Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart...
by bigtunacan on Thursday October 13, 2022 @11:08PM
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Average salary for a lawyer isn't that different than for a software engineer (slightly higher). Doctor's average on the other hand is more than double.
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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart...
by ghaff on Friday October 14, 2022 @12:18AM
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>Doctor's average on the other hand is more than double.
And often have spent a lot more time in relatively low-paid training.
And lawyers are at least somewhat bimodal (though maybe trimodal). White shoe firms, corporate lawyers/successful private practices, everyone else.
Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart...
by saiya-jin on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:21AM
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if you are one, you are not the other (type of lawyer), in same vein as dentist will never be GP or neurosurgeon or dermatologist and vice versa. you also don't see linux admins leading development of some software projects
Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart...
by ghaff on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:32AM
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Not really. They all went to law school and passed the bar. Of course, there are tiers of school, class rank, and clerkships that perform a sorting function. Law has pretty strong credentialing mechanism.
Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart...
by b20000 on Friday October 14, 2022 @08:25PM
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any lawyer you try to hire in the bay area will be charging you $700+ per hour. doesn't matter if they work for a big law firm or not. the lowest I ever paid a lawyer was $400 per hour.