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: Crime & Federalism

Status is the Happiness Killer

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I would bartend or wait tables before being a document review lawyer.  Both jobs are more fun than reviewing documents, and the pay is about the same.  How many "lawyers" would make that choice?  Few would, because being a lawyer is "high status."   Many lawyers even choose to review documents rather than work in traffic court.  Why?  Status.  Reviewing documents is seen as higher status than defending traffic tickets. If you're only earning $30 an hour reviewing documents, why not actually practice law by charging clients a similar hourly rate?  The upside is that there is a way up from being a real lawyer; but there is no way up from being a document reviewer. How often does status actually make anyone happy?  I've never met a happy status whore, and I've been in shin-digs where people were awesomely rich and high status...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).

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