Tired, like whoa.

What. A. Day. I think I'm beginning to get an idea of what my future is going to look like. Long hours, little pay, with just a teeny weeny ounce of "fun."

Today I went to this "Women and Networking: Why Women are Leaving Firms and how to Succeed in Interviewing" event sponsored by the Phildelphia Bar. After waking up at 5:30 this morning, having a class, studying from 1-3, taking a trip to Center City for this program at 4 (via the subway which OF COURSE was stalled because of an on-the-car knife fight between two high-schoolers GAH) and now just arriving home at 8:30, all I can say is...I'm POOPED. Granted, the event was kind of cool. I got to meet some interesting female attorneys (it was a strictly women only event) but not nearly as many as one likely does at these things; its not that I'm loathe to networking, I just wasn't in the right mood today. Plus, I was so hungry, and the "reception" featured none other than wine and cheese. Can't lawyers be more creative? Sheesh.

The event featured two panels: the first was for actual attorneys sitting in to receive CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit, and the second panel focused on interviewing skills for law students and attorneys seeking lateral employment. Nothing new or earth-shattering was brought to my attention, so suffice it to say, I was quite bored. There was one comment that threw me off by one of the panelists and that was "Try wearing skirt suits at interviews. Nix the pant suits." Excuse me? That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard at a law workshop. I'm glad the final panelist politely pointed the silliness of that statement. I'm not against wearing skirt suits but the way she came out and said it was so elitist. It seemed to suck the female-empowerment-vibe this event was probably trying to promote. Hint hint! Maybe off-color comments like that contribute to the dwindling female population in firms and in-house corporations.

I hate being socialized into a profession. This is why I can never work at a large firm. Big brains, bigger egos, little sincerity. At least that's my sense of it so far.