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Date: April 26th, 2018 12:40 AM Author: spectacular submissive ticket booth stock car
Went to law school to be a prosecutor and / or to get rich. Have sleptwalked my way through 5 years of biglaw lit because of student loans / risk aversion. Hate the work, people are ok, but have zero interest in any of my work except my pro bono stuff when I get to actually argue in court and stuff.
Anyway, got an offer to go in-house. Better work life balance, but not a ton better. 150kish. Probably more interesting work but even further away from the work I want to be doing. I’d never see a courtroom.
Have about 50k loans left, and I refinanced so it’s about $1k per month. Even so, I’m on the verge of applying to every federal and state prosecutor position I can find. I feel like it’s now or never. I feel like getting in court and putting bad guys away is the only thing I would enjoy, but I know it’s going to be hard to take a 80% paycut.
Advice?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960215&forum_id=2#35922386) |
Date: April 26th, 2018 1:15 AM Author: beady-eyed cordovan library factory reset button
150K is SHIT in house breh, cop something like nutella
prosecutorial work is a calling though, none of us can advise you on that kind of life move except that you should have a nest egg from BIGLAW to help pay for life when you're making like 80K
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960215&forum_id=2#35922530) |
Date: April 26th, 2018 9:23 AM Author: Frisky avocado piazza
i didn't like being a prosecutor.
to me, it didn't always feel good being essentially a cop.
and if you lose, you feel like you let everyone down -- the victims, witnesses, etc. very bad feeling.
i hated that pressure. especially because often the witnesses fuck you over on the stand, and then they don't recognize it was their fault, they just think you blew it.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960215&forum_id=2#35923394) |
Date: April 26th, 2018 11:16 AM Author: mind-boggling nibblets corner
I say get that prosecution job now. You can always move back into lit in a year or two if you don't like it.
Don't jump at the first offer, though. Make sure it's the right office. Some USAs/DAs are batshit crazy and working for them is hell. Others are awesome and its a pretty chill way to do good work in your community.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960215&forum_id=2#35924032) |
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