Yeah it really looks like she didn’t have his permission to do that. I feel for him and am uncomfortable with people laughing at his reaction.

This is a story of how one of the worst days of my life ended up reaffirming my faith in strangers and in the human race in general.

I stumbled across that TED talk a while back (Alain de Botton's "Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success") and it is truly liberating — easily one of the most useful TED videos I've watched. Botton presents a compelling and memorable case for giving yourself a break regarding your own career. Anyone feeling like a…

I have a related problem— I think my secretary doesn't like doing stuff for me because I'm female. Like I'm a woman so I should do admin stuff, even though that's her job.

I don't doubt this is gender related, but I will say no dude has ever asked me (a female attorney) to fix a paper jam. I'm usually the one breaking shit.

I am a newly enolled PAYE participant: graduated from law school but work at a utility company (i.e. relatively low paying compared to my classmates but with substantial benefits like pension plans and low cost healthcare). I figured out that over the course of 20 years, I would end up paying less than half the…