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07-26-2007, 01:51 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] "Not a great movie, but I liked it and definitely saw a lot of myself in the main character." wp [/ QUOTE ] what do you mean? [/ QUOTE ] It means that everyone who saw that basically said the same thing, and you are deluding yourself if you think you can do something like that with no connections, no degree, and no experience. [/ QUOTE ] no i thought it was funny he saw himself in that guy. 
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07-26-2007, 02:14 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
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The usual progression goes like this: Get some internships/crappy jobs Go work on the Hill for a few years Make connections with lobbyists Get a job lobbying Profit [/ QUOTE ] That's about right.
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#13
07-26-2007, 03:10 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
I knew lobbyists and DC and most of them started with either Hill work or campaign work and then moved on to the private sector. This is not a job you can just "get" with no experience.
From what I know, state lobbying can oftentimes be more lucrative than national lobbying b/c of the amount of money each state has at its discretion. The only state lobbyists I knew were an ex-GF's parents who both had law degrees and ran their own outfit in Alabama. Was very lucrative for them.
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07-26-2007, 03:21 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] "Not a great movie, but I liked it and definitely saw a lot of myself in the main character." wp [/ QUOTE ] what do you mean? [/ QUOTE ] It means that everyone who saw that basically said the same thing, and you are deluding yourself if you think you can do something like that with no connections, no degree, and no experience. [/ QUOTE ] no i thought it was funny he saw himself in that guy. [/ QUOTE ] is that a bad thing?
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07-26-2007, 03:29 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] "Not a great movie, but I liked it and definitely saw a lot of myself in the main character." wp [/ QUOTE ] what do you mean? [/ QUOTE ] It means that everyone who saw that basically said the same thing, and you are deluding yourself if you think you can do something like that with no connections, no degree, and no experience. [/ QUOTE ] no i thought it was funny he saw himself in that guy. [/ QUOTE ] is that a bad thing? [/ QUOTE ] The guy isn't really portrayed positively. As a side note, don't base career moves off of movies. That is not really how things work in DC or anywhere.
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07-26-2007, 04:42 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] "Not a great movie, but I liked it and definitely saw a lot of myself in the main character." wp [/ QUOTE ] what do you mean? [/ QUOTE ] It means that everyone who saw that basically said the same thing, and you are deluding yourself if you think you can do something like that with no connections, no degree, and no experience. [/ QUOTE ] no i thought it was funny he saw himself in that guy. [/ QUOTE ] is that a bad thing? [/ QUOTE ] if you can measure how much of yourself you saw in him in inches, maybe
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#17
07-26-2007, 06:36 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
All you have to do to become a lobbyist is to convince a special interest group that you can get them an appropriation. But like others have said, the best way is work in DC to build connections. I high school classmate became a lobbyist by getting the local hospital as her first client. She won. Then she got a few other clients. Now she has a pretty sweet life. Only works a few hours a week and has her own house.
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#18
07-26-2007, 07:05 PM
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Re: Becoming a Lobbyist
Why does everyone keep saying DC? You can be a lobbvist anywhere.
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07-26-2007, 07:44 PM
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Why does everyone keep saying DC? You can be a lobbvist anywhere. [/ QUOTE ] that was my impression
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