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leaving BIGLAW for BIGFED. taking questions
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Date: January 31st, 2015 11:58 AM Author: Histrionic brass site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796196&forum_id=2#27221381) |
Date: January 31st, 2015 12:00 PM Author: Yapping hyperventilating piazza 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Startling pervert university 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: Histrionic brass site 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: turquoise glittery space 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Talented cruise ship (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: Blathering Excitant House 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Blathering Excitant House 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: Histrionic brass site 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: outnumbered stock car 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: Orchid Public Bath Pistol 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: Histrionic brass site 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: bistre french community account school 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: Histrionic brass site 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: provocative well-lubricated whorehouse sex offender 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: Histrionic brass site 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: scarlet wonderful newt 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: provocative well-lubricated whorehouse sex offender 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: Histrionic brass site (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: Cerebral cream garrison 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: Histrionic brass site 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: scarlet wonderful newt 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: scarlet wonderful newt 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: Histrionic brass site 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: avocado locale doctorate 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: ultramarine ladyboy toaster 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Fishy ape alpha 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: curious milky national affirmative action 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Histrionic brass site 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: trip cuckold gay wizard 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: Histrionic brass site 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: hot bateful locus twinkling uncleanness 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Marvelous mustard business firm clown 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Marvelous mustard business firm clown NYC is a different type of shit hole.
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Date: June 6th, 2015 7:45 PM Author: Histrionic brass site 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: Histrionic brass site $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: Hairraiser Stage 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Fishy ape alpha 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: Histrionic brass site 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: laughsome theater stage 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: Fishy ape alpha 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: Histrionic brass site 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: Fishy ape alpha 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: Fishy ape alpha 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: Fishy ape alpha 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: copper very tactful philosopher-king menage 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: bistre french community account school 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: Histrionic brass site 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: scarlet wonderful newt 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) |