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by topkai22 2342 days ago
The median wage for attorneys in the US is $120k. For software engineers it is $103k. The difference isn’t that large overall, and given the additional education requirements to become an attorney it doesn’t appear to be a huge market failure. remember, the software engineer that is getting paid $50-60/hr probably gets a $120-150/hr external bill rate.