All my Battlestar Galactica fanfictions involve Starbuck, the hot blonde Cylon, and a character remarkably similar to me doing some really gross stuff together.
Oh I realize that law school is 100% worthless garbage and I will ridicule it all day every day. But law jokes aren’t funny. They’re just sad. There is literally nothing about Erie or hearsay that is funny.
I talked to plenty of attorneys before I went. They told me to go for it. When I show them employment stats now, even from my “elite” school, they are consistently shocked. Your dad may be an exception, but boomer attorneys generally have no idea what is going on.
I have a pretty great job, but I am thankful every day, because many of my classmates are not so fortunate, even some of the ones who did “everything right.”
I do have a job, but that’s neither here nor there.
And just so we’re clear, “good” law schools (the UFs, UGAs, etc.) weren’t regarded as bad choices until maybe about 2 years ago. There weren’t any reliable stats TO research about law school postgraduate outcomes until about 2011 (lawschooltransparency.com, until recently the ONLY data clearinghouse, didn’t get off the ground until mid-2010). David Segal didn’t publish the article “Is Law School a Losing Game,” the first real mainstream media piece on the subject, until January 2011. It really wasn’t until 2011 until people realized that even from “elite” law schools, you had a really good chance of getting fucked. Do your research son.
Just incidentally, legal hiring for recent grads is 1) pedigree-obsessed and 2) incredibly regional. Some “good” schools hold barely any cache outside a given state (ex. UF, UGA, Bama). Some “okay” schools don’t hold any cache outside a specific tri-county area (Penn State, Brooklyn Law School, etc.). Good luck if you want to tap into your law school’s alumni network in some far flung area (I’d venture to say most places hire exclusively on or rely heavily on referrals). Then you have another state bar to worry about. So in general, for lawyers, “just move” is pretty worthless advice.
When I was growing up, literally no one was telling me to get a STEM degree (entered college pre-recession), and it’s disingenuous to offer this as “advice” to millennials now.
That would have been real nice to know back when I declared, before the economy collapsed. All the boomers just told me, “all that matters is you get your degree.”
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All my Battlestar Galactica fanfictions involve Starbuck, the hot blonde Cylon, and a character remarkably similar to me doing some really gross stuff together.
Is Mr. Hands a thing at Grandex HQ?
Oh I realize that law school is 100% worthless garbage and I will ridicule it all day every day. But law jokes aren’t funny. They’re just sad. There is literally nothing about Erie or hearsay that is funny.
It wasn’t that funny.
I talked to plenty of attorneys before I went. They told me to go for it. When I show them employment stats now, even from my “elite” school, they are consistently shocked. Your dad may be an exception, but boomer attorneys generally have no idea what is going on.
I have a pretty great job, but I am thankful every day, because many of my classmates are not so fortunate, even some of the ones who did “everything right.”
Hah I like that
Not only did you not respond to anything I said, I’m beginning to think you’re just some dude in a call center with a Series 7
I do have a job, but that’s neither here nor there.
And just so we’re clear, “good” law schools (the UFs, UGAs, etc.) weren’t regarded as bad choices until maybe about 2 years ago. There weren’t any reliable stats TO research about law school postgraduate outcomes until about 2011 (lawschooltransparency.com, until recently the ONLY data clearinghouse, didn’t get off the ground until mid-2010). David Segal didn’t publish the article “Is Law School a Losing Game,” the first real mainstream media piece on the subject, until January 2011. It really wasn’t until 2011 until people realized that even from “elite” law schools, you had a really good chance of getting fucked. Do your research son.
Dangit Bobby
lol if you think 60+ is an impressively high number of applications.
He has a job…
Just incidentally, legal hiring for recent grads is 1) pedigree-obsessed and 2) incredibly regional. Some “good” schools hold barely any cache outside a given state (ex. UF, UGA, Bama). Some “okay” schools don’t hold any cache outside a specific tri-county area (Penn State, Brooklyn Law School, etc.). Good luck if you want to tap into your law school’s alumni network in some far flung area (I’d venture to say most places hire exclusively on or rely heavily on referrals). Then you have another state bar to worry about. So in general, for lawyers, “just move” is pretty worthless advice.
This dude is 34; he’s not even a boomer. Yet his original article reads like some ridiculous boomer apologia.
Yeah! Use your bootstraps everybody!
Worthless without pics
I used to be embarrassed, but I don’t have enough money to move out, so go fuck yourself.
Bruno Mars sucks. Hope you took a girl.
Veterans do get preference for jobs with the federal govt. Too bad there’s a sequester on.
When I was growing up, literally no one was telling me to get a STEM degree (entered college pre-recession), and it’s disingenuous to offer this as “advice” to millennials now.
That would have been real nice to know back when I declared, before the economy collapsed. All the boomers just told me, “all that matters is you get your degree.”
You dumbass the military is in cut mode, and the standards are insane now.