Quitting Pt. II

[TyroneK(prettypretty)]

How bad would it be if I was looking for any kind of job if I quit my current summer job and my other upcoming internship and put in a complete blank for my 2L summer?

I sound like a broken record saying this, but I really hate the law. I hate most of the people. I hate the anal retentive formality. I hate how it turns issues I normally care about into topics I'd rather not think about anymore because of the terminology, the intellectual distance, the sheer tedium, and the lack of flexibility and imagery I can put into my language. It's already gone pretty far in the opposite direction of where I'd want it to go.

Call me a quitter, but I fucking give up. I've done corporate. I've done pro-bono. I'm currently doing court-side. It's over. I can't hang. I don't have the self-control. At first, I thought it was just the people, not the subject matter. I thought I'd find some job in this field that I could come to grips with. Now, I know I'd be pissed off dealing with the law no matter what.

Still, I'm so much of a coward that I'd rather not go scorched earth and fuck up my career path if I can just suffer through the rest of the summer for the next several weeks.

So do you think it's suicide to quit?

[lethal]

I'd say it would be bad...very bad. Then again, you do have something for this summer...2 weeks of work at the current job, so its not a complete blank.

[SunWuKong]

it's not the end of the world if you quit. you'd have less financial security though, and you might have to put in a lot of work and risk a lot more in order to reach financial security, but if you hate it as much as i'm sensing you do, it might be worth quitting.

however, do you know what you want to do if you aren't doing law?

[Craig]

Originally posted by lethalweapon@Jun 11 2003, 12:46 PM
I'd say it would be bad...very bad. Then again, you do have something for this summer...2 weeks of work at the current job, so its not a complete blank.
I would think in most cases that would be considered worse than a complete blank.

[TyroneK(prettypretty)]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Jun 11 2003, 03:03 PM
however, do you know what you want to do if you aren't doing law?
If I had a practical answer to that question, I wouldn't be unloading my angst online.

[lethal]

Originally posted by Craig@Jun 11 2003, 04:07 PM
I would think in most cases that would be considered worse than a complete blank.
Possibly...but a complete blank on the resume is sure to raise questions during an interview. A "Summer 2003" work experience will not, since they won't know he was only there for 2 weeks.

[luv]

I can't ever imagine starting something and then ending it. Just a job, get your paycheck then go home. Don't know much about your field, what are the long-term consequences? Just because you quit today, does that mean you'll quit law forever? i'm a firm believer in trying to work things out (god, i'm a coward too).

If you do want to get out, do it completely, quit now, with no regrets. But I also keep on hearing about your concerns of the future, so I think you still want a future in your field. Hey, if you give two weeks notice now so you'll have 4 weeks on your resume.

[SunWuKong]

how much money would you like to be making anyway?