Quote: (05-07-2011 10:27 PM)hydrogonian Wrote:
Also, he needs not to underestimate the old boys club / family pedigree focus that is rampant at big law firms. That can frequently be overcome with raw talent (I know of at least one example in my uncle), but the classism is something one may have to deal with regardless.
I've talked a lot about the situation on my campus and how I don't like the social environment at the school, but if one thing is certain it is this: I've had a crash course education in the workings of the "old boys club". I have no money so I'm usually on the wrong end of their dealings, but I know intimately how it operates.
As depressing as the experience is, its prepared me pretty well. It taught me the importance of cultivating raw talent in the absence of money and connections.
Should I run into it again at a firm or in any other environment, I'll be ready.
Know your enemy and know yourself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Know yourself but not your enemy, find level of loss and victory. Know thy enemy but not yourself, wallow in defeat every time.