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miserable in BIGLAW but still have debt, quit???
| Adventurous circlehead knife | 09/01/10 |
| nighttime nowag gunner | 09/01/10 |
| Adventurous circlehead knife | 09/01/10 |
| nighttime nowag gunner | 09/01/10 |
| Adventurous circlehead knife | 09/01/10 |
| marvelous turquoise hall clown | 09/01/10 |
| Adventurous circlehead knife | 09/01/10 |
| Gold Nibblets Ticket Booth | 11/01/11 |
| Dead Cerebral Step-uncle's House Potus | 11/01/11 |
| mahogany lodge mad cow disease | 11/01/11 |
| Bipolar canary therapy | 11/01/11 |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 9:04 PM Author: Adventurous circlehead knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#15942582) |
Date: September 1st, 2010 9:07 PM Author: nighttime nowag gunner How much debt? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#15942614) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 9:08 PM Author: Adventurous circlehead knife 115K currently. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#15942624) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 9:12 PM Author: nighttime nowag gunner lol, dude...I wouldn't leave unless I found a gov or public interest job and my LS had a good LRAP I could still sign up for. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#15942660) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 9:15 PM Author: Adventurous circlehead knife how much longer do I need to stick this out? My expenses are very low, like ~900 a month rent, no car.
I have about 10,000 in the bank now, trying to save up 30,000. |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 9:16 PM Author: marvelous turquoise hall clown Stick it of but address why you're miserable and fix that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#15942690) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 9:18 PM Author: Adventurous circlehead knife it's impossible to be happy in biglaw. at best you can tolerate it.
how long do I need to stick it out? til my debt is down to 50K or something? |
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Date: November 1st, 2011 6:47 AM Author: Gold Nibblets Ticket Booth You're right, it is. But I hear if you tough it out long enough it will break you, and then it's not so bad. For awhile you can still see the silent, helpless suffering of the brain behind the eyes, then finally, the brain must just die because the eyes GO OUT, and there is no more feeling in them than a crab's eyes at the end of a stalk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#19278885) |
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Date: November 1st, 2011 7:21 AM Author: Dead Cerebral Step-uncle's House Potus This isn't true. Depending on practice area and firm, biglaw can be tolerable to enjoyable. I sometimes don't like the hours but I legitimately enjoy my job (M&A, 2nd tier market). I think the work is interesting, but I think the job is tolerable because I've started establishing some boundaries (will not work past midnight more than 2x per month, exercise 3x per week, etc.).
Maybe think about lateralling to another firm with better QOL after your second year. |
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Date: November 1st, 2011 7:35 AM Author: mahogany lodge mad cow disease if the job was truly enjoyable you wouldn't think about lateralling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411910&forum_id=2#19278911) |
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Date: November 1st, 2011 9:23 AM Author: Bipolar canary therapy as a biglaw midlevel who has seen a number of unhappy people spontaneously quit, i would advise against that route. this economy is terrible, and if you quit without anything lined up because you're having a rough month your career could take a permanent hit.
don't quit. instead, make your job more tolerable.
if you hate the long hours, start leaving at 6:30. start refusing to take on new assignments. don't answer the phone when the dickhead partner calls.
it will probably take them a year to fire you, during which time you can be looking for another job.
if you quit, you don't even get unemployment. |