would you go to a top 20 law school - heavy scholarship money or down the saas sales route?
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This REALLY comes down to what you want to do with your life. It's awesome that you can get a lot of scholarship money, but that's still a huge investment of time and effort.
Do you want to practice law? Will you enjoy it? Tax law and software sales are QUITE divergent in terms of your day-to-day.
Don't just chase money, go after that which will fulfill you.
Do you want to practice law? Will you enjoy it? Tax law and software sales are QUITE divergent in terms of your day-to-day.
Don't just chase money, go after that which will fulfill you.
Apples and oranges...
Two wildly different career paths.
Two wildly different career paths.
Also, didn't you have two "extreme wealth" opportunities last week (sales and VC). Now you're considering law school?
Considering all my options. I have offers in VC, MGMT consulting, M&A etc. just trying to figure it out. I’m curious about law bc the opportunity to build your own law firm.
Sometimes too many options can be a bad thing.
What does your gut say?
What does your gut say?
BDR Intern with top 20 law offer, VC offer, M&A offer, MGMT consulting offer ... must be the BEST intern this world has ever seen
Yeah I'm beginning to suspect this person is yanking our chain. Either that or they have really well connected parents 🤣
Sales is always going to be waiting there.
PERSONALLY I would go the law school route.
PERSONALLY I would go the law school route.
Not enough info to really answer this. Whichever you want to do as a career is what I would say. And don't borrow out the ass to go to law school. Not everyone graduates, and then you're fucked.
Yeah I would only go to a top school with little debt. Plus, I would aim for a field like tax law with high demand
Do you actually have an offer to go to law school (with the mentioned scholarships) or is this a would-you-rather exercise?
What’s your goal?
are you passionate about law? Is being a lawyer your dream career? If so, there's your answer. If you are indifferent, save the time and money and get in to SaaS
Software sales is more likely to have positive ROI when you consider tuition, other law school costs, opportunity cost of years of your life you cant work (full time), and expected salaries. It typically will have fewer hours worked for what you would make in Big Law. If you don't get into big law, the financials of law school are hard to justify.
But if you really want to practice law you should go for it. But only if you are 100% sure thats what you want. Its too expensive of a decision to make if you are on the fence about it.
But if you really want to practice law you should go for it. But only if you are 100% sure thats what you want. Its too expensive of a decision to make if you are on the fence about it.
what do you want for your life?
Run my own company - which law allows me to start a firm
that isn’t unique to law, you can start a business in literally anything
Please give us less context on what you are looking to do with your career, why you would want to go on each route and what you are hoping to accomplish.
Do you want to work 80 hours a week to eventually charge someone $1000/hr for your services?
Or do you want to sell your soul to the devil, work like 40 hours a week and if you're good clear 500k by the time your 28?
Do you want to work 80 hours a week to eventually charge someone $1000/hr for your services?
Or do you want to sell your soul to the devil, work like 40 hours a week and if you're good clear 500k by the time your 28?
Depends. Law school is an expensive grind. If you aren’t in a too 20 program, it’s even harder to make your money back. Going into software sales now will only help if you decide to go back. But if you want to be a lawyer, then go for it.
it all depends what your desires are.
as a lackluster student, i was always going to open my own business... as a saas seller, that helps me accomplish my goal long term.
as a lackluster student, i was always going to open my own business... as a saas seller, that helps me accomplish my goal long term.
you’re on here, if that says anything…
Yo. Make your own life decisions.
You could always go down the law school path and if it gets bunked then you could always have saas in your back pocket
Do what you want to do lol, Shadow a lawyer and see if you even want to be a lawyer let alone actually make it as a lawyer. There is a lot of broke living check to check lawyers than people realize despite what fancy school they went to
For me? I would say law school at this point. It is easier to pivot into Saas than it would be to try and complete law school later in life. Plus, knowing the law well is invaluable.
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If you have financial freedom why not stay in school longer. Work sucks. 🤷🏻♀️
Dude go to law school. You can do SaaS later for legaltech and 2x base or sometihng
When I was a congressional staffer I got into 4 of the 5 law schools I applied to. My boss, who was an attorney by trade, talked me out of going to law school.
I will be forever grateful! 🙏🏼
I will be forever grateful! 🙏🏼
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