Hillbilly Elegy

Supreme Court litigator, you shouldn’t
care that much about this job.”
She then told me how hard a
clerkship with this judge would be. He
was demanding to the extreme. His
clerks didn’t take a single day off for an
entire year. Then she got personal. She
knew I had a new girlfriend and that I
was crazy about her. “This clerkship is
the type of thing that destroys
relationships. If you want my advice, I
think you should prioritize Usha and
figure out a career move that actually
suits you.”
It was the best advice anyone has
ever given me, and I took it. I told her to
withdraw my application. It’s