http://lawshucks.com/2009/08/quick-shucks-8509/ A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:47:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lawshucks.com/2009/08/quick-shucks-8509/#comment-1080 lawshucks Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:02:05 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2741#comment-1080 Arguably he wouldn't have been able to afford to take his family in the first place if he wasn't willing to make sacrifices like that. I believe that availability is built into the exorbitant hourly rates and high salaries. It's a tough job that requires tough choices. I'm not going to fault a guy who chooses the high salary, posh vacations and private schools with the accompanying risk of getting called away at a moment's notice. It might not be for me or you but it's not irrational or sad that someone chooses differently. Arguably he wouldn’t have been able to afford to take his family in the first place if he wasn’t willing to make sacrifices like that. I believe that availability is built into the exorbitant hourly rates and high salaries. It’s a tough job that requires tough choices. I’m not going to fault a guy who chooses the high salary, posh vacations and private schools with the accompanying risk of getting called away at a moment’s notice. It might not be for me or you but it’s not irrational or sad that someone chooses differently.

]]> http://lawshucks.com/2009/08/quick-shucks-8509/#comment-1079 Joe Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:55:02 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2741#comment-1079 That's terrible to have to leave your wife and children on vacation while you go back to the office. Honestly, what kind of world do we live in when your life is so owned by your work? That's terrible to have to leave your wife and children on vacation while you go back to the office. Honestly, what kind of world do we live in when your life is so owned by your work?

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