Looking at the newest graduate employment surveys and from personal experience, it is honestly no longer worth it to slog the long hours with little pay that comes with a job in the legal industry. Better to just develop one's coding skills and transition out to a programmer role, which pays as well as a law job and is more intellectually stimulating. Not to mention better hours, from what I hear from programmer/software engineer friends. Any other associates here seriously thinking about transitioning into the programming industry?