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lvl155 on March 17, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: When the Dotcom Bubble Burst

To be fair, if you had gone down bankruptcy you could have made a killing doing distressed during one of the most lucrative periods.

eastdakota on March 17, 2025 | [–]

I have plenty of friends who went down that path. They’ve done very well as lawyers. But suffice it to say that if offered they’d readily trade places.

acdha on March 17, 2025 | [–]

Maybe, although the people just getting into the field probably aren’t making the fortunes and there wouldn’t be the satisfaction of building something real.

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