Honestly law is a good degree to study for. But just like any other industry, when you start working you might realise that compared to your counterparts, you’re struggling in practice.
Then that’s when you switch to in house or non law related work. If you go in to study law with that mindset you’ll be fine. If you go in with the mindset of trying to earn big bucks and make partner in the shortest time possible, then you’ll end up quite frustrated, especially if there’s a mismatch in your capability and the scope of work. Throw in the curveballs of life and you’ll realise it’s not always that smooth in practice. The only people have it really smooth (so far) are those valedictorian or adrian clark memorial prize winner. Everyone else typically hustles till natural attrition occurs.