Happy Hour Is For Amateurs: A Lost Decade In The World's Worst Profession (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Started out as a drunkalogue along the lines of I hope they serve beer in hell by Tucker Max (who it turns out helped this guy get his book deal), which I hated, but I'm glad I stuck with it. Ends up being a mix. Before he gets married it's a lot of "I took so many drugs, and my friends and I email each other porn links" and so on. Afterward, though, the actual stuff about working in law firms is pretty funny. The advance for the book made it possible for him to get off the treadmill, not a moment too soon for his sanity. Confirms all my worst suspicions about what it would be like to work for a private law firm. Don't think I'll recommend it to my nephews and nieces who are on this path. Take out the enless drugs and hookers (neither of which I partake in much anymore at all)- but other than that- here's what I've been doing for the past almost ten years. The commentary on the hopelessness, ridiculousness, stress, hairpulling out, depression inducing and addiction inducing world that I live in called litigation is pretty spot on. Now I realize why I do what I do when outside of work- it's clearly the 3-1 ratio at work. Sigh. Ooo hey, it's friday - who's up for some jack and diet cokes?
What do You think about Happy Hour Is For Amateurs: A Lost Decade In The World's Worst Profession (2008)?
No stars for this one. If you see this on a shelf somewhere, leave the bookstore.
—agi
This was inspiring in some ways, and embarrassing in others.
—ria
High-minded raunch with exceptional one-liners.
—kokoag
