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[Paul Campos]

I wanted to "share" this somewhere, and this seems like as good a place as any.

A net friend I've known for nearly ten years since he was in undergrad wanted my advice this week on whether to apply to law school. He got his undergrad degree in sports broadcasting, which sounds awfully unicorny to me, but he's actually been pretty successful in regard to getting into the business. Now in his late 20s, he hosts a sports talk radio show in a major market, in a city with a fairly low cost of living. He's on the air 20 hours per week in a nice time slot (late morning/early PM), and probably works about 15 or 20 additional hours per week, but the non-air work time is pretty flexible, since it consists of things like researching potential topics and the like.

He's going to make around 75K-80K this year. He's single, has no educational debt, and lives somewhere where a nice one-bedroom apartment in a good neighborhood is around 1K per month. He likes his job just fine, but he's thinking about applying to law school, because he wants to do something that feels more meaningful to him than spending his life arguing about whether LeBron James is as great a player as Michael Jordan was, with the kind of people who call into sports radio talk shows to argue about things like that.

Naturally I told him that many and indeed most legal jobs don't feel any more meaningful than arguing about LeBron etc., as well as featuring many severe disadvantages relative to the conditions of his present employment.

But it struck me that this was an interesting little glimpse into grass is greener syndrome, which in turn explains how a lot of people end up in law school (although this seems like a particularly extreme case).

[shifty_eyed]

It's probably people from your generation that are telling him law school is a good idea

[ymmv]

It's probably people from your generation that are telling him law school is a good idea

Yup. I'd say Hollywood glamorization of the profession is also a large part of the problem. Also the entire overarching issue of American Dream type bullshit that colors every life decision here.

[09042014]

I would literally strangle two hookers to get his job.

[Flips88]

If I could make $80k/year to talk about sports for a few hours a day, I'd be fucking ecstatic.

[shifty_eyed]

If I could make $80k/year to talk about sports for a few hours a day, I'd be fucking ecstatic.

Me too, and I hate sports.

[WokeUpInACar]

I would literally strangle two hookers to get his job.

[DELG]

If I could make $80k/year to talk about sports for a few hours a day, I'd be fucking ecstatic.

Me too, and I hate sports.

[Fiero85]

Naturally I told him that many and indeed most legal jobs don't feel any more meaningful than arguing about LeBron etc., as well as featuring many severe disadvantages relative to the conditions of his present employment.

But it struck me that this was an interesting little glimpse into grass is greener syndrome, which in turn explains how a lot of people end up in law school (although this seems like a particularly extreme case).

Yep, this is a classic case of G-I-G syndrome.

Tell him to get a hobby (not being sarcastic). He's apparently got a cushy low hours job with no debt, low expenses, and above avg income, so he can pursue whatever else he wants in his free time.

[jbagelboy]

that job is awesome.

[bjsesq]

Tell your net friend bjsesq hopes he gets HIV.

[melodically]

Tell your net friend bjsesq hopes he gets HIV.

Wow.

[bjsesq]

Tell your net friend bjsesq hopes he gets HIV.

Wow.

No, not Wow. HIV.

[TelegramSam]

Tell your net friend bjsesq hopes he gets HIV.

Wow.

I know. Seriously missed opportunity for a 'those AIDS' joke

Get your shit together Boo

Also: I would strangle three hookers for that job.

[papercut]

Tell your net friend bjsesq hopes he gets HIV.

Wow.

No, not Wow. HIV.

Trigger warning next time pls.

[jingosaur]

I would take out $200k in non-dischargeable debt for a 50 percent chance at that job.

[twenty]

I would take out $200k in non-dischargeable debt for a 50 percent chance at that job.

[prezidentv8]

story about sports radio host wanting to go to law school

[la_flauta]

Funny, I know a guy who did the opposite. Went to law school and now hosts a sports talk radio show and owns a sports news website which he started from the ground floor on his own. He's far happier now and makes a steady enough income to travel quite a bit and have paid employees.

[84651846190]

oh, you kids! *rustles your hair*

[rad lulz]

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[First Offense]

If he wants to do something that "matters", he should volunteer in what seems to be his copious amounts of spare time instead of wasting 3 years +200k. He could even sponsor a charity on his show, I'm sure, and raise awareness for his favorite charity in a short, 2-3 minute segment a day/week.

[the_phoenix612]

I would tell him to reach out to Clay Travis, who took the exact opposite approach - he went to Vanderbilt Law and then became a sportswriter. The site he started, outkickthecoverage.com, just got bought out by Fox Sports and he is now on TV and everything on Fox Sports 1.

He also does a weekly mailbag, and really seems to enjoy communicating with his fanbase.

Email here: http://msn.foxsports.com/college-footba ... lay-travis

[DELG]

If he wants to do something that "matters", he should volunteer in what seems to be his copious amounts of spare time instead of wasting 3 years +200k. He could even sponsor a charity on his show, I'm sure, and raise awareness for his favorite charity in a short, 2-3 minute segment a day/week.

Through this course of action, suspect he would find he spent more hours doing something "meaningful" than anyone I know in PI

[BVest]

I would literally strangle two hookers to get his job.

Also: I would strangle three hookers for that job.

That won't cut it. Craig James killed five hookers while at SMU and he's not even on the air anymore.