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Perhaps a lawyer's working hours tend to be more "efficient" or more stressful. My interaction has been primarily limited to in-house patent attorneys, and they
by freyir 10y ago
Perhaps a lawyer's working hours tend to be more "efficient" or more stressful. My interaction has been primarily limited to in-house patent attorneys, and they don't seem to work appreciably harder or be more stressed out.
Work-related stress is a big issue. Regardless, putting in long hours at work, regardless of stress level, means less time for family, friends, hobbies, recreation, exercise, sleep, etc.
- DannyBee 10y ago" My interaction has been primarily limited to in-house patent attorneys, and they don't seem to work appreciably harder or be more stressed out." This is definitely true, but that is precisely the difference between biglaw and in-house. biglaw has worse-than-startup hours. in-house is basically 9-5. (though i've been called at 1am on my wedding anniversary before, it is basically the only thing that happened in 10 years) There is a significant paycut associated with in-house as a result, of course.