POLL: Your education history

[Splat88]

Law has interested me for a while, so I decided to start studying my ass off, kill the LSAT, and be a lawyer (wish me luck!)

I'm considering copyright law, but it's still too early to tell. Definitely NOT going into criminal law. They make zero money and have to put up with so much shit it's unbelievable.

-Joe

My wife is a lawyer and she would tell you to spare yourself the agony and pick a different field. I'm practically surrounded by lawyers here with all her friends and they all seem to hate their jobs. Firms that make you meet billable hour requirements will burn you out quick. She's talking about opening up her own firm with one of her friends so we'll see how that goes.

Actually, I know two attorneys that love their jobs, but they are patent attorneys. Get any engineering degree, then go to law school, take the state bar and the patent bar, and off you go with a sweet consulting gig where you get to call the shots.

 

[Dom Ostarig]

I was shy a little bit, but since i'm not alone: i left school when i had 17 years.... to drink vodka more frequently....

 

[Soundlurker]

not one qualification to my name, left school at 15 and didn't look back. I actually skipped my Chemistry exam to go buy Accept Restless and Wild in clear vinyl, which I still have.

Great, now I have an excuse in case I don't get my bachelor's degree (I'm in the final year now).

"You can't earn money from music, and especially Metal. You need education."
Yeah right.

 

[-Noodles-]

Luck and natural talent has a lot do to with it though..

I like being in education, so fortunately I'm allowed to continue with being an AE under advanced education and research.
Hopefully one of my releases will get big, and I can start to take money from it!

 

[Charlie E.]

I'm in my last semester as a DMA student in Classical Guitar at UM with a cognate in Musicology. However I won't officially be done until I play my last recital and defend my thesis which I intend to do early next semester. At least all the coursework is done

 

[J.DavisNJ]

My wife is a lawyer and she would tell you to spare yourself the agony and pick a different field. I'm practically surrounded by lawyers here with all her friends and they all seem to hate their jobs. Firms that make you meet billable hour requirements will burn you out quick. She's talking about opening up her own firm with one of her friends so we'll see how that goes.

Actually, I know two attorneys that love their jobs, but they are patent attorneys. Get any engineering degree, then go to law school, take the state bar and the patent bar, and off you go with a sweet consulting gig where you get to call the shots.

Yeah, I definitely think it depends on the type of law you go into. The APs at my job are miserable, but they deal with scumbag criminals all day and get paid shit.

I was considering patent law, but most of those guys have technical degree backgrounds. I'm definitely the furthest from that!

I'm actually not 100% on law school. It's a gigantic expensive commitment, so I still have some thinking to do.

thanks for the perspective!

-Joe

 

[Rex Rocker]

I'm halfway thru college right now.