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Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-21-2009 23:02:

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Originally posted by elektrikal
haha good point.

on a side note, first law firm i worked at, this one lawyer turned to me my first day and said you wanna be a lawyer?, i replied w/ yes, he just looked at me w/ a frown shaking his head and said, why?

that worried me a bit.

lol he said that because people think it is a great profession till they get into it. Then they hate it.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-21-2009 23:06:

lol dont even get me started on lawyers.

anyway just move to a tropical island

Posted by ziptnf on Apr-21-2009 23:11:

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
lol he said that because people think it is a great profession till they get into it. Then they hate it.

My brother went to law school for a little bit, he's an excellent reader, very intelligent, but couldn't handle the work and was told his chances of finding a job that doesn't involve paper pushing all day were slim to none, so he quit. He didn't want to be miserable 24/7.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-21-2009 23:12:

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Originally posted by ziptnf
My brother went to law school for a little bit, he's an excellent reader, very intelligent, but couldn't handle the work and was told his chances of finding a job that doesn't involve paper pushing all day were slim to none, so he quit. He didn't want to be miserable 24/7.

To be quite frank, there are way too many lawyers in this country. Even with the case load, there are just too many.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-21-2009 23:13:

honestly, if you want to make the most amount of money while working the least amount of time, be a personal injury lawyer. your paychecks come in bunches...sometimes just 3k, then the next month you grab a 33k fee, then every now an then you get that 100k + fee. it's like the lottery business and a 16 year old can do it. if you have finesse and good negotiating skills, you'll be golden.

*edit* you can easily start your own LLC and do everything presuit. you would only need one secretary and a small office to rent to be living comfortably.

Posted by ziptnf on Apr-21-2009 23:15:

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Originally posted by Slylee
honestly, if you want to make the most amount of money while working the least amount of time, be a personal injury lawyer. your paychecks come in bunches...sometimes just 3k, then the next month you grab a 33k fee, then every now an then you get that 100k + fee. it's like the lottery business and a 16 year old can do it. if you have finesse and good negotiating skills, you'll be golden.

Or you could be a baller and get your masters of engineering and your law degree and you could be a patent lawyer. Firms are always looking for those guys, and you make bank. Lot of school tho

Posted by boris_the_bear on Apr-21-2009 23:18:

after reading all this, I feel so miserable with my professional path in life, precisely over it's absence FML

Posted by Slylee on Apr-21-2009 23:19:

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Originally posted by ziptnf
Or you could be a baller and get your masters of engineering and your law degree and you could be a patent lawyer. Firms are always looking for those guys, and you make bank. Lot of school tho

yea i was talking more about not having to work as much and making great money

personally, if i followed through and went to law school like i wanted to you a couple years ago, i would have really tried to get into entertainment law.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-21-2009 23:22:

Posted by ziptnf on Apr-21-2009 23:28:

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Fuck patent law. I hate those guys so fucking much.

Why, are they stuck up? I don't actually know any, I just know it makes a lot of money.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-21-2009 23:29:

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Originally posted by ziptnf
Why, are they stuck up? I don't actually know any, I just know it makes a lot of money.

They are the single reason the computer industry is always fucking stifled for innovation. fuck those guys.

Posted by ziptnf on Apr-21-2009 23:31:

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
They are the single reason the computer industry is always fucking stifled for innovation. fuck those guys.

Example? I should probably read slashdot more often, but I generally don't read the law articles.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-21-2009 23:35:

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Originally posted by ziptnf
Example? I should probably read slashdot more often, but I generally don't read the law articles.

RIM and Push, Amazon and 1 click checkout, MSFT and the FAT patent...the list goes on. www.pubpat.org has a nice list. This also affects patenting DNA sequences. US Patent Law = horrible.

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Apr-22-2009 00:05:

You can see this as an investment. But buy 4x 60-day packages(total cost=$120) on World of Warcraft. Each account should be a Priest, since it's very rare for any player to actually reach level 60 priest as it's incredibly boring. After the 60 days are up, each of your 4 accounts will be worth $900. Sell them, buy sleeping drugs, go to sleep, wake up, pay for some woman's drink, marry her, kill her father, take his money.

Posted by elektrikal on Apr-22-2009 03:07:

hey now, 2 of my friends are patent lawyers, one coming from a computer science background. dunno much bout entertainment law, def dont want to enter a field that requires in court litigation, or at least a lot of it.

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-22-2009 03:17:

quote:
Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
You can see this as an investment. But buy 4x 60-day packages(total cost=$120) on World of Warcraft. Each account should be a Priest, since it's very rare for any player to actually reach level 60 priest as it's incredibly boring. After the 60 days are up, each of your 4 accounts will be worth $900. Sell them, buy sleeping drugs, go to sleep, wake up, pay for some woman's drink, marry her, kill her father, take his money.

Posted by Zild on Apr-22-2009 03:30:

My father is a great lawyer. He keeps trying to force me into law school after chem school.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-22-2009 05:47:

quote:
Originally posted by elektrikal
hey now, 2 of my friends are patent lawyers, one coming from a computer science background. dunno much bout entertainment law, def dont want to enter a field that requires in court litigation, or at least a lot of it.

Patents are the John D Rockafeller of the 21st century.

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