Jackie Chan Embodies the Generational Divide

[de officiis]

Maybe I'm geezerly . . . .

You’re becoming more geezerly with each passing day.

But seriously, I think we as a society have become a victim of our own success. Were it not for our collective wealth and prosperity, I don’t know how attitudes such as these could arise, be so unironically proclaimed and largely unchallenged. We’ve clearly moved into a victimhood, “the world owes me” type of cultural attitude. I have seen a variant of it among younger attorneys I’ve encountered in my practice, and can elaborate on that if you are interested.

Elaborate.

I'm generalizing, but they are only out of law school a couple of years and want to be guaranteed financial security. If they can't get assurances, they pick up stakes and move to another firm. There is no real sense of loyalty to the firm or desire to hang in there for the long haul with the eventual rewards that this brings, e.g., making partner and sharing in firm profits.

[DBTrek]

What do they do when they discover no firm is ready to make them partner upon hiring them?

Seems like eventually they'd have to play the game or change careers.

[Speaker to Animals]

You mean you don't make partner right out of law school??

LOL

[doc_loliday]

I'm generalizing, but they are only out of law school a couple of years and want to be guaranteed financial security. If they can't get assurances, they pick up stakes and move to another firm. There is no real sense of loyalty to the firm or desire to hang in there for the long haul with the eventual rewards that this brings, e.g., making partner and sharing in firm profits.

That's pretty interesting because there is a common gripe that employers don't provide the ladder that was once offered. I'm not disagreeing necessarily, the world is more competitive than it was 60 years ago, but it does demonstrate that even when there is a ladder, its not being climbed.

I think these are good times actually. You just gotta outperform the schlubs.