have declined significantly over the past decade due to the economy and the fact that there are simply too many lawyers in the field. Too much supply, not enough demand. I found after 5 years that I hated my job and had hated it for a long time. People often ask how I could throw it all away after so much school, etc. I get that. It's a fair question. But my response is always that I would rather throw away a few years of law school then my entire career. It turns out I didn't much care for sitting in an office and representing banks. Why continue to do something I hate? I actually love driving the brown truck. It keeps me in much better physical shape. I did take a pay cut but once I am at full scale I will be making significantly more than I did as a lawyer. Also, my health insurance premiums back then were $1200 a month for my family!! I don't miss that expense one bit. The value of teamcare more than compensates for those student loans that I'll unfortunately be paying back until the end of time... [/QUOTE]
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