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Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25
expound
Chrome hairraiser piazza potus
  11/17/25
it sucks and the money doesn't make it ok
Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25
can you quit?
Chrome hairraiser piazza potus
  11/17/25
dem iron chains of <><>NO EXIT OPTIONS<>&l...
Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25
I'm sure you can think of something. Maybe we can brainstorm...
Chrome hairraiser piazza potus
  11/17/25
Flame
appetizing corn cake
  11/17/25
i got lucky at a shit-tier biglaw firm. i worked on a small ...
exhilarant black woman
  11/17/25
How was Mayer Brown?
appetizing corn cake
  11/17/25
worse, i was at baker hostetler. i just checked and MB is in...
exhilarant black woman
  11/17/25
did they actually distribute black boxes on payday because t...
Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25
yes it was 180
exhilarant black woman
  11/17/25
i'm not at a prestigious firm, that's what's so insane about...
Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25
180, glad it worked out in the end
Irradiated library sneaky criminal
  11/18/25
Explain where you can make seven figures without connections...
floppy hyperactive rehab
  11/17/25
doesn't mean it's worth it
Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25
it's a really hard job. i did it for a while and sometimes ...
henna mother
  11/17/25
A couple years of BIGLAW comp would help me bigly. I’m...
Painfully honest alcoholic hell mental disorder
  11/17/25
could you do midlaw?
exhilarant black woman
  11/17/25
I’m just struggling to survive.
Painfully honest alcoholic hell mental disorder
  11/17/25
IT'S NOT WORTH IT
Harsh Chestnut Stag Film
  11/17/25


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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: Chrome hairraiser piazza potus

expound

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:40 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film

it sucks and the money doesn't make it ok

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439055)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:41 PM
Author: Chrome hairraiser piazza potus

can you quit?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439063)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film

dem iron chains of <><>NO EXIT OPTIONS<><>

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439074)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Chrome hairraiser piazza potus

I'm sure you can think of something. Maybe we can brainstorm together.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439078)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:40 PM
Author: appetizing corn cake

Flame

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:45 PM
Author: exhilarant black woman

i got lucky at a shit-tier biglaw firm. i worked on a small team headed by a massive rainmaker. the firm didn't fuck around with his people.

only way to do biglaw, imo is a non-prestigious firm. fuck skadden, davis polk, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439081)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: appetizing corn cake

How was Mayer Brown?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439100)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: exhilarant black woman

worse, i was at baker hostetler. i just checked and MB is in the v50 and pays lockstep.

BH pays first years whatever the rate is for first years, and everything after that is black box. the one thing i didn't like was the comp. senior associates there probably make like 375, with superstars making just over 400 but that's a guess.

tradeoff is i don't think it's a sweatshop. notwithstanding the rainmaker who protected me, i didn't hear from other associates that they were worked too hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439113)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film

did they actually distribute black boxes on payday because that would be bad ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439119)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: exhilarant black woman

yes it was 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439130)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film

i'm not at a prestigious firm, that's what's so insane about this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439107)



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Date: November 18th, 2025 4:26 AM
Author: Irradiated library sneaky criminal

180, glad it worked out in the end

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439992)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: floppy hyperactive rehab

Explain where you can make seven figures without connections.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439133)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film

doesn't mean it's worth it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439140)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 8:50 PM
Author: henna mother

it's a really hard job. i did it for a while and sometimes i look back and wonder how. but now it's been long enough i think hey maybe someone will hire me as a partner if the market is hot enough and i tell them a story about how i could try to be a rainmaker

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439519)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: Painfully honest alcoholic hell mental disorder

A couple years of BIGLAW comp would help me bigly. I’m working for peanuts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439555)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: exhilarant black woman

could you do midlaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439586)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:26 PM
Author: Painfully honest alcoholic hell mental disorder

I’m just struggling to survive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439595)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: Harsh Chestnut Stag Film

IT'S NOT WORTH IT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Elisa#49439596)