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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You just think you're making more than everyone else because you've been institutionalized in this field. I assure you there are swarms of people doing less intellectually stimulating things like institutional sales, stock borkering, PI and regaulr old sales who lap your ass in salary and QOL.
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I'm not too concerned about relative rankings. I'm satisfied that we live a comfortable and fun life that allows us to do what we want without any real money worries. Not making enough to buy an island is only a problem if you convince yourself you can't live well without an island.
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If you take start viewing law as a business (i.e., start milking the market for referral fees and banking favors), you'll fins a whole slew of people who laugh at all of the intellectuals.
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Again, whatever floats your boat. They can laugh at me from work. I'll be at home, relaxed, because I enjoy the effort I have to put into work, and it doesn't consume me. (And I don't have to chase fees. Yay!)
No blinders here. I have a fair idea what you do, and would guess that you spend a lot of your time on tactical, task-oriented work. I lucked out a while back, through no great merit on my part, and get to spend my time on more strategic stuff. So, when I talk about the intellectual satisfaction, I'm probably describing a different job than what you're thinking. When I was doing the tactical stuff, yeah, I agree that the satisfactions might not be there as strongly. There is no generic "lawyer" job - there's a ton of different areas with different requirements and duties and enjoyments - so, don't assume that I'm saying that a person needs to derive huge personal satisfaction over getting motion papers served. Your satisfactions come more from the chance to think and act creatively.
Your insurance buddy's satisfactions come from having sold jerkwad a big package resulting in a nice commission. His satisfaction is all result oriented. We, if we have the right mindset, get to enjoy the process, too.
