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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:10 PM Author: Curious dull hall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32893949) |
Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:10 PM Author: fighting property fuck my ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32893955) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:12 PM Author: Curious dull hall this is not a question.
btw - you're a loser. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:17 PM Author: fighting property explain I mean sure but give me your take |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:41 PM Author: fighting property well fuck you too then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894219) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:11 PM Author: Translucent thriller church new version Anxiety on verge of becoming paranoia + frequent panic attacks. Asset or handicap? Please explain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32893959) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:12 PM Author: Curious dull hall Asset - it will make you more focused, you will likely spot issues the other side will miss (if you're lit). Assuming you are lit, you will likely win your parts of the case more often than not. Assuming you're corporate, I don't know. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32893970) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:12 PM Author: Translucent thriller church new version Ty. CR analysis. You are a true BIGLAW warrior soldier. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32893979) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:13 PM Author: talking ruby mad-dog skullcap pisswyrm I hate it. Should I lateral to another firm to try and squeeze out another yr or 2 of making good money or just start trying to find something outside of biglaw now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32893982) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:15 PM Author: Curious dull hall this question comes up a lot. the answer is almost ALWAYS to squeeze out as much time as you can making good money.
a) it's a lot of money
b) the longer you are in BIGLAW the better for your resume.. almost always..
c) you don't sound like you have a good plan now anyways |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:17 PM Author: talking ruby mad-dog skullcap pisswyrm fma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894019) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:17 PM Author: Translucent thriller church new version Fucking A. This guy is a genuine, authentic, pure to the core MFE on these BIGLAW subjects. Holy shit. This is real FRE 702 level advice we're getting here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894024) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:16 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting is it THAT much worse than say, government contracting shitjerb? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894015) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:19 PM Author: Curious dull hall no. most people that complain about BIGLAW are pathetic losers that have never had a job before and aren't used to working hard.
Benefits of BIGLAW:
1) usually you don't have to be in at a certain time or stay til a certain time
2) If you efficiently get your hours in you can take significant time off. Lets say you bill 2000 hours by October and then your case gets slow or settles. It's not unheard of for an associate to take a full month off.
3) work is obviously more interesting.
4) you will develop better skill sets.
5) You will work in a nice upscale office, usually in a nice upscale location.
6) Lots of perks - free meals every now and then, they will pay for your mobile phone service. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:22 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage I actually agree with most of this but calling people who complain pathetic losers is incorrect because there are aspects of it, such as the stress and 18 hour per day availability, that are indeed awful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894063) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:25 PM Author: Translucent thriller church new version Stress sucks. If you were raised right and developed "DAT GRIT," you can grind on through to the Other Side. The Other Side being the end of your life. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:27 PM Author: Curious dull hall most of the people complaining are 1st and 2nd years, and they rarely are billing 18 hours a day, and if they are it's on something not stressful like document review projects.
most people who are billing massive hours in BIGLAW are 4-7 years who have decided to go all in and are not seriously complaining other than to vent. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:28 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894112) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:28 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting i have a lot of dumbass stress involved with my 9-6 shitjerb too.
i know, i dont do important work, especially compared to that of BIGLAW, but that doesn't really matter because in order to succeed in my shitty jerb/career i have to internalize the stress, pretend it matters, and take that stress seriously and do as BOSS wants. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:25 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting tyty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894083) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:27 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage Also lol at "1) usually you don't have to be in at a certain time or stay til a certain time"
Yes you can stroll in at 9:40 and you don't have to leave at the "certain time" of 5pm because you get to stay until 8:30. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:30 PM Author: Curious dull hall yes and? some people don't like having to wake up every day at 6:30 AM to get to a government job on time just because that's the time you're supposed to get in. If you're in BIGLAW and you don't have anything pressing on a wednesday, you can easily come in at noon and no-one will care. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894122) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:31 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting i need to stop listening to the bort and go to law school jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894134) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:37 PM Author: Chartreuse Glittery Patrolman You will spend something like 30-40% more of your life in your office than people who have to punch in and out at set times. Being able to come in at noon during a gap in the crazy hours doesn't make up for it. Also, when your schedule allows you to show up at noon and no one cares for more than a week or so you will start having panic attacks that your hours are going to be destroyed due to that lull and oh shit maybe I'm not busy because they're getting ready to fire me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894181) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:46 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894252) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:31 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage yes and it is a stupid plus factor to cite because staying 3-4 hours later than everyone at a normal job doesn't make up for strolling in an hour later? how is that not obvious? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894135) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:33 PM Author: Curious dull hall you don't necessarily need to stay in later, you can just work from home. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894151) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:35 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage eat a ruger you senior associate faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894168) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:37 PM Author: Curious dull hall *loser who complains about BIGLAW when he majored in political science and has no other skill set* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894184) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:40 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage i generally don't except for xo on occasion because its great money and i couldnt make it anywhere else and several of your points are true. but the ability to stroll in late is stupid as fuck and for that reason alone I suggested you should kill yourself
i am kind of a loser but that is beside the point and probably so are you |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:43 PM Author: talking ruby mad-dog skullcap pisswyrm he seems like he's full of shit kind of, or he just had a great situation. more often than not I wake up with emails around 8am asking if I'm in yet. more often than not my days require me to continue working till 10pm. it's not the cakewalk he makes it out to be, ime (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894232) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:44 PM Author: Curious dull hall it's ok, you guys are just not efficient at what you do, so partners are more on your case. anyone consistently getting emails at 8 am either works for an unreasonable partner or is just not doing a good job and needs someone on top of them all the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894242) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:46 PM Author: talking ruby mad-dog skullcap pisswyrm plenty efficient, just work in a busy group with shitty partners. you're being disingenuous to act like this isn't a common occurrence and that it's all our fault things aren't fine and dandy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894254) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:47 PM Author: Curious dull hall getting 8 am emails more often than not is NOT a common occurrence unless you are on the west coast and work largely for partners on the east coast. stop flaming. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894263) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:49 PM Author: talking ruby mad-dog skullcap pisswyrm it's not flame shitlib. it happens to me all the time and to my co-workers. just admit you lucked out and work in a good group (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894274) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:51 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage cr this is dependent on niche and partner mentality (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894290) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:45 PM Author: Curious dull hall also, stop referring to me as "he" as you mansplain to me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894244) |
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Date: March 23rd, 2017 12:00 AM Author: peach step-uncle's house If he is saying he, he isn't mansplaining. He is just explaining to what he assumes is another guy. That assumption may be sexist in itself (though xo demographics would heavily suggest male), but to mansplain you have to know you are talking to a female and then "talk down". I hope this helps you understand this complex sociological idea babe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894368) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:47 PM Author: domesticated partner old irish cottage he had some true points, the cases generally are more interesting than mindless office work and i have developed some good skill sets. the pay is obviously great
but a couple points are stupid like "if you efficienty get your hours in" as if cases just die in october and if you knock out 2300 hours by then you are free to jerk off to pattaya |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:26 PM Author: peach step-uncle's house What's your best advice for a new corp associate? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894089) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:28 PM Author: Curious dull hall I don't do corporate so my advice is limited. It seems like the people who do better in corporate really have to get in with a good group that has continuous work or they branch out to a lot of groups. It seems more important to be outgoing in corporate than lit. If you strategize on getting in with good partners who have consistent business your life will be easier though because corporate work is steady as opposed to lit which is unpredictable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894113) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:28 PM Author: exhilarant fanboi Is it worth it to take an of counsel position if no breakfast just to keep the money coming? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894109) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:30 PM Author: Curious dull hall of counsel is underrated, so yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894127) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:32 PM Author: Chartreuse Glittery Patrolman PSA: This guy's perspective/advice are largely inapplicable to tranny bros. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894136) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:35 PM Author: Curious dull hall First of all, I am not a guy, second for any tranny bros out there, this advice is indeed applicable to you if you want to do BIGLAW.
loser. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:36 PM Author: diverse famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894172) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:39 PM Author: Chartreuse Glittery Patrolman Take it easy. You admitted yourself above you don't know much about it so why take offense. Also most of it really isn't that applicable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894198) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:40 PM Author: Curious dull hall oh, I thought you meant transgenders because most people on XO are homophobic losers. I didn't realize you meant transactional. My bad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894212) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:38 PM Author: wine bull headed den rigor What's your long term career plan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894190) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 11:39 PM Author: Curious dull hall BIGLAW for 5 more years then in house or maybe something totally not related to law at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3561447&forum_id=2#32894197) |