Scott Greenfield has a terrific article about the troubles prosecutors have with victims and defense lawyers have with clients. Be sure to read the whole thing, as the final paragraph wraps it up nicely.
Those of us in the software business sometimes have a similar, though much less emotional, relationship with our clients. Unless you’re being hired to assist someone who does the same thing you do—another lawyer, another developer—it’s an important part of the concept that your clients are hiring you because they don’t know how to handle the situation themselves.
If you can’t handle that, your options for employment are going to be limited.
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