Thirty Is the New Twenty

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Originally Posted by burgundy

is it just a terrible market there? you could probably make $100K in a monkey job in NYC, but you'd probably need to be admitted here.

it's one thing if you're being super picky about location, hours, type of practice, etc.

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Yeah, it's mainly a bad market. No one is hiring entry-levels/first-years; everyone is looking for at least 3-5 years experience. I've been looking up and down the entire state as well as various fields of law, so it's not me being picky. I've gotten several interviews, but they always end up going with someone with more experience. I just want to get out of civil litigation right now. I can't stand it and don't want to be pigeon-holed into doing it for the rest of my career.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Yeah, but things like a car, and an apartment to yourself without roommates are luxuries you can live without. I wouldn't live at home because I felt entitled to those things. Hell, I don't have them now even though I'm making enough to afford them at this point.

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the car thing really depends on where you live, though. some areas have very bad and unreliable public transportation. and i never thought of living alone as a luxury before. but i guess it kinda is seeing how much you'd have to pay to live alone in some areas.

i've been thinking about moving out to texas once i can save up enough money. i know a few artists who've lived out there while working on projects since the rents are so cheap in some areas. though, i dunno if i could stand the heat.

Texas is the asshole of this country. You can do better.

Texas trades Rama for Doc. Hmmm...

also fuck you josh

Whatever... you know I'm right.

Baltimore.

When are you moving joto?

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Originally Posted by Nash

Yeah, it's mainly a bad market. No one is hiring entry-levels/first-years; everyone is looking for at least 3-5 years experience.

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This seems to be a universal of any field you get into. I've heard it from everyone from teachers to lawyers to programmers. True in my field too. I've been turned away from plenty of good interviews because of experience.

I guess if you're a nurse or a researcher in an in-demand field or something, it's different, but it seems like the market is just really competitive in general. Partly the economy, but I also think it's just an over-educated populous.

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Originally Posted by Doc Holliday

When are you moving joto?

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Where were you two months ago? I asked you if you wanted to move because I was serious and you never gave me a response. I got a gig in NYC now so I'm not sure.

Razor - Oh sorry, dude. I thought it was clear I couldn't move till Nov.

Everyone else - I can't find what I did with IRC.