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[taxwonk]

Originally posted by dtb
Ding! Ding! Ding!

It's true that many very successful people want to keep on doing it. In fact, I was just talking with someone the other day about how Bruce Wasserstein and his ilk tried to retire, but just couldn't, because they got too much out of working. That's what I was trying to address with the Bill Gates reference.

As you sagely point out, however, those sorts of people do not have to deal with the same amount of bullshit because they call the shots. There is a huge difference.

Unfortunately, I have never had the sort of job where I call the shots. Lawyering is a service industry.

That said, next year, I am planning to go back to work in a small town practice, where I will make very little money, but the rewards (connection to the community, low-stress (relatively) clients, and job satisfaction) will be worth giving up my free time. Dealing with a bunch of blowhard bankers who speak in consultant-ese is most definitely NOT worth my free time. We all have different thresholds. That is mine.

Just remember to do you networking over morning coffee at the diner. That's kind of baked in to the deal.