Calling all lawyers (and other sundry old people)

[Count]

i'm back! So, a quick life update:

I graduated from undergrad last year (umass!). This year I'm screwing around in Northampton (not literally, sadly) and working at a pizza place. Next year I'm going to law school. I'm waiting to hear back from most places, but I got into Columbia. So suck it. I'm excited, but I'm getting cold feet.

I'm considering deferring for a year so I can spend some more time enjoying life (I'd be aiming for a Boston job in the legal world to build my resume), save up a bit of money (that would be a drop in the bucket considering the cost of law school- but what's 200,000 dollars between friends?) maybe do some traveling (these goals seem contradictory, but aren't I supposed to "do some traveling" at this point in my life?), and clear my head.

Right now I'm staring at law school, a career as a lawyer, retirement, and death. It's a little terrifying. And so bloody conventional. I'm fairly confident this moment will pass, I won't end up deferring, and I'll just attend law school next year, but any thoughts? I figured the best advice I could get would be from semi-anonymous people on an internet forum I haven't posted on in years (I have memories, though. Memories!).

and for the lawyers: does anybody actually like the big corporate law firm jobs? and does it matter? (no guarantee I'd get one of those jobs, but they pay... slightly more than I make delivering pizzas)

How youse guys been?

[katmai]

ffs another lawyer

p.s. Sox sux! Go Giants!

[Monoriu]

The most precious asset you have is your time.  The number of income generating years that you have is a finite number.  An extra year spent doing nothing is a year's worth of salary forgone.  That's a pretty big number. 

I suggest attenting law school ASAP. 

And welcome back 

[Caliga]

The most precious asset you have is your time.  The number of income generating years that you have is a finite number.  An extra year spent doing nothing is a year's worth of salary forgone.  That's a pretty big number. 

I agree.  I look down at hippies that think they are entitled to spend a year 'finding themselves in Indonesia' (I'm looking at you, Malthus).  Here's a knuckle sandwich for you to find, filthy hippie.

Anyway, welcome back Count.

[lustindarkness]

Welcome back. My 2 pennies: If "travelling the world to find yourself" does not include the military, go straight to law school.

[katmai]

The three previous posters are all morons, cretins and idiots.

[Caliga]

Welcome back. My 2 pennies: If "travelling the world to find yourself" does not include the military, go straight to law school.

Travelling the world as a soldier: acceptable.

[Count]

aww I missed you guys. Traveling would be restricted to europe (most of the world seems fucking horrible).

fuck, who am I kidding. I'll go. UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

[Caliga]

Well, if you insist on being a filthy hippie, I guess this is the time to do it.

[Count]

Well, if you insist on being a filthy hippie, I guess this is the time to do it.

i can shave my sideburns AND i've already stopped smoking pot. but goddammit I like my sideburns.

what's with these spam filters?

[Monoriu]

aww I missed you guys. Traveling would be restricted to europe (most of the world seems fucking horrible).

fuck, who am I kidding. I'll go. UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

[Valdemar]

I took a year out, but that was after highschool. Gave me good language skills, taught me some measure of selfreliance and a tolerance of other cultures, in this case the US, which is greatly neede here at languish, and at work for a big 4 consultancy firm with ALOT of USian mannerisms :p

Now, ofc if you intend to stay inside the US and only deal with Amuricans, then that wont help you

V

[Count]

aww I missed you guys. Traveling would be restricted to europe (most of the world seems fucking horrible).

fuck, who am I kidding. I'll go. UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

i meant i'll go to law school, not europe. but I will assume you understood that and wanted me to take more time off, and I will now dedicate my life to becoming "self-actualized"

[Monoriu]

I took a year out, but that was after highschool. Gave me good language skills, taught me some measure of selfreliance and a tolerance of other cultures, in this case the US, which is greatly neede here at languish, and at work for a big 4 consultancy firm with ALOT of USian mannerisms :p

It is not necessary to take a year off to learn good language skills, or achieve self-reliance.  There are many other ways. 

[Monoriu]

aww I missed you guys. Traveling would be restricted to europe (most of the world seems fucking horrible).

fuck, who am I kidding. I'll go. UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

OTHERWISE PLEASE GOD

i meant i'll go to law school, not europe. but I will assume you understood that and wanted me to take more time off, and I will now dedicate my life to becoming "self-actualized"

Don't just go to law school.  Make sure you pick one of the streams that'll make big bucks.  Whatever that maybe