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biglaw 1st/2nd year, just got bigfed job offer...do I quit?

just finished my 1st year of biglaw, hate it. applied for a ...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
jump idiot. whats to think about ?
Laughsome House-broken Brunch
  12/20/13
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Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
no one can answer this but u if u want PSLF and chill and...
peach knife
  12/20/13
I always THOUGHT I wanted to chill with a 9-5, job security,...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
stay, it seems like ur not ready for da change yet let...
peach knife
  12/20/13
like 100k of my debt is private, to my parents. thats not go...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
bigfed in one fuckin second
peach knife
  12/20/13
its such a chill life, fuck I think I have too
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
it's also political and I think DC is fine if ur in MFH i...
peach knife
  12/20/13
Cali. which makes it much harder.
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
u might be hella lonely
peach knife
  12/20/13
I am pretty socially isolated as it is. my fiancee, who is m...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
oh shit man DC is good to cop jerbs for most people ha...
peach knife
  12/20/13
I live in the bay area and am paying 2k in rent. I figure I ...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
you're not getting shit in dc for $1k/month unless you meant...
curious haunted graveyard
  12/20/13
I meant 2k a month, fiancee would foot half. thats a legit 1...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
no, it's very much middle of the road. i used to live in the...
curious haunted graveyard
  12/20/13
idk bro, I just just CL and 1500-2500 goes WAY further then ...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
you're not paying interest to your parents right? if so, obv...
curious haunted graveyard
  12/20/13
I am paying interest to my parents - they took out a home eq...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
i'd stay. much harder to pay back $100k on that govt salary....
curious haunted graveyard
  12/20/13
not THAT much harder though honestly. lower rent, lower taxe...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
Epically fucking stupid. Why tye fuck didn't you go all fed ...
white skinny woman principal's office
  12/20/13
because fed loans are 8.5% and my parents were offering 5%? ...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
horrific decision.
curious haunted graveyard
  12/20/13
not the best decision, not the worst either
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
60k payCUT and you're still considering turning it down? Are...
Bateful mildly autistic dysfunction
  12/20/13
ty for your input brother
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
BUMP for the day crew
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
Oh fucking yes brother, do you get a stub bonus? Get the FUC...
underhanded therapy business firm
  12/20/13
standard biglaw bonus will be paid for my first year. th...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
who the fuck gives a shit about a new city, make some friend...
underhanded therapy business firm
  12/20/13
weak pansy faggot, get the fuck out of biglaw before they ax...
internet-worthy plaza preventive strike
  12/20/13
I prob won't be axed until year 3 or 4. I'd make a lot of co...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
pussy, make that coin now and get real experience. later on...
internet-worthy plaza preventive strike
  12/20/13
the money is a big deal, I agree, though at the same time I'...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
BUMP for afternoon crew
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
srs q: how the fuck did u get this job u have like no exp
peach knife
  12/20/13
saw a job posting + I knew a bro who works at the agency. th...
Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks
  12/20/13
...
wonderful genital piercing useless brakes
  07/03/20
Did he MAEK it?
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  07/03/20


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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:06 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

just finished my 1st year of biglaw, hate it. applied for a bunch of federal jobs and just received an offer from a decent agency in an area I am interested in. paycut would be around $60k, work would probably be more interesting. have 150k or so in debt right now, 40k in federal loans. I've been fantasizing about leaving biglaw for a long time (hate the stress, hate the partners), and now I have the chance.

hard to take the giant paycut though now that I'm faced with the choice, and move/leave most of my friends and family for DC. and also torpedo my private sector legal career (have not really learned shit). any thoughts xoxo brehs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678671)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:10 PM
Author: Laughsome House-broken Brunch

jump idiot. whats to think about ?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680963)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:07 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678676)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:09 AM
Author: peach knife

no one can answer this but u

if u want PSLF and chill and no private ops u are set

if u want to be a striver near family u keep doin ur thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678685)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:12 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

I always THOUGHT I wanted to chill with a 9-5, job security, low stress, interesting work, etc. in a lot of ways this job was my dream. but now I'm realizing its a pretty large paycut, I'll still have a ton of debt, and I have not really learned shit as a lawyer yet. It'd be impossible to go back into private practice, ever. also starting up a whole new life for an introverted bro in a new city is pretty daunting.

don't really know how I'd feel 6 months down the line. grass seems to always be greener.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678701)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:13 AM
Author: peach knife

stay, it seems like

ur not ready for da change yet

let biglaw ruin u

debt is non issue with PSLF



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678704)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:14 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

like 100k of my debt is private, to my parents. thats not going away.

I hate biglaw though, and the partners I work for stress the fuck out of me. and the work is of course uninteresting.

gonna have to meditate on this one. what would you do breh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678710)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:16 AM
Author: peach knife

bigfed in one fuckin second

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678711)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:31 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

its such a chill life, fuck I think I have too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678750)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:32 AM
Author: peach knife

it's also political and I think DC is fine

if ur in MFH it might be hard to leave tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678752)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:39 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

Cali. which makes it much harder.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678769)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:40 AM
Author: peach knife

u might be hella lonely

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678770)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:40 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

I am pretty socially isolated as it is. my fiancee, who is most of my social life, would move with me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678772)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:41 AM
Author: peach knife

oh shit man

DC is good to cop jerbs for most people

hard to afford the baller lifestyle, even a house, in DC on that salary tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678775)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:42 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

I live in the bay area and am paying 2k in rent. I figure I could move in with my fiancee in DC and end up halving that and still getting a nice place. thats 12k a year saved right there.

I am pretty bad with money but my loan payments are around 2k a month. I think I could swing that and still live nicely on 100kish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678779)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:47 AM
Author: curious haunted graveyard

you're not getting shit in dc for $1k/month unless you meant your fiancee would also contribute $1k

you need to do more research

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678785)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:52 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

I meant 2k a month, fiancee would foot half. thats a legit 1br place in DC right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678789)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:53 AM
Author: curious haunted graveyard

no, it's very much middle of the road. i used to live in the dupont area. studios are around $1700 there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678793)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 3:15 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

idk bro, I just just CL and 1500-2500 goes WAY further then it does in the bay area. prices are so fucking distorted here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678839)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:18 AM
Author: curious haunted graveyard

you're not paying interest to your parents right? if so, obviously pay the govt debt first on your biglaw salary, then take your time with the family debt. pretty good situation to be in. i'd stay. you don't need pslf.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678720)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:29 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

I am paying interest to my parents - they took out a home equity loan for me. rate is 5%.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678743)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:34 AM
Author: curious haunted graveyard

i'd stay. much harder to pay back $100k on that govt salary. fuck that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678755)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:40 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

not THAT much harder though honestly. lower rent, lower taxes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678771)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:35 AM
Author: white skinny woman principal's office

Epically fucking stupid. Why tye fuck didn't you go all fed loans??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678759)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:40 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

because fed loans are 8.5% and my parents were offering 5%? made sense when I figured I'd do 3-5 years of biglaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678774)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:48 AM
Author: curious haunted graveyard

horrific decision.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678787)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:52 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

not the best decision, not the worst either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678790)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:50 AM
Author: Bateful mildly autistic dysfunction

60k payCUT and you're still considering turning it down? Are you fucking crazy? At 60k pay this would be a reasonable question, but you'll still be making low six figures. Go bigfed and don't look back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678788)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:52 AM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

ty for your input brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24678791)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

BUMP for the day crew

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680890)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 1:58 PM
Author: underhanded therapy business firm

Oh fucking yes brother, do you get a stub bonus? Get the FUCK out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680901)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:01 PM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

standard biglaw bonus will be paid for my first year.

thoughts on me never being able to come back to private practice/leaving for a new city where I know like 2 people? fiancee coming with and she's sociable so it might not be that bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680911)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:02 PM
Author: underhanded therapy business firm

who the fuck gives a shit about a new city, make some friends

in any event there's sometimes a market in private practice for former gov't officials doing that shit (like former prosecutors doing white collar defense, etc.). not forever closed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680916)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:00 PM
Author: internet-worthy plaza preventive strike

weak pansy faggot, get the fuck out of biglaw before they axe you next review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680907)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:01 PM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

I prob won't be axed until year 3 or 4. I'd make a lot of coin if I stayed.

but I think BIGFED is just too hard to pass up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680913)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 2:06 PM
Author: internet-worthy plaza preventive strike

pussy, make that coin now and get real experience. later on you can get a good in-house job instead of bigfed being your only option. bigfed will always be there, but you only get a few years of biglaw to pay off your debts and get that resume line for better opportunities down the line.

weak faggot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24680942)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 5:18 PM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

the money is a big deal, I agree, though at the same time I'd be very comfortable with the bigfed salary.

the resume line thing is I think what causes me the most hesitation. 15 months of biglaw is pretty paltry, and I've obviously learned very little. would be more comfortable with 24 months.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24682165)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 5:18 PM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

BUMP for afternoon crew

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24682168)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 5:20 PM
Author: peach knife

srs q: how the fuck did u get this job u have like no exp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24682178)



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Date: December 20th, 2013 5:27 PM
Author: Carnelian Twisted Location Wagecucks

saw a job posting + I knew a bro who works at the agency. the job required exactly 1 year of experience.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#24682219)



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Date: July 3rd, 2020 3:18 AM
Author: wonderful genital piercing useless brakes



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#40539727)



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Date: July 3rd, 2020 3:21 AM
Author: odious national blood rage

Did he MAEK it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2447144&forum_id=2#40539733)