Tom Fox said:

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GasPasser97 said:

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Tom Fox said:

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GasPasser97 said:

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Tom Fox said:

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Ag CPA said:

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Too many lawyers as it is; unless you get into one of the top firms out of school it's a dead-end career.

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This is a very definitive statement that is not entirely true. While I went to a top law school and spent a short stint at big law, my partners did not and they make high 6 figures in their mid 30s.

There are significant opportunities for conservative attorneys from top law schools. 2 out of 5 of my study partners worked in the first Trump admin. 4 out of 5 of us were offered jobs this go around but none accepted because we are all making too much money in our careers now to 10 years post graduation to take a 65-80% pay cut.

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I should've gone to law school instead of medical school.

Top 5% of my med school class…any residency program I wanted…19 years in private practice and I'm making 1/3 to 1/2 of your colleagues in their mid 30s…

Depressing…

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That doesn't sound possible, but I know very little about the business of private medical practices.

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If you are suggesting the majority of doctors make upper 6 figures a year EVER…much less than in their 30's…prepare to be surprised

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Obviously not in their mid 30s for doctors because attorneys graduate and enter practice at 25 or 26 and doctors not until 30 or so. But I was more surprised that a physician 20 years into their career would make less than $500K-$600K in private practice. They are essentially just selling their time like attorneys. Again I would think people would be willing to find the money to pay for their health or freedom.

I wonder if medical practice overhead is higher than a legal practice. But I bet it has more to do with government intrusion being more significant in skewing your market than mine.

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My early Gen X family members make more than a million dollars a year as specialists in medicine.

TheWoodlandsTxAg said:

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Tom Fox said:

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GasPasser97 said:

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Tom Fox said:

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GasPasser97 said:

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Tom Fox said:

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Ag CPA said:

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Too many lawyers as it is; unless you get into one of the top firms out of school it's a dead-end career.

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This is a very definitive statement that is not entirely true. While I went to a top law school and spent a short stint at big law, my partners did not and they make high 6 figures in their mid 30s.

There are significant opportunities for conservative attorneys from top law schools. 2 out of 5 of my study partners worked in the first Trump admin. 4 out of 5 of us were offered jobs this go around but none accepted because we are all making too much money in our careers now to 10 years post graduation to take a 65-80% pay cut.

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I should've gone to law school instead of medical school.

Top 5% of my med school class…any residency program I wanted…19 years in private practice and I'm making 1/3 to 1/2 of your colleagues in their mid 30s…

Depressing…

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That doesn't sound possible, but I know very little about the business of private medical practices.

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If you are suggesting the majority of doctors make upper 6 figures a year EVER…much less than in their 30's…prepare to be surprised

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Obviously not in their mid 30s for doctors because attorneys graduate and enter practice at 25 or 26 and doctors not until 30 or so. But I was more surprised that a physician 20 years into their career would make less than $500K-$600K in private practice. They are essentially just selling their time like attorneys. Again I would think people would be willing to find the money to pay for their health or freedom.

I wonder if medical practice overhead is higher than a legal practice. But I bet it has more to do with government intrusion being more significant in skewing your market than mine.

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My early Gen X family members make more than a million dollars a year as specialists in medicine.

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Nice! That is more in line with what I was expecting from top end doctors.

I might consider running for Judge or DA at the end of my career but it is not economically viable for my family anytime soon.

LMCane said:

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If you want to actually do something tangible then JOIN THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY

it's open to non-attorneys as well.

the Society plays a major role in selecting applicants for Judgeships and Justices.

https://fedsoc.org/membership

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Do y'all take physicians?

My family of conservative and Republican physicians are really passionate about fighting against the Soros funded takeover of the local justice systems in metro areas across the United States.

There is actually a shortage of lawyers that can do really complicated work at the big law level, at least in corporate, tax, etc. all these people saying big law is a dead end honestly are very uninformed. I've been in big law my whole career (only in my 9th year) and all of my friends make mid six figures to 7 figures. Even if you only do big law for a few years the in house options for a corporate person are very good. Now, this is talking about the the elite big law, but the notion that it isn't a good option is just wrong.


The risk/danger is going to a non-elite law school and not getting a good job but have massive debt.

Tom Fox said:

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TheWoodlandsTxAg said:

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Tom Fox said:

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GasPasser97 said:

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Tom Fox said:

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GasPasser97 said:

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Tom Fox said:

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Ag CPA said:

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Too many lawyers as it is; unless you get into one of the top firms out of school it's a dead-end career.

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This is a very definitive statement that is not entirely true. While I went to a top law school and spent a short stint at big law, my partners did not and they make high 6 figures in their mid 30s.

There are significant opportunities for conservative attorneys from top law schools. 2 out of 5 of my study partners worked in the first Trump admin. 4 out of 5 of us were offered jobs this go around but none accepted because we are all making too much money in our careers now to 10 years post graduation to take a 65-80% pay cut.

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I should've gone to law school instead of medical school.

Top 5% of my med school class…any residency program I wanted…19 years in private practice and I'm making 1/3 to 1/2 of your colleagues in their mid 30s…

Depressing…

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That doesn't sound possible, but I know very little about the business of private medical practices.

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If you are suggesting the majority of doctors make upper 6 figures a year EVER…much less than in their 30's…prepare to be surprised

---

Obviously not in their mid 30s for doctors because attorneys graduate and enter practice at 25 or 26 and doctors not until 30 or so. But I was more surprised that a physician 20 years into their career would make less than $500K-$600K in private practice. They are essentially just selling their time like attorneys. Again I would think people would be willing to find the money to pay for their health or freedom.

I wonder if medical practice overhead is higher than a legal practice. But I bet it has more to do with government intrusion being more significant in skewing your market than mine.

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My early Gen X family members make more than a million dollars a year as specialists in medicine.

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Nice! That is more in line with what I was expecting from top end doctors.

I might consider running for Judge or DA at the end of my career but it is not economically viable for my family anytime soon.

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Most docs dont make that... theyre in line with what gas was saying, and that's for specialists. PCPs make like 300, median doc pay is 350k or so.

Those here would not tolerate the training or lifestyle of most surgical subspecialties (aside from urology or ent), so not going to entertain that. The only docs I know with reasonable lifestyles who make 7 figures are dermatologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pain docs, that's all I can think of now. Doc pay would shock most of you here lol. Going into law/finance/engineering is a much better ROI

To me, this seems like a classic "the grass is greener across the fence" situation. Google "average lawyer salaries" and I suspect that most will be surprised how low they are.

The overwhelming majority of lawyers are relatively low-level government employees, mid-level corporate employees, or in private practice just scraping by.