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It's a serious question because that is not the normal state of affairs. Part of being a responsible adult should be about wisely choosing a career that fits w

by hasenj 10y ago

It's a serious question because that is not the normal state of affairs. Part of being a responsible adult should be about wisely choosing a career that fits with who you are and has a reasonable future. If you choose that kind of career, where you either make it to the top 1% or spend the rest of your life broke, then I honestly have no sympathy for you if you don't get selected to be among the 1%

chris11 10y ago
> Part of being a responsible adult should be about wisely choosing a career that fits with who you are and has a reasonable future. I don't think law is an especially good field right now. But fields having jobs with extremely different levels of compensation is normal. I was looking at doctors pay, and top specialities earn an average of over 400k/yr why the lowest paying onse earn closer to 200k/yr. In cs there are some internships that offer close to 100k/yr for 10-12 weeks. That's close to the average salary for fulltime developers in the US. https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017 https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017
somestag 10y ago
Surely you must know that you're blowing down a straw man here. Your statements all presume, for no reason, that these people are gambling, and that if they lose their gamble they will have "no reasonable future." The article is about law students. There is absolutely nothing unreasonable for shooting for the top 1%, because if they don't make it they'll just end up with a lawyer at a non-top-1% law firm. Their pay will be fine. (If they're at the bottom of their class or whatever, that's a separate issue.) In the case of actors, yeah; everyone knows being an actor is a bad economic choice. Presumably those people have a definition of "reasonable future" that accommodates trying for their dream, and then falling back on something else if they fail. In any case, discrimination is bad, even when it comes to moonshots. Surely it's productive to analyze hiring trends and discuss whether or not discrimination is, in fact, taking place.

by hasenj 10y ago

chris11 10y ago

> Part of being a responsible adult should be about wisely choosing a career that fits with who you are and has a reasonable future. I don't think law is an especially good field right now. But fields having jobs with extremely different levels of compensation is normal. I was looking at doctors pay, and top specialities earn an average of over 400k/yr why the lowest paying onse earn closer to 200k/yr. In cs there are some internships that offer close to 100k/yr for 10-12 weeks. That's close to the average salary for fulltime developers in the US. https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017 https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017

somestag 10y ago

Surely you must know that you're blowing down a straw man here. Your statements all presume, for no reason, that these people are gambling, and that if they lose their gamble they will have "no reasonable future." The article is about law students. There is absolutely nothing unreasonable for shooting for the top 1%, because if they don't make it they'll just end up with a lawyer at a non-top-1% law firm. Their pay will be fine. (If they're at the bottom of their class or whatever, that's a separate issue.) In the case of actors, yeah; everyone knows being an actor is a bad economic choice. Presumably those people have a definition of "reasonable future" that accommodates trying for their dream, and then falling back on something else if they fail. In any case, discrimination is bad, even when it comes to moonshots. Surely it's productive to analyze hiring trends and discuss whether or not discrimination is, in fact, taking place.