The Official June 2015 Waiter's Thread (GREY DEY 7/1) Forum

basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:20 am

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whacka · Post by **whacka** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:23 am

drtamale wrote:
whacka wrote:
drtamale wrote: yup. except the law school i will go to will not be anywhere near that price.
even if you get it for half that price, or a fourth, or free, how can you justify three years of not working - but still paying for food and rent and happy hour - at probably the most critical time in your life just because you want to be able to say you went to law school (let's face it - that's what this boils down to)?

pretty easily really. plus, fyi, since you are figuring my expenses, i have a 2 year old.

"dad play with me"
"no i'm studying"
"why"
"because this is fun"

this is absurd dude, I really don't understand it. To make such a time-consuming and costly decisions just for shits and giggles - especially when you have a dependent - is seriously unfathomable to me. Law school is already a strain on peoples' relationships when they actually want to use their degrees, but to go for it on a lark? Just... why??

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:23 am

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Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:24 am

drtamale wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Hopefully I don't have to move to NYC. It's depressing that that is where the easy to get jobs are
I always thought NYC was the dream. It's the center of the human race.
some people i know took $250,000 / year jobs that they hate in nyc for a few years to pay off their debt. they all cant wait to get out of there.

I would be 100% okay with that.

Op_Diom · Post by **Op_Diom** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:24 am

whacka wrote:
Op_Diom wrote:
drtamale wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
drtamale wrote:anyone else going to law school and not planning on practicing law afterwards ? at least immediately afterwards. i plan to maybe do an extra year of environment law after the first 3 and then apply for a graduate soil science program. cant see myself being a lawyer, but im sure ill love law school. but yes, plans can change. anything can happen.
its dumb to go to law school if you don't want to practice law there's no benefit

there might be a benefit one day. plus ill enjoy law school. i live for the moment.
What if someone wanted to go to law school in order to have a complete understanding of contracts and the law in general, which would allow he or she to become a better owner and manager of a corporation? Accordingly, this individual wouldn't be a 'lawyer' but I could see how going to law school would be a definite benefit if someone had aspirations to become a successful business executive.
again, those valuable skills might be worth it if you are sitting on a vast fortune and have no responsibilities for three years

I see your point for most cases. However, if one can get into a top 14 school (especially in the top half), surely there would be a number of opportunities in which he or she could begin work as an assistant counsel or something similar. It seems probable that such positions would allow for one to pay off their debt while also enabling he or she to work their way to becoming an executive of some sort. So yes, it's certainly hard to fathom not being a lawyer for some period of time under a short-term outlook, but it also seems practical to have long-term goals that don't include being a 'lawyer'.

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:25 am

benwyatt wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Hopefully I don't have to move to NYC. It's depressing that that is where the easy to get jobs are
NYC is great, you're wrong.

hammocklv06 · Post by **hammocklv06** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:26 am

benwyatt wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Hopefully I don't have to move to NYC. It's depressing that that is where the easy to get jobs are
NYC is great, you're wrong.

Agreed with Ben.

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:28 am

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whacka · Post by **whacka** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:29 am

buckiguy_sucks wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Hopefully I don't have to move to NYC. It's depressing that that is where the easy to get jobs are
I always thought NYC was the dream. It's the center of the human race.

pretty sure that's somewhere in Egypt bro

I think he means it's the current cultural center... as opposed to the cultural center 8000 years ago

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:29 am

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buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:30 am

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buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:32 am

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Op_Diom · Post by **Op_Diom** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:34 am

basedvulpes wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Substitute DC, but yes

Something like that. Of course, plans are always subject to change but that wouldn't be too bad of a deal.

jumbo2016 · Post by **jumbo2016** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:35 am

I thought civilization started in Mesopotamia

whacka · Post by **whacka** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:36 am

jumbo2016 wrote:I thought civilization started in Mesopotamia

it did

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:36 am

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buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:37 am

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jumbo2016 · Post by **jumbo2016** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:37 am

buckiguy_sucks wrote:
jumbo2016 wrote:I thought civilization started in Mesopotamia
well i was referencing the literal start of the human race which i am pretty sure most up to date science says was near egypt

Ah I'm all caught up now. Carry on

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:38 am

buckiguy_sucks wrote:Too much hustle and bustle and hippening and happening for your down home country midbesterner

I'm about as Texan as they come and that's exactly why I want to go to New York.

cdotson2 · Post by **cdotson2** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:38 am

drtamale wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Hopefully I don't have to move to NYC. It's depressing that that is where the easy to get jobs are
I always thought NYC was the dream. It's the center of the human race.
some people i know took $250,000 / year jobs that they hate in nyc for a few years to pay off their debt. they all cant wait to get out of there.

250,000 a year? don't all biglaw jobs start at 160,000 with lockstep raises?

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:40 am

cdotson2 wrote:
drtamale wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Does anybody else have plans to slave away in a Manhattan firm until you make partner and become an eccentric millionaire?
Hopefully I don't have to move to NYC. It's depressing that that is where the easy to get jobs are
I always thought NYC was the dream. It's the center of the human race.
some people i know took $250,000 / year jobs that they hate in nyc for a few years to pay off their debt. they all cant wait to get out of there.
250,000 a year? don't all biglaw jobs start at 160,000 with lockstep raises?

Yes but the Top firms payout big bonuses because they work for percentage of deal value,

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:41 am

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Op_Diom · Post by **Op_Diom** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:42 am

It's weird to think that some bro was the first dude to harness the power of fire. Imagine how stupid he looked to the other monkey-man sitting beside of him as he is striking this stone.

But that was pretty clutch considering a lot of scientists think that eating cooked food is what accelerated the evolutionary development of our brains.

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:43 am

Also the perks are very nice in NYC, but they'll work your butt rest assured.

jumbo2016 · Post by **jumbo2016** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:46 am

Op_Diom wrote:It's weird to think that some bro was the first dude to harness the power of fire. Imagine how stupid he looked to the other monkey-man sitting beside of him as he is striking this stone.

But that was pretty clutch considering a lot of scientists think that eating cooked food is what accelerated the evolutionary development of our brains.

I feel like the discovery of fire involved cavemen seeing a lightening strike or something and then very slowly figuring out how to replicate it