Originally Posted by Unregistered

Actually to be fair, in the 70s-90s, most junior lawyers were called legal assistants.
Then people realise assistants don’t sound so nice so upgrade it to associate.

It doesn’t matter. The truth is every decade or so, a crisis on this magnitude would occur.
This is part and parcel of life. Like you, I’m done with everything. I sometimes find it amusing the juniors are spending so many hours to do privacy certifications, and all the other ancillary qualifications. Back in the old days, these weren’t necessary. Glut plus crisis makes things a lot worse