[giantg2]

I would switch if it involves years of school. Debt makes you a slave to money (and the people who have it).

If you have a law degree, why. Ot look into specializing in a sector of law related to science or technology?

I sort of think I should have been a lawyer instead of a dev. A bunch of people say that makes sense, but it would be too expensive and time consuming. So I'll just tough it out in a job I hate. To be fair I think I would hate being a lawyer because of the general incompetence of law enforcement and the judiciary.

[mrleiter]

Luckily enough I do not have any debt and school/university here is almost free.

I wouldn't say they are generally incompetent, it's a complex structure with many different interests being balanced out, and more often times than not it's unfair. Sometimes LE gets crippled by certain inefficiencies, intentionally and unintentionally. But in essence, law is not a creative or very productive space, it's more about safeguarding and balancing out interests.

[giantg2]

Most software development isn't very creative either. It's mostly CRUD apps for boring business processes.

[sircastor]

I was talking with a patent lawyer once about the law and about how it operates, and I realized that lawyers are hackers and hack the law instead of computers

[giantg2]

Sort of. That requires the system to work in a consistent and logical manner. It seems many judges don't act consistently or logically, so the outcome may be unknowable. There are so many laws, some of which may even conflict, that the judges can pick and choose which one takes priority or how to interpret them to influence a case.