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* law firms are inefficient in their use of technology * legal work is more likely to be boring, so you have to pay people more to do it (this is related to th

* law firms are inefficient in their use of technology * legal work is more likely to be boring, so you have to pay people more to do it (this is related to the first point above) * if an app has a bug, it's usually easy to spot - if a contract has a bug, you may never know about it until it bites you. so you pay for the best attorney you can get, in the hopes of getting fewer bugs * lawyers are more at the beck and call of their clients - really need something done overnight or over the weekend? they'll do it (though they'll resent you for it)

dromidas 14y ago
Inefficiency is no excuse. I'm sure there are as many lawyers who love or hate their job as there are developers that do... some people (like myself) love doing the work but I have many colleagues who find it tedius and boring. I would say also not an excuse. Security or data integrity flaws are no more apparent than contract holes, and often are equally as disruptive. Developers aren't at the beck and call? Lol I would say that's a misconception. Late nights and weekends are NO stranger to developers. Especially in actual companies (vs independent) where deadlines are approaching its very common to be strongly encouraged (read: required) to work weekends. It's more likely that the combination of cheap alternatives (outsourcing, developer living in a carboard box in san diego, etc) are numerous and you don't need indepth knowledge to click buttons on your program to see it works like you wanted it to but you do need all that knowledge to look at a contract and confirm its legitimacy.
- swampthing 14y ago
  i'm not trying to make excuses for lawyers, i'm just providing you with reasons. and as someone who's been both a developer and a lawyer, lawyers are much more at the beck and call of clients. software engineers generally know when they have deadlines approaching. lawyers get informed Friday night of a deadline they have Monday morning (transactional lawyers, that is). your last sentence is precisely the point i was making re bugs.
gnosis 14y ago
"legal work is more likely to be boring, so you have to pay people more to do it" Sweeping floors and cleaning toilets is also pretty boring, but I don't see anyone paying janitors more because of it.
- swampthing 14y ago
  if you needed smart janitors, you would.

dromidas 14y ago

Inefficiency is no excuse. I'm sure there are as many lawyers who love or hate their job as there are developers that do... some people (like myself) love doing the work but I have many colleagues who find it tedius and boring. I would say also not an excuse. Security or data integrity flaws are no more apparent than contract holes, and often are equally as disruptive. Developers aren't at the beck and call? Lol I would say that's a misconception. Late nights and weekends are NO stranger to developers. Especially in actual companies (vs independent) where deadlines are approaching its very common to be strongly encouraged (read: required) to work weekends. It's more likely that the combination of cheap alternatives (outsourcing, developer living in a carboard box in san diego, etc) are numerous and you don't need indepth knowledge to click buttons on your program to see it works like you wanted it to but you do need all that knowledge to look at a contract and confirm its legitimacy.

swampthing 14y ago
i'm not trying to make excuses for lawyers, i'm just providing you with reasons. and as someone who's been both a developer and a lawyer, lawyers are much more at the beck and call of clients. software engineers generally know when they have deadlines approaching. lawyers get informed Friday night of a deadline they have Monday morning (transactional lawyers, that is). your last sentence is precisely the point i was making re bugs.

gnosis 14y ago

"legal work is more likely to be boring, so you have to pay people more to do it" Sweeping floors and cleaning toilets is also pretty boring, but I don't see anyone paying janitors more because of it.

swampthing 14y ago
if you needed smart janitors, you would.