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So, if I'm reading between the lines correctly: * working in finance is bad * working in corporate law is bad * working in consulting is bad * working at a
by wooster 16y ago
So, if I'm reading between the lines correctly:
* working in finance is bad
* working in corporate law is bad
* working in consulting is bad
* working at a startup is bad
* working as a college professor is bad
* working a "public interest" job is good
I don't see anything here that makes me want to take this person's point of view seriously.
- jrockway 16y agoI don't think he said that. He says that your goal may be to save the world by being a public defender, but when you start working as a corporate lawyer with a nice apartment, you stop caring about the goal. What he's implying is that it's "bad" to throw away your life-long ambitions for a bit of extra money. If your life-long ambition is to be a kick-ass corporate lawyer or investment banker, then there's nothing bad about that at all.
- RK 16y agoMy only friend who became a lawyer who didn't "sell out" is the one who never planned to become a lawyer. He was an electrical engineer who was hired as a technical expert at a big IP law firm. They eventually offered to pay for him to go to law school. Everyone else I know wanted to save the world and now works for The Man. What the blog author writes is very true in that regard.