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OK... so don't call someone who bills you for their time and make smalltalk. That seems pretty self-evident. If I start a meeting with a consulting software en
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OK... so don't call someone who bills you for their time and make smalltalk. That seems pretty self-evident.
If I start a meeting with a consulting software engineer and spend the first 5 minutes making small talk, that's fine, but my company is gonna pay for that time. The same thing is true for lawyers.
- mindslight 5y agoYes, that's the obvious conclusion. But surely you can see how clients needing to deliberately refrain from standard pleasantries doesn't contribute to lawyers having a good reputation.