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leaving BIGLAW for BIGFED. taking questions
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Date: January 31st, 2015 11:58 AM Author: trip church building (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221381) |
Date: January 31st, 2015 12:00 PM Author: Mind-boggling prole Tips on doing this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221385) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:04 PM Author: trip church building When you apply on usajobs, incorporate as many exact phrases from the job posting into your resume as you can. It sounds dumb, but this is the only way to get past the first round review by HR idiots who don't know what to look for except the exact language from the posting.
Network like crazy. Have coffee with everyone you know who works in fedgov, or who knows someone who works in fedgov. Take up everyone who offers to put you in touch with anyone they know in fedgov. It's really annoying but this is a huge part of how this shit works. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:17 PM Author: crusty nowag antidepressant drug can I network with you? willing 2 OUT myself to do it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221458) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:30 PM Author: trip church building Maybe? I haven't even started yet though. Quotation mark pumo below you might be a better bet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221529) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:00 PM Author: provocative temple gunner y (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221386) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:06 PM Author: trip church building 9-6 every day, every other friday off, $135k to start, great job security. Can't wait to get my fucking weekends/life back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221403) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:16 PM Author: irradiated french office codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221456) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:14 PM Author: Contagious Zippy Spot Congrats man. I went straight to BIGFED out of school with the plan to go to the private sector after 2-3 years. Now I am coming up on year #5 in BIGFED and have no intention of ever leaving. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221447) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:21 PM Author: trip church building Ty. You made the right choice. This would have been my 5th year in BIGLAW and it's absolutely miserable. I've wanted to move to BIGFED for years now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221473) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:22 PM Author: Contagious Zippy Spot I actually didn't pursue BIGFED until I got dinged from BIGLAW. It was my backup plan. Sometimes I think about the fact that if I did get BIGLAW, I'd have washed out of it by now.
I telework on Fridays now, it is a 180 perk. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:28 PM Author: trip church building The telework, alternate work week, 9 hour days...all 180 perks. My standards are so low after BIGLAW though. I'm thrilled with any job that doesn't make me leave my brother's wedding reception early to finish a fucking memo for a dickhead client who won't even read it for another week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221507) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 11:51 PM Author: Comical Flatulent University Karate This^thiz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27233555) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:17 PM Author: Jade queen of the night faggot firefighter will you date more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221461) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:30 PM Author: trip church building In a relationship, so no. Will socialize more in general though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221521) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:25 PM Author: Indigo black woman Congrats breh.
Will you be doing interesting work? DC? Sounds like an agency not doj. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:29 PM Author: trip church building Yeah, DC. I actually think the work is gonna be great. Don't want to out myself but it's a cool agency that actually gets shit done, and I'm in a great division. So not just pushing paper (hopefully). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221517) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:45 PM Author: Henna learning disabled gas station twinkling uncleanness I was opposite fema on a case once. It was like the entire agency was made of people that were utterly ashamed of working there. They also sucked at their jobs. They really met the negative stereotype of lazy and incompetent government workers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221621) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 4:55 PM Author: trip church building Yeah FEMA seems like one of the worst agencies to work at, on par with the VA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27229667) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 5:57 PM Author: Cracking theater stage I mean, it's FEMA. It's an agency that does a bunch of thankless work and only gets criticized and even when they do well, it's always Katrina. Always. I would hate being there, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27230184) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 12:43 PM Author: Henna learning disabled gas station twinkling uncleanness I always dreamed of being an ausa. Now I have an interview at one of the top offices and a bunch of suburban fucks that subscribe to the serial podcast are raining on my parade. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221606) |
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Date: February 6th, 2015 12:33 PM Author: trip church building (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27261543) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 5:03 PM Author: Federal National Skinny Woman what are you most looking forward to in the new job? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27229721) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2015 8:42 AM Author: trip church building Not billing hours. Also, leaving at 6. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27234768) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 5:53 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe I am a senior associate at one of the big labor & employment firms. Being put up for partner next year. I like the firm and love the work, but the pay kinda sucks (I make 170 plus a shitty bonus). Fairly sure I could leave for the NLRB, because I have connections there. Would this be CR? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27230160) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 5:57 PM Author: Cracking theater stage but ur kid will go hungry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27230189) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 5:58 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe Hmm. Wife makes like 90k. I think we would be ok. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27230198) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 5:58 PM Author: Cracking theater stage GS-13?
why isn't she raising ur lil bugger u snarky POS don't be like that |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 8:11 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe bro, why the hostility brother? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27231398) |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 11:24 PM Author: trip church building If you don't hate it then why not ride it out and try to be partner? NLRB's a good back up though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27233341) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2015 10:14 AM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe I've thought about it a lot and this is always where I come down. Although my pay isn't great for a large firm, it's way more than I'd get in gov. Dat job security would be nice tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27235056) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 2:32 AM Author: aggressive pervert sandwich you're one year from partner ('consideration') and make less than a first year at troutman sanders lolwtf how do these L&E shitholes even get anyone to fill OCI slots? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27694520) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 6:54 AM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe Obviously they're getting people who wouldn't get a biglaw slot. The pay sucks, but you get to run your own cases early on and you aren't ground to death. We had a second year leave for a biglaw firm and he's working insane hours and doing doc review/writing memos. I get recruiter calls for biglaw jobs that id probably get because they're traditional labor but I never return them. I think the firm is catching wind of how the pay blows because I got a bump to 180 last week.
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Date: February 6th, 2015 12:37 PM Author: Violet lascivious lodge trust fund Thoughts on the International Federation of Naked Bodybuilders, or IFNB? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27261561) |
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Date: February 6th, 2015 2:11 PM Author: trip church building Not going to google that at work. Sounds like a NAMBLA affiliate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27262267) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:22 PM Author: cruel-hearted wrinkle Subsidiary actually (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057289) |
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Date: February 6th, 2015 2:12 PM Author: Galvanic indian lodge Congrats on your GS-7 janitorial gig. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27262274) |
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Date: February 6th, 2015 2:28 PM Author: trip church building Ty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27262413) |
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Date: March 4th, 2015 11:53 PM Author: trip church building Bumpin cause we got a snooow dayyy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27431911) |
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Date: March 4th, 2015 11:57 PM Author: glittery duck-like senate Congrats, how does it feel to rejoin the living? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27431938) |
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Date: March 5th, 2015 12:01 AM Author: trip church building Thanks friend. It feels really good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27431971) |
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Date: March 5th, 2015 12:00 AM Author: bateful puce coffee pot native Did we get one yet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27431960) |
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Date: March 5th, 2015 12:01 AM Author: trip church building Not officially, but I'm banking on it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27431967) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 1:04 AM Author: trip church building Three month update: everything about my life is immeasurably better. My health and social life are returning to pre-biglaw levels. My anxiety is basically gone. Almost every day is a good day. I feel like a whole new person.
Anyone out there considering ditching biglaw, do it as fast as you can and never look back. |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 1:09 AM Author: Aphrodisiac rose center But D.C. is such a festering shit hole, and that's where roughly 99.273% of bigfed jobs are. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27694222) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 1:11 AM Author: trip church building You and I have different definitions of festering shithole. Obviously it not NYC, but so what? There's a reasonable amount of things to do and I can get a yard for my dog. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27694230) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 2:48 AM Author: Aphrodisiac rose center NYC is a different type of shit hole.
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Date: June 6th, 2015 7:45 PM Author: trip church building bump (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057089) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:13 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe Post ur salary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057217) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 9:05 PM Author: trip church building $120,000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057544) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:15 PM Author: godawful domesticated parlour How are your coworkers?
Most of my in-house bros/chicks are chill, but one senior counsel (in another dept) is really fucking annoying. I think he has aspergers. |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 9:06 PM Author: trip church building My immediate group is fantastic. All ex biglaw, smart and good at thier jobs but very chill. Larger division has some dicks it in, and some people engaged in pointless power struggles, but overall high quality lawyers and humans. Surprisingly little dead weight. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057552) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:25 PM Author: cruel-hearted wrinkle I'm still biglaw and its fine. What was so bad about you biglaw you fucking Whiney bitch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057300) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 9:07 PM Author: trip church building What year are you? In my experience it got exponentially worse year over year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057555) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:13 PM Author: Exciting Rehab What happens if there's a big project deadline and it's 5:59? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057219) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:23 PM Author: cruel-hearted wrinkle I've always wondered this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057290) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 9:07 PM Author: trip church building Probably go home for the day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057558) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:21 PM Author: cruel-hearted wrinkle Lol at fedmos. Im still biglaw and owning souls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057273) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:27 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe You're wasting your life. So are bigfed bros but they spend less time doing so (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057309) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:31 PM Author: cruel-hearted wrinkle 300k this year makes it worth it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057331) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:38 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe you seem like a gigantic faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057365) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:39 PM Author: cruel-hearted wrinkle If I weren't employed/earning an income what would I be doing with my life exactly? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057371) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 8:45 PM Author: Aromatic Range Sweet Tailpipe Being a faggot, so I guess you might as well stick with the high paying job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057408) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 9:10 PM Author: Indigo black woman Advisory role or litigating? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057571) |
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Date: June 6th, 2015 9:16 PM Author: trip church building Advisory. Pretty interesting niche actually but I don't want to outself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28057614) |
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Date: June 12th, 2015 11:40 AM Author: Cracking theater stage aren't attorney-advisor roles FLAME and fake attorneys and everyone thinks of u as a second class BITCH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#28101822) |