Originally Posted by Meercat
But that talent wouldn't be so useful if you had the luck to be born female and were young and happened to be interested in ... say... the military contractor arena or politics. In that scenario EQ would probably get you further than some with a higher IQ. A physician with a crummy bedside manner perhaps would be more successful as a brain surgeon than as an OB/GYN, etc.

It also might help if I had some interest in actually practicing law.

Sadly, eventually you have to stop going to school and actually pay back your loans.