Sometimes The Headline Says It All

NewDealer says:

The problem with these is that they are based on semi-objective measurements but cannot and do not take into account that different people have different skills. My brain is not one that lends itself to software development even if it is a hot gig right now. Nor does it lend itself to math and engineering.

Plus wages will decrease if more people enter software and computer stuff which will make the fields less desirable.

That being said by family history and other factors I seem to be meant to be a lawyer (granddad, dad, and brother are lawyers) and I choose to enter the profession at the worst possible moment in recent histories. There have been other downswings. During my 1L year, my law school brought in a judge who said he needed to work as a house painter after law school because no one was hiring. There were stories in the 1970s of law school grads working as taxi drivers. Those crunches passed and the industry rebounded but there is always the fear that this time will be different. I’ve done okay so far but associate positions have eluded me. Recruiters don’t seem able to help. And no seems able to propose an “alternative legal career” for me like some of my classmates found. At this point, I might have to hang up my own shingle soonish and this is a scary proposition. Of course it does not help that my dad is one of super-old school advice like “Hang around court and just start introducing yourself to lawyers and saying you are available for per diem work.”Report