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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by akeck on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @10:01PM (#18760190)
That quote is a little... off? If your wife's an attorney and you can't get a refi with getting a job delivering packages, is that house massive? Why would the relatively small contribution of a delivery job push a bank over the line for a refi? Isn't getting a delivery job during the Xmas season usually temporary?
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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by brudgers on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @10:48PM (#18760371)
Legal salaries are bimodal.

https://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by ukoki on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:32AM (#18761842)
Any idea why there's such a narrow peak at 160k? Is it a tax efficiency thing or are law firms colluding on salary? (or something else?)
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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by JauntTrooper on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:56AM (#18762420)
It’s the starting salary at biglaw firms. The law profession is very guild-like in it’s hiring practices.
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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by ryanmetz on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @10:17PM (#18760253)
Most attorneys don't work at large firms and don't make nearly as much money as the popular imagination would hold it. There is a huge glut of law school graduates that is driving down wages outside of the white shoe firms, as well.
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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by rconti on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:14AM (#18761078)
He clearly stated he needed W2 income. It probably doesn't matter if it pays less than 1099.
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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by vonseel on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:07AM (#18761060)
He also mentioned that his checking account is overdrawn, so I think he may need this income.
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