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y2002on Things your lawyer won't tell you

You definitely pick up some nice skill sets in law school. If you managed to get out without crushing student loans that forces you to work for BigLaw, you can definitely use your legal skills in many exciting fields. Congrats and good luck Jesse. :)

y2002on Things your lawyer won't tell you

"While 45,000 law students graduate from law school each year, fewer than 30,000 attorney positions are available for these graduates."

What a wasteful brain drain. How much better off would our country be if more of those students went into engineering or became entrepreneurs?

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"I've dwelled on my failures today because, as graduates of Harvard, your biggest liability is your need to succeed. Your need to always find yourself on the sweet side of the bell curve.

Because success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.

I left the cocoon of Harvard, I left the cocoon of Saturday Night Live, I left the cocoon of The Simpsons. And each time it was bruising and tumultuous. And yet, every failure was freeing, and today I'm as nostalgic for the bad as I am for the good.

So, that's what I wish for all of you: the bad as well as the good. Fall down, make a mess, break something occasionally. And remember that the story is never over."

y2002on Harvard discovers much faster way to adjust your sleep cycle

You need to fast for the 12-16 hours before 6:00 am. So stop eating between 2:00 to 6:00 pm the day before. When you wake up at 6:00 am, eat a healthy breakfast.

y2002on Need good interview questions for startup founders

These founders all have products at least in beta. They are in various stages of funding: some are self-funded, some have angel investors, others have institutional funding.

y2002on Too many students attend college, said former UCLA prof

First UCLA gets creamed by SC and now this.

y2002on Business Advice from a Billionaire

"You need to tolerate surface differences in order to help people focus their talents on what needs attention. One of the weaknesses of some people in administration is that they want people around who look, act, and think like they do. That's a recipe for disaster."

This is why so many startups hit a wall after they get picked up by corporate giants. Group think kills.