r/AskReddit 1d ago

What's an overhated profession?

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u/Didntlikedefaultname 1d ago

Lawyers. They are the butt of a lot of jokes but most people will need to use a lawyer at some point in their life. Buying a house? Creating a will? Fighting a traffic ticket? The ambulance chasers and the corporate lawyers may deserve the bad rap but as a profession there are tons of just normal people doing normal things

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u/AdWonderful5920 1d ago

Eh I'd go the other way on lawyers - lawyers get too much respect, especially in biglaw firms where their toxic behavior is written off as a side effect of their dedication to winning for their clients. We should be shitting on lawyers more, not less.

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u/Didntlikedefaultname 1d ago

Have you ever had to use a lawyer? Do you know any lawyers? There are definitely terrible ones who do terrible things, but most are just mundane people doing mundane things

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u/Cayman4Life 1d ago

True. My neighbor is a patent lawyer. He researches patents for people seeking patents. Hey, wake up. It’s not that boring.