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Originally posted by dtb
I think (but maybe this is just me) that you would find that tolerance-for-bullshit (part of any job) would decline in direct proportion with your need for the money.
Maybe that's not true if you have a job that you absolutely love (I'm thinking Bill Gates or movie stars...), but anything related to the law? Meh.
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Sometimes I think so, sometimes I'm not sure. I know enough lawyers who could easily retire, and maintain their current lifestyles right through the day they die -- yet they keep on working. I have a few colleagues in this boat, and I've dealt with some other lawyers on cases I've had (espeically plaintiff-side class action guys who hit it big, repeatedly), and they keep on working and very happy about it.
Maybe they're senior enough to make everyone else deal with the bullshit, maybe they just like the sense of what they've accomplished and built and want to further that.
I hope that when I'm their age, I have that same sense (and the accomplishments to back it up). Or, I have enough cash to make the choice that they are not making. Either/or, I'm flexible.
