I can confirm the lawfirm side of things. Back when I cofounded an msp they were some of our best clients. Why? Because they all collude about pay stuff (illegal but what are you gonna do, sue all the best lawyers in town?) to the point where around 2008 they just started firing entire it departments and sysadmins thinking they could pay less for outsiders who could then be scapegoats if shit went wrong. The funny thing was that they not only spent more money on the msps and consultants, but got less work and machinery for it. Getting anything approved was like pulling teeth, especially in places where it all had to go to the partners first.
I appreciate my time working with some great lawyers because I learned so much and still have many useful contacts (do you know the best IP lawyer in your state?) but it really created a quiet seething distrust of lawyers and the legal system in general.
Ive never seen the worst people in society hailed as the paragons of the community as much as lawyers.
The biggest hospital gig I had was for the neurosurgeons and they got stuff done faster than any other hospital department because they had their own building, the pull, and the money to do so and due to stories I heard I just knew they were an outlier.
I appreciate my time working with some great lawyers because I learned so much and still have many useful contacts (do you know the best IP lawyer in your state?) but it really created a quiet seething distrust of lawyers and the legal system in general.
Ive never seen the worst people in society hailed as the paragons of the community as much as lawyers.
The biggest hospital gig I had was for the neurosurgeons and they got stuff done faster than any other hospital department because they had their own building, the pull, and the money to do so and due to stories I heard I just knew they were an outlier.