Originally Posted by JonLaw
In law, your compensation is dependent on how many clients you "own" and how much money they bring in each year.

A few years ago, $2,000,000 in annual fees was the going rate for partnership with some of BigLaw, so a lot of it is sales and marketing.

You have to be both technically proficient and bring in enough business or the firms have no interest in retaining you. Only rainmakers matter.

No ability to bring in business? No future.

Understood, but how do people become rainmakers?