Comment by scarface_74

Comment by scarface_74 6 months ago

I’ve got bad news for you if you think the average lawyer makes more.

https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/lawyer/salary

Unlike the normal distribution in your link, earnings in the legal profession follow a bimodal distribution. The mean/median earnings of everyone from public defenders and law firm associates isn't typically representative of actual incomes.

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scarface_74 6 months ago

As does software development. What are the chances that he ends up in the FAANG equivalent in law?

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- greenie_beans 6 months ago
  
  all u gotta do is grind on leetcode bro
  
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pc86 6 months ago

It's a pretty bad idea to change careers in your mid 30s if you plan on being average at it.

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scarface_74 6 months ago

No one “plans” on being average just like I’m sure a lot of software engineers “plan” on graduating from college working for BigTech and adjacent and making $160K+ straight out of college and not working for “Billy Bob’s Fish Tackle and Wordpress shop” making $50K.

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