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<blockquote data-quote="Lastseasonwonder" data-source="post: 89095" data-attributes="member: 4218">Thanks for your perspective, [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER].'the reality is for many lawyers they also work out the job isn’t what they want and they are working their backsides off to just get through a day.' The above statement sums up really well what goes on in some of these firms. I remember recently watching a YouTube video of an ex-banker in NYC talking about leaving his job because all he was doing, from his outlook, was simply churning through the hours to finish the day. This left me contemplating the following question: why do we work? For some, it is to make ends meet, and in this situation I can understand why someone has to work 12-14 hours a day (e.g. single mother with multiple kids being the backbone of the family). But, what is it at a US firm that truly makes the experience different from other equally prestigious UK firms (i.e. MC; SC)? When I speak to older people heading into or already in the marriage/relationship phase of life, they tell me I wish I had more time to do the simple and basic things in life that truly build for a fulfilling and healthy living (e.g. watching son/daughter in a Sunday league football game).It is very interesting this debate, and so in the midst of the 2021/2022 application cycle, I shall leave the following questions for those out there wondering the same thing: what impact am I having in this world? Am I going to leave this place in a better state than when I entered it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lastseasonwonder, post: 89095, member: 4218"] Thanks for your perspective, [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER]. 'the reality is for many lawyers they also work out the job isn’t what they want and they are working their backsides off to just get through a day.' The above statement sums up really well what goes on in some of these firms. I remember recently watching a YouTube video of an ex-banker in NYC talking about leaving his job because all he was doing, from his outlook, was simply churning through the hours to finish the day. This left me contemplating the following question: why do we work? For some, it is to make ends meet, and in this situation I can understand why someone has to work 12-14 hours a day (e.g. single mother with multiple kids being the backbone of the family). But, what is it at a US firm that truly makes the experience different from other equally prestigious UK firms (i.e. MC; SC)? When I speak to older people heading into or already in the marriage/relationship phase of life, they tell me I wish I had more time to do the simple and basic things in life that truly build for a fulfilling and healthy living (e.g. watching son/daughter in a Sunday league football game). It is very interesting this debate, and so in the midst of the 2021/2022 application cycle, I shall leave the following questions for those out there wondering the same thing: what impact am I having in this world? Am I going to leave this place in a better state than when I entered it? [/QUOTE]

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