Myth Busters: Attorneys, You Have To Stay At The Job You Hate for the Resume

“Staying in a job you hate ‘because it looks good on your resume’ is how lawyers waste years of their lives.”

You were taught that sticking it out makes you stronger.

It doesn’t.

It just makes you tired, resentful, and further from the career you actually want.

Here’s the truth:

If a job is draining you, misaligned with your strengths, or steering your career in the wrong direction—
you are not “building grit.”
You are burning daylight.

You don’t earn opportunities by suffering your way into them.

You create opportunities by being in the right place, doing the right work, with the right energy.

Your resume doesn’t get you hired.
Your clarity does.

If you’ve been waiting for a role to magically “feel better,” this is your sign:

It probably won’t.

Not because you’re doing anything wrong.
But because you’re trying to fit a shape you were never meant to occupy.

So here’s the real question:

What could your career look like if you stopped enduring the wrong thing and started pursuing the right one?