<p>NYULawyer, most lawyers hate their jobs. One survey found that first year associates are among the most unhappy professionals out there.</p>
<p>I agree that you should do something to put a roof over your head, but you should not want to cry when you get out of bed in the morning. Once you earn in the 50k to 75k range, extra money does not correlate with more happiness. (Adjust as necessary for cost of living and student loans.) </p>
<p>If you cannot stomach being a lawyer, taking out $200k in loans that will force you to be a lawyer for the next twenty years is stupid. Find something else that pays reasonably well and doesn’t make you hate your life.</p>