Regarding the lawyer, there's a more complex bait and switch going on here... As you progress in the practice of law, you spend less time working on document r

Regarding the lawyer, there's a more complex bait and switch going on here... As you progress in the practice of law, you spend less time working on document review and trial / transaction prep. Due to the nature of law firms, senior lawyers tend to either be focused on client development (sales!) or various forms of cat herding (project / business management!)... Wait... tell me again about the career prospects of engineers in their 50's who (successfully) switched into sales and management? [um yeah, nothing to see here....]