"Attorney" listed as one of America's most overrated jobs by Forum

[prezidentv8]

CNBC: http://www.cnbc.com/id/45210744?slide=8

CNBC

Congratulations. You're all doing something that's overrated. You're basically members of a modern-day gold rush.

Thanks? Are you not a law student/lawyer as well?

I'm a law student, but I'm not one of these:

Who the fuck cares what you or CNBC thinks? I'm gonna be throwing hundreds on your daughter in fifteen years. Tell me how that feels.

Because the Internet never lies. That's why.

Seriously though, every other post on this site is just some dude's opinion. What percentage of posts properly cite a primary source of authority?

147.

Also this:

[prezidentv8]

What is the V100 of pilot jerbs? As a preftige obsessed lawl student, I need to know.

Delta, brah. Southwest is about on par with Cadwalader.

So that means my career right now is like...

[BeautifulSW]

Not only is it NOT unusual for a lawyer around here never to make six figures, I'd guess that only a fraction of the lawyers in my state consistently make six figures. It's a very poor state and there's not a lot of the kind of commercial activity that generates serious money. The low salaries/billings are offset to some extent by our lower cost of living and by the fact that total tuition at our sole law school is $40,000 for three years. I think you will find that this is the situation in an awful lot of the country away from the Northeast Corridor.

Now, if you total up my salary, employer contribution to retirement, and all of the benefits I get from public sector employment, it probably does exceed $100,000 but I'm talking in terms of W-2 income.

[Julio_El_Chavo]

This thread is winning.

[happy187]

In 25 years of practice, I have never once regretted going to law school or becoming a lawyer. Yes, the hours can be long. No, I've never made close to six figures...

I stopped reading after this

[deebs]

So that means my career right now is like...

Here is mine:

[TommyK]

So what are the most underrated jobs?

My top 5 list:
Backup quarterback
Bass player for a rock band
Professional fisherman
Small town mayor
Aquatic mammal trainer

[un-vordox]

Who the fuck cares what you or CNBC thinks? I'm gonna be throwing hundreds on your daughter in fifteen years. Tell me how that feels.

TITCR

I'm supposed to believe something because CNBC said it?!

What percentage of posts properly cite a primary source of authority?

Not OP here.

[MellowMantis]

What is the V100 of pilot jerbs? As a preftige obsessed lawl student, I need to know.

Delta, brah. Southwest is about on par with Cadwalader.

So the firms we are summering at are like Turkmenistan Air?

lol

[thedive]

So what are the most underrated jobs?

My top 5 list:
Backup quarterback
Bass player for a rock band
Professional fisherman
Small town mayor
Aquatic mammal trainer

A plumber, they get to go to houses in Malibu and hit on desperate housewives.

[mrloblaw]

So that means my career right now is like...

Here is mine:

I'll raise you one: