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I once was in bed with a top lawyer making multiple hundred k a year, who was whining about his law firms partner taking half of the money he made with his work
by Traubenfuchs 3y ago
I once was in bed with a top lawyer making multiple hundred k a year, who was whining about his law firms partner taking half of the money he made with his work, without doing any work himself. He did not appreciate me asking why he didn't take up self employment if he could then just keep 100% of what he made if he was salty enough about his partner to complain about it to a stranger (me).
I believe those big bad companies and bosses DO bring quite a lot to the table, a stable income, resources, a life free of personal risks, maybe even just credibility and many other things... It's childish to gloss over this.
- atonse 3y agoA lot of employees don’t understand what’s involved in being a business owner, building a Rolodex, the 100 nos for every yes, etc. So they think the owners (or partners) do nothing. But in reality, they’re getting paid for years of building relationships with clients, etc. There’s also what I call bathing in shit: having to work with people you detest, and having to do unethical things (which I still struggle a lot with) Yes someone is going to bring up an edge case where someone lucked out by being born into the right family. But in most cases it’s just the hard work over time, with a mix of risk taking. As something who’s spent years trying to build those relationships, I truly appreciate it.