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The point is that there is a pretty big disparity between the big paying law jobs and the normal jobs on a frequency basis, the median earning value doesn't dem
by ztjio 8y ago
The point is that there is a pretty big disparity between the big paying law jobs and the normal jobs on a frequency basis, the median earning value doesn't demonstrate this reality.
I did the research on this when I thought I wanted to go into law myself.
- ves 8y agoWait that’s why you use the median
- weinzierl 8y agoLawyer salaries follow a bimodal distribution[1], that's why the median isn't very helpful. Besides showing the distribution (what the article does) the more interesting figures would be the two modes. What might be relevant for the discussion here is that lawyer salaries have been unimodal 25 years ago but have changed over the course of time. It has been argued here on HN [2][3] and elsewhere [4] that developer salaries are bound to suffer the same fate. [1] https://www.biglawinvestor.com/bimodal-salary-distribution-curve/ https://www.biglawinvestor.com/bimodal-salary-distribution-c... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16337434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16337434 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12588202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12588202 [4] https://danluu.com/bimodal-compensation/ https://danluu.com/bimodal-compensation/