Hello everyone,
I am really confused about what I need to be doing right now. I just started my 2nd year of law school and am really miserable. I really, really miss the magazine/publshing industry which I dabbled in during undergrad, but never fully entered due to this pesky streak I have inherited called “an overwhelming need for responsibility and job security”. (I think I have realized over the past 2 years that with a gain in potential job security, there is an exponential loss of a sense of self and passion for life.)
Anyway, I had interned at a couple of publications while I majored in Journalism, but decided to jump on the bandwagon of suits even though my gut was telling me otherwise. I feel like I have incarcerated myself. I ache when my leggings, knee-high boots, pastel sweaters, and Uggs are looked upon with disdain so I am slowly starting to enter the world of pantyhose (shudder) and business suits (shudder squared.) I feel like I’m losing myself on a daily basis and the pages of my law school books are starting to become indecipherable thanks to the nightly outbursts of tears (a concoction of boredom, frustration, and a hint of regret).
I want to come back (insert puppydog whine here), but I hear it’s extremely hard to re-enter the industry. I’m 25. Would I have to intern? Are there internships that would even take me at this point? (I know I’m kind of a Greek Pantheon at 25, but do I have a chance to salvage myself?)I just feel like I do not belong here whereas when I was interning I was completely surrounded by like-minded individuals who shared my fervor for certain things people here don’t even bother to learn about.
Any suggestions? Stories of people changing course?
Please Help!!
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Response to: Interning at 25 and beyond
I’m 29, finished my Masters in Marketing in ‘08 and I’m trying to intern, and it’s been ridiculous. No one is hiring. So, I thought I would try interning, again. I’ve had 3 internships during my working career. The interviewers look at my resume in the e-mail and call me in,then when I get there to the interview, they look at me and my resume like I’m an alien and ask me why I want to intern- “with all this you already have on your resume”? It’s such a set-up/loaded question, and it’s total BS. I cry out of frustration too, because it’s hard, and no one is willing to take chances anymore, which I think is strange because here you are-mature, have corporate experience so you know office politics, polished, ready to work for your a** off for NO MONEY AT ALL just experience, with a Masters and freelance experience…and you STILL get snubbed.
I don’t get it. At this point I would suggest being as upfront in your cover letters as possible. Tell them what and who you are, what you are looking for and be honest, not pushy or crass, but honest and straight forward. That’s what I’ve been doing the last few times, and it’s been working, at least it saves you time, and let’s them know what’s up before you get there and everyone’s time is waisted, especially yours.
It’ll work out for you honey, just keep pushing, and FINISH THAT LAW DEGREE!, LOL :)
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I’m over 25 and just recently finished my associates and did a internship last spring. First of all its illegal to ask ages at interviews, this means they could only infer from your level of education. and besides I think anybody would feel its an advantage that you have way more life experience and maturity than the average intern. at least thats how i’ll spin it if I need to.
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I’m currently interning at
I’m currently interning at a magazine, and there’s another intern who’s 26. It’s definitely not too late to transition, but I would definitely finish law school since you’re already so far in.
Is there a certain kind of publication you’d like to work for? Fashion? News? Politics?
You would have to intern.
You would have to intern. Since you’re paying for law school, going into a masters program in journalism is probably not feasible financially. It would be difficult. You would be broke. You would be stressed. You would have limited options for internships. At the end of your internship, you would have no guarantee of a job. If you do find a job, there’s no guarantee the magazine won’t fold in six months leaving you out of work and with one fewer magazine to apply to.
If you were smart enough to get into law school and you’ve been reading this board, you know all of this already. If you want to hear stories of people who found career success in this industry from an unconventional path, sure, you’ll find those. If you want to find people who are super-qualified and still out of work to scare you back onto the corporate path, you’ll find those too. If you want to find miserable lawyers who feel like their urge to be creative and do something different has been stifled by their desire for money and stability and would have done something differently if they’d known the money would never be enough, you’ll DEFINITELY find those. The long and the short of it is that no one else can tell you what you’re meant to be doing with your life. Law is demanding career that you should love, or you shouldn’t do, not a plan B for overly verbal people. Similarly, publishing asks a lot of you, not just that you be smart and a good writer.
Don’t drop out of law school right now. If you’ve completed 2 of 3 years, you might as well finish. But start thinking seriously and honestly about what makes you happy. If it’s magazines, and you absolutely cannot live without it, start thinking about how to transition. Apply to American Lawyer or other industry publications; look at law blogs and business magazines who can use someone with some professional insight. Additionally, all big corporations have lawyers and publishing is no exception—see if you can intern in the Conde legal department or something. But mostly—THINK. People who end up in law school because they’re not sure what else to do are generally people who haven’t given enough thought to what they really want to be doing. Maybe you can find a way to make yourself happy within law—you might not be making Skadden money at Conde Nast, but you might be happier than your brethren in the other elevator bank. Maybe you’re destined for magazines and you’ll stop at nothing—in that case, you’ll find a way to be successful. Or maybe there’s something else you haven’t considered; it’s a big world out there. Good luck.
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