Dad is trying to persuade me to go to law school?

[NYULawyer]

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Not if you don’t want to be a lawyer it doesn’t.

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<p>For some, it’s a choice between waiting tables after getting a BA in liberal arts, or heading back to grad school to take another shot at a career job.</p>

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NYULawyer: with all due respect, you have a very warped view of what constitutes a good entry-level job.</p>

<p>I know people who got into upper, upper management at very large companies who started off in crummy jobs. I know people who started off earning $25k a year and now have very rewarding, remunerative careers - and who moved up the ladder really fast.</p>

<p>(Not to psychoanalyse you, but I’m guessing that your parents were older when they had you. I, on the other hand, remember living in my grandparents’ basement - and grew up watching my parent’s career take off. Ergo, your whole 'tude about people’s lives being oh-so-horrible if they don’t earn $60k right out of the gate, just makes me laugh.)

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<p>Yeah. I also happen to know quite a few of my classmates from college with liberal arts or life sciences degrees - a top 15 college in the nation - who ended up in their parents’ basement unemployed, working bs retail jobs, or ‘freelancing’ as SAT tutors in their neighborhoods, 3 years after graduating from college. I am sure some people end up doing fine long-term, but let me tell you, some of these people I know are really struggling. After all, when many JD’s are $hit out of luck for any legit jobs, you can bet that many BA’s with no marketable skills are even more out of luck for entry level white collar jobs.</p>