Yeah, I wish someone had told me about the long hours. I honestly had no idea. My dad was an investigator with a public defenders office, and those attorneys were always taking coffee breaks! They had no billable hours. (Budget cuts have made their lives a lot rougher than they were back then, too, so I am not in any way saying that PDs have it easy.) I like my job now, some of the time, but if I had known then what I know now, I'd have done something else with my life.