I started work about 3 weeks ago, shadowing my father, a C.F.P , and in the process also becoming a sort of office-manager. When I don't have my head in the books, I'm either debating with clients about (T)he peak-oil crisis / metals / China / Google / the-next-big-thing , I'm shuffling from room-to-room, running critical updates on Windows and Linux (I've brought some Berkeley activism back, to say the least), designing future office arrangements (and my own), fixing printers, installing TV's and admin stations, and of course, providing legal counsel (I can use Rhetoric 110 for something!) Every once in a while though (mostly after drinking with my few friends who are going to grad school, and leaving me soon enough), I have wondered if that route is the one I should be (need to be) pursuing. Per usual, I'm still as indecisive as ever. However, I recently had the opportunity to watch a video of a professor from Carnegie-Mellon (I recommend watching the enti
Life after the Academy