Back in the Pleistocene Era (1989, to be exact), I was a law student. I attended Boalt Hall, interviewed with a minimum of glances at floor and door, and generally put deadlines ahead of impromptu road trips. Through whatever happy confluence of events, I wound up with offers from four excellent (by all accounts) law firms. A nice but flummoxing problem. All claimed to be great places to work. The deciding wisdom came from Bruce Tester, cofounder of the midsize, now defunct Pettis, Tester, Kruse & Krinsky. He went on record as being pro-life:
Do you have any idea how much of your life is consumed billing 1,800 hours a year?
