How Our Professional Elites Are Hired, Cont'd

by Conor Friedersdorf

Thanks for all the e-mails about America's professional elite and how they're hired. One frequently offered remark: the economic slowdown means that things aren't as lavish as they once were. Below the fold, a selection of other reader responses.

A reader writes:

I'm currently employed by one of these "elite" organizations--a corporate law firm ranked among the top 10 most prestigious in the country, year after year.  I came in at the height of the boom in 2007, when the...