tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post4049586409621576437..comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00Comments on But I Did Everything Right!: Oh How Things Have Changed!Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-82079853842211711542010-01-15T07:55:04.823-05:002010-01-15T07:55:04.823-05:0065K. I had a partial scholarship. And because in...65K. I had a partial scholarship. And because interest rates were high when I graduated and consolidated this debt, it's still about 65K. I just started making a little headway into the principal when I lost my job.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-63203060070787863092010-01-15T00:41:43.340-05:002010-01-15T00:41:43.340-05:00ANGEL
If you don't mind me asking how much de...ANGEL<br /><br />If you don't mind me asking how much debt did you have when you graduated law school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-59370163379165015312009-10-17T02:10:18.736-04:002009-10-17T02:10:18.736-04:00Funny story actually, one of the attorneys I worke...Funny story actually, one of the attorneys I worked with at Big Law left to become a professional poker player. I hear he is very happy. He would have been laid off if he stayed.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-77390652651400345212009-10-17T01:45:58.982-04:002009-10-17T01:45:58.982-04:00She'd have had better odds taking that $185K t...She'd have had better odds taking that $185K to Vegas and entering a poker tournament.Knute Rifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02345893660115107054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-84972418101110530142009-10-15T23:00:09.621-04:002009-10-15T23:00:09.621-04:00AJ, don't reveal you ID then. No one needs to ...AJ, don't reveal you ID then. No one needs to know who or where you are. Freedom of speech is definitely limited by employers... Wonderful Country we live in.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-558713097498940942009-10-15T11:53:26.538-04:002009-10-15T11:53:26.538-04:00Revealing myself will cost me my job. But I'l...Revealing myself will cost me my job. But I'll support Nando in whatever he needs. I've been posting his links all over!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-28787104066371911712009-10-14T22:33:06.716-04:002009-10-14T22:33:06.716-04:00Like I said, Sunflower. You have to have this atti...Like I said, Sunflower. You have to have this attitude to trek through life. But in 10 years, when you're me... I'm wondering how you'll feel. At my former job, a secretary was asked to go to law school. Partners promised her a job when she graduated. She came back as an attorney. She too was laid off a couple weeks ago. I hope your firm doesn't screw you in the same way.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-74805953293876100592009-10-14T15:56:33.606-04:002009-10-14T15:56:33.606-04:00My debt includes student loans from undergrad. I b...My debt includes student loans from undergrad. I believe the average student graduates with around 75k in law school debt. I'm an evening student at a private school (which means a 4 year program and more than average debt). I was working full-time my first two years; had I continued that rather than deciding to take it easy, the debt load would be reduced.<br /><br />Where do you live; what kind of school did you go to; did you work before (or during) your time in law school? I doubt our situations are the same. I worked for a big firm for awhile, and I eventually intend to work there again... and get my 140k/yr salary. :P I'm not under the illusion that it will be a "cinch" to pay back, but I'm not depressed over it either (admittedly, it helps to have a significant other who makes a salary of around my debt load per year - not that I'm planning to ask him for help, but it's reassuring to know that I could). I'm sorry you're unhappy with your career choice. But it's really ridiculous to say you want to "knock [my] brain right" - one needs a positive outlook when one is 7 months from graduating. So, my brain is perfectly "right."Sunflowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917160919955773944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-66769330150336210702009-10-13T22:36:34.032-04:002009-10-13T22:36:34.032-04:00You should totally tell your story. I don't kn...You should totally tell your story. I don't know about revealing your id. But it is a story that needs to be said. <br />About your friend... and at the risk of revealing my politics... her attitude is similar to many soldiers who fought/fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (may God Protect them and may they come home safely). Every day, the only thought that keeps them going is "This is for our freedom and to keep America safe." But at the end of the day, it probably isn't helping on either of those fronts. But, in order to fight the good fight, you have to think that you're doing this for something. Likewise, your friend has to believe it is a good investment because otherwise, she won't be able to keep going. It's fake. It's propaganda. I see through it--therefore, I have no satisfaction from my professional career.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-46649767472834723612009-10-13T22:06:56.886-04:002009-10-13T22:06:56.886-04:00My best friend in law school took out more than $1...My best friend in law school took out more than $120K in debt for a Drake Law School degree!!! She is now doing court-appointed work at $65 an hour. And she has told me that it was a good investment!!!! <br /><br />I know many people who have not one damn day of college education and still make more than I do (without the student loan debt). I went about $38K in debt for law school, on top of $32,000 for my undergrad degree. I wonder who came out on top.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your story. It is important that people know what a JD does to people, i.e. how it limits people's job prospects - even a decade out of law school. <br /><br />I am getting ready to tell my story to the NYT or USA Today - I don't care if I have to give up my identity. I have had a few Drake grads get upset with me already. The scam needs to get out to a larger audience.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com