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And if I pay you significantly less than your peers, on the theory that the work is a personal calling?

https://michiganprosecutor.org/careers/current-positions/858...

https://www.bcgsearch.com/bestlawfirms/KrjDr/Miller-Canfield...

Then I should be subject to increased oversight and scrutiny in case I start taking kickbacks to make up the difference or botch jobs out of spite.

One of the things I like about HN is the exposure to people with worldviews that are fundamentally incompatible with mine. It's a refreshing anti-bubble.

I'm a lawyer who paid off some debt at a large firm straight out of law school, before going into government service. More than a decade later, I still don't make as much as I did when I was 24. I find it exceedingly difficult to imagine anyone making the same move if they were so motivated by money that they'd be susceptible to kickbacks.

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