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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for ... by terminalcommand on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:16AM (#12901412)
Actually, you're right I don't have to be a lawyer.

I try to work on side projects and continue to develop my skills. But those are dreams and I need to be prepared for reality.

If I had the guts, I would risk everything and drop out of law school.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for ... by jackgolding on Thursday November 10, 2016 @12:52AM (#12918077)
It takes a lot of courage to do this, but more less now than you will ever need. You will start earning $150k a year then and then the opportunity cost might be $80-100k to go down to a junior developer. Then you have a wife, kids, mortgage, credit card loan...
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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for ... by amelius on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:47PM (#12903354)
Perhaps you can one day automate all lawyers out of existence :)
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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for ... by terminalcommand on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @01:31AM (#12906731)
Especially in criminal law this can be done. For the other areas of law software could really help. There are decent platforms for searching cases/articles, but they're all mostly keyword based. On the other hand most lawyer work is monotonous. Research, believe, make believe :). It doesn't matter which side you're on.
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