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Originally Posted by dste6  I think people focus too much on graduate salary as an indicator of financial reward in this profession. In a sense, why should a 1st year level, junior solicitor, be paid more than a paralegal, who may have years of experience in their role; someone in their 1st year of most professions doesn't know shit, why should they be paid as if they do?
Instead, I think its a better idea to focus on the impressive rise in salary as your career progresses. You may be potentially earning 3-4 times more within only 10 years. That is very good progression compared to other careers, I think. |
Hmm... see the problem is that the rise is not that impressive.
Yea sure you could be earning 3-4 times within 10 years, but you probably won't be. The rise is not that great. And you are talking about a suburban firm in particular yea?
If you do end up getting 3-4 times within 10 years, that's probably because you're half-decent. But that means you probably would've been that successful in anything you did anyway. You probably could've been a real estate agent. Hell you can probably make 10x in 10 years time if you were riding a good boom.
But no generally I wouldn't go into law, let alone a surbuban law firm, expecting 4x rise in salary.