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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Don't be fooled by minute differences in starting pay. Law has a much higher earning potential in the medium to long term.
s://data.gov.sg/dataset/monthly-basic-and-gross-wages-of-common-occupations-in-all-industries?resource_id=dc067048-ece3-4b35-b445-296bb74d32c5
Of course, if you are not cut out for law in the first place, then you might not even survive, so you should choose your degree based on interest/aptitude and not simplistic comparisons of starting pay.
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What u say is still true now. The median outcomes for law 5 years in, is better than the median outcomes for SWEs.
Means, you can be a rather mediocre lawyer slogging in midtier and still earn a good wage (compared to other white collar professionals). If you're a rather mediocre SWE, you'll be slogging in a midtier role in some non-FAANG place like
NCS where pay and trajectory is bleak.
The caveat is that as everything is increasingly tech driven, basically coders will become as important as language. But I believe this development will only fully ripen for the next generation.