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Should I give up my sinecure for a real job?

I've been really depressed.
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/11/25
this is the fundamental struggle of the human being in 2025
blue scourge upon the earth
  05/11/25
prolly not man sinecures are gonna be pretty hard to come...
useless center roast beef
  05/11/25
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soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/12/25
Why? Just so in half a decade some 25-year old MBA consulta...
beady-eyed spruce tanning salon
  05/12/25
whats a "real job"
kink-friendly toaster church building
  05/12/25
One that requires me to engage in critical and creative lega...
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/12/25
To be fair, LMAO tyft
Demanding Range Boistinker
  05/12/25
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180 house newt
  05/18/25
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Big abnormal reading party
  05/19/25
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Mewling Cocky Internal Respiration Dilemma
  05/19/25
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Curious beta location legal warrant
  05/19/25
lmao
useless center roast beef
  05/12/25
pls no bulli
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/18/25
Advocating for unconstitutionally detained HIV+ undocumented...
primrose offensive library goal in life
  05/12/25
Advocating for the constitutionality of their mass deportati...
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/12/25
I hate my job so much. They never stop emailing me demandin...
Hilarious indigo property black woman
  05/18/25
need more details, tough to say. you're currently full time...
spectacular den
  05/18/25
im pretty sure people are still sleeping on in person jobs a...
blue scourge upon the earth
  05/18/25
full-time in-person well paying prestigious job (5+ hours of...
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/18/25
i think this feeling goes away around 40
blue scourge upon the earth
  05/18/25
Just get a second job and do it on a wifi hotspotted persona...
180 house newt
  05/18/25
cr
Big abnormal reading party
  05/19/25
really depends on your other life goals if you have any o...
useless center roast beef
  05/18/25
i'd stick with the sinecure unless something changes, man
spectacular den
  05/19/25
ty
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/19/25
nah. i consider this every now and then. but giving up a sin...
Cheese-eating Cerebral Pozpig Locale
  05/18/25
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blue scourge upon the earth
  05/18/25
why would you give this up for the burden of real work
Khaki mental disorder
  05/19/25
I want to be an AUSA and USDJ. This opportunity would giv...
soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen
  05/19/25
appreciate hearing your thought process, as foreign as it is...
spectacular den
  05/19/25
...
CapTTTainFalcon
  12/26/25


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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

I've been really depressed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48922908)



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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: blue scourge upon the earth

this is the fundamental struggle of the human being in 2025

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48922909)



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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:38 PM
Author: useless center roast beef

prolly not man

sinecures are gonna be pretty hard to come by in the coming years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48922914)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:27 AM
Author: beady-eyed spruce tanning salon

Why? Just so in half a decade some 25-year old MBA consultant can determine AI can perform your job at an acceptable level?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48923483)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: kink-friendly toaster church building

whats a "real job"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48923494)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

One that requires me to engage in critical and creative legal thinking

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: Demanding Range Boistinker

To be fair,

LMAO tyft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48924715)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: 180 house newt



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:10 AM
Author: Big abnormal reading party



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: Mewling Cocky Internal Respiration Dilemma



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: Curious beta location legal warrant



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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: useless center roast beef

lmao

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:07 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

pls no bulli

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: primrose offensive library goal in life

Advocating for unconstitutionally detained HIV+ undocumented latinx migrants

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48924722)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

Advocating for the constitutionality of their mass deportation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48924782)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: Hilarious indigo property black woman

I hate my job so much. They never stop emailing me demanding that I do work ever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942818)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:13 PM
Author: spectacular den

need more details, tough to say. you're currently full time remote and looking at a higher paying, more prestigious, in person job?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942824)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: blue scourge upon the earth

im pretty sure people are still sleeping on in person jobs at this point. HR screens always say the role has to come into the office 2x a week like its a major draw back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942830)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

full-time in-person well paying prestigious job (5+ hours of work per week) to full-time in-person slightly better paying slightly more prestigious job (40+ hours of work per week).

I'm 5 years into my legal career and there's no longer anything left for me to learn in my current position.

I could sit around for another 20 years collecting a $200K paycheck and doing 5 hours of work per week, but that seems unmanly and undignified to me.

OTOH I could just start reading for pleasure and read novels at my desk. For the past two months, I've been hiding under my desk playing Nintendo Switch, but it's a little cramped there. Maybe I could buy a screen to pull over the glass pane to my office so passersby can't see me goofing off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942832)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: blue scourge upon the earth

i think this feeling goes away around 40

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942835)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: 180 house newt

Just get a second job and do it on a wifi hotspotted personal laptop at your in-person job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942845)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: Big abnormal reading party

cr

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: useless center roast beef

really depends on your other life goals

if you have any other ambitions you should stick with the sinecure imo. trying other pursuits when you have a full time real job is extremely difficult if not impossible for almost everyone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942852)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 8:57 AM
Author: spectacular den

i'd stick with the sinecure unless something changes, man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48943437)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

ty

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Cheese-eating Cerebral Pozpig Locale

nah. i consider this every now and then. but giving up a sinecure in 2025 is madness. you'll end up competing with bindis and AI.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48942848)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: blue scourge upon the earth



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: Khaki mental disorder

why would you give this up for the burden of real work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48943439)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: soul-stirring principal's office liquid oxygen

I want to be an AUSA and USDJ.

This opportunity would give me substantive litigation experience in discovery, motions practice, settlement, trial, etc.

I would not have the opportunity to acquire/develop these skills in my current position.

In short, I would like to be a gay, fat, bald, retarded litigator.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48944132)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 8:22 PM
Author: spectacular den

appreciate hearing your thought process, as foreign as it is to me. seems like AUSA and USDJ are hard to get unless you have a lot of prestige AND connections AND the right party in office - but maybe you do. and a transition is obviously a big one-time hit, in addition to, you might actually have to work a lot harder per wee going forward. sounds like you know what you want to sign up for anyway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#48945721)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon



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