Yesterday, I posted this about an anonymous lawyer blogging about his experiences as a large law firm hiring partner. Apparently, it was a hoax. The fact that some, like me, actually thought this could be a real lawyer surprised the blog's author:

It actually scares me that these stories are close enough to the realm of possibility that it's not obvious fiction. It's not a reflection on the people who linked to them, I'm sure. It's a reflection on either what these law firms really are, or, more likely, what their reputations are. Just the hours this imaginary guy works -- 6:45 on a Sunday morning I thought for sure would ruin all credibility.

The problem is that the stories the anonymous blogger made up are perilously close to the truth. I don't know if I am glad that this a-hole hiring partner doesn't really exist, of if I am disappointed that many of us thought that he could.