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Holy shit biglaw is not worth it at all
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:29 PM Author: Onyx Irradiated Candlestick Maker Tattoo The money is such shit when u step back and think about it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020745) |
Date: November 29th, 2016 11:31 PM Author: Clear multi-colored boltzmann crotch being a hunter gatherer is sooo cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020765) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:44 AM Author: Salmon Fortuitous Meteor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021312) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:32 PM Author: Kink-friendly Fishy Hospital cr, this is why u go in house. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020772) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:57 PM Author: adventurous mad cow disease Yes, but this requires 3-5 years of biglaw to cop. That's a lot of living your life to give up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021015) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:19 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference More like 5 to 7 years these days unless you're at top corporate practice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021433) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:06 AM Author: cowardly brass nibblets Lol try applying to in house after 3 or 4 years. You will literally get hundreds of automatic rejection emails (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021674) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:45 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference Cr...this ain't 2006 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021713) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:37 PM Author: cruel-hearted mexican preventive strike It's 2007 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020820) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:39 PM Author: confused base its not shit if your parents just happen to have a sweet condo in nyc and all your friends and family are rich and in nyc and you didn't have to pay for ls and have no debt and your parents give you extra money to spend in nyc and you are a good looking woman and all the older associates/partners just let you do whatever the fuck you want and leave when you want. but other than that its shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020847) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:43 PM Author: Histrionic Sneaky Criminal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020890) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:47 PM Author: Kink-friendly Fishy Hospital (the life that was taken from Estrada) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020930) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:58 PM Author: copper thriller corn cake boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021022) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:19 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference LMAO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021435) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:36 AM Author: bronze contagious mood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021491) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:57 AM Author: appetizing orchid immigrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021733) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:42 AM Author: coiffed bawdyhouse dog poop There are actually one or two associates at my firm who meet this profile. But they won't be here for that long. They'll marry finance chads and then stay home. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022428) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 10:29 AM Author: thirsty exciting set cr - I knew so many girls like this in biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022625) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:40 PM Author: Hairraiser zombie-like boiling water space Holy shit not flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020854) |
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Date: November 29th, 2016 11:44 PM Author: cruel-hearted mexican preventive strike Wow. In other news the sky is blue (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32020905) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:37 AM Author: up-to-no-good pisswyrm Yeah. Really sucks to make 200k a year as a 26 year old for 60 hours a week of work in a city with the most hot single women. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021270) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:49 AM Author: Avocado naked depressive step-uncle's house brother, that's not how it goes. 200k before taxes, 2.5k/mo tiny apartment, weekend assignments, constant stress on research where the partner 'knows' there's something out there when there's nothing. competition is to work MORE or you're done. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021338) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 10:18 AM Author: Carnelian stirring lodge doctorate That "I know something else is out there" is just code for "shut up and keep churning" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022575) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:52 AM Author: twinkling area goal in life if i were to do it again i would treat it as a 7-year endurance cost, with carefully-rationed provisions such as cocaine apportioned at regular intervals accordingly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021348) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:21 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference Uhhuh or just do fed gov and say fuck it to private sector (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021440) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:30 AM Author: Onyx Irradiated Candlestick Maker Tattoo I am still at work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021471) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:32 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference Second year?
I wish I could say it gets better..but it gets worse until you're a rainmaker partner |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:32 AM Author: Onyx Irradiated Candlestick Maker Tattoo Yes I'm so over this bullshit but don't want to be poor. Thoughts? I don't have that much debt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021477) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:33 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference Quit and find something you like doing that pays ok...
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:35 AM Author: Onyx Irradiated Candlestick Maker Tattoo What does "pays ok" 'mean to you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021490) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:36 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference 80k in flyover?
You'd be surprised...some teachers make that much in suburban flyover
I have personally thought about teaching in suburban flyover...you get 4 months off, no detail oriented bullshit, less stress |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:08 AM Author: drab mischievous home Please list states and subjects where I can make 80K teaching. Could I do this in like Tucson? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021678) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:49 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference I don't want to specify too much..but let's say mountain region or southwest
Ud prob have to teach math, science or special ed....luckily I like math |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:50 AM Author: cowardly brass nibblets Why the fuck are you afraid of specifying too much you dramatic fucking faggot? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021723) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:50 AM Author: deranged round eye school cafeteria You're not going to make 80k as a young teacher in AZ. Try like 40k.
If you want to live in a place like Tucson, though, why not find a regional BigLaw/MidLaw job and make 130k with lower COL, lower hours requirements, lower stress, fewer asshole partners, no working til 1am? Quitting to become a teacher who makes peanuts seems like an overcorrection. |
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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:52 PM Author: diverse aggressive partner piazza Arizona is among the worst paying states for teachers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031769) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:40 AM Author: Infuriating Pit Dysfunction pay off all your debt and bounce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021503) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:03 AM Author: crystalline nofapping blood rage rehab Debt + downpayment on a good place + actually have something decent to bounce to. dont just quit and look for a job while unemplyed.
Thats the ideal, anyway. Balance the ideal against what you can handle. But the last part is the most important. You dont want to interview while unemployed. If you cant handle it, forget the debt and start looking now, but dont bounce unless you have something lined up. |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:26 AM Author: Infuriating Pit Dysfunction you're never going to get debt repayment assuming you have an avg law grad amount (~150k if not more) and downpayment on a house in a major metro which is likely where you will be living if you're in biglaw (and getting a downpayment for some magical grass is greener house in flyover country that you've never been to isnt realistic either) unless you stay for years and years, and the people who do that don't bitch as 2nd years like OP. just get rid of the debt and as you come in those final months when the debt is almost gone start looking for other jobs. if you want to stay in law, then yes you need to be currently employed. if you want to leave law, it's okay to tell an interviewer you needed to unplug and reflect on what you want out of life
not everything goes according to some robot asian plan |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:40 AM Author: drab mischievous home Any ideas on getting another law job while unemployed? Hate that lawyers are tools. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021628) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:47 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference "Work" for a friend's company
Don't u guys have friends who have companies and can cover for u for resume gap |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:51 AM Author: aromatic athletic conference So..your advice is to stay in biglaw for 8 years...got it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021725) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 3:52 AM Author: cowardly brass nibblets Yeh and then "bounce". I'm sure you'll find something great (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32021726) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:22 AM Author: Pearl yarmulke university (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022350) |
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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:45 PM Author: disgusting mother roast beef Had I listened to shit-awful advice like this I'm sure I would have wasted the last three years of my life being miserable in biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031700) |
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Date: July 10th, 2020 2:11 PM Author: ;.,.,.;;;::.,.;.,;.;.;.;.;;::..;.;.,,, (Beer Like Water. Drugs Like Candy. Women Like Tissue.) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#40580934) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:42 AM Author: Costumed business firm juggernaut what else is there? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022430) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 9:51 AM Author: Flesh laughsome locale Could have gotten an MBA! Lolz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022476) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 10:01 AM Author: primrose spot knife but the PRESTIGE!
oh wait, here are 42 occupations MOAR preftigious than law, according to the 2012 General Social Survey:
Engineers, all other
Nurse practitioners
Military officer special and tactical operations leaders
Physicians and surgeons
Nuclear technicians
Biological scientists
Optometrists
Dentists
Electrical and electronics engineers
Mechanical engineers
Postsecondary teachers
Aerospace engineers
Psychologists
Computer and information research scientists
Astronomers and physicists
Computer hardware engineers
Biomedical engineers
Veterinarians
Marine engineers and naval architects
Architects, except naval
Chemists and materials scientists
Computer network architects
Industrial engineers, including health and safety
Physical therapists
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists
Writers and authors
Geological and petroleum technicians
Chemical engineers
Secondary school teachers
Nurse anesthetists
Civil engineers
Computer systems analysts
Pharmacists
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers
Agricultural engineers
Physician assistants
Chief executives
Podiatrists
Architectural and engineering managers
Atmospheric and space scientists
Radiation therapists
Lawyers |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 11:05 AM Author: drab mischievous home link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32022802) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 12:21 PM Author: primrose spot knife http://gss.norc.org/Documents/other/PRESTG10SEI10_supplement.xls
it's the column labeled "PRESTG10PLUS" |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:16 PM Author: gold toaster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32024122) |
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Date: December 1st, 2016 1:17 PM Author: diverse aggressive partner piazza Who cares about prole-survey prestige? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031933) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 1:04 PM Author: gold toaster it seems like the only thing in law that's 'worth it' actually gov't pays shit shitlaw pays shit unless you start your own practice and are successful that way, biglaw seems like the only way to make any money in law |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:27 PM Author: charismatic stage elastic band tenured professor at t14 is pretty 'worth it', actually (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32024179) |
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Date: November 30th, 2016 2:50 PM Author: gold toaster well yeah, and federal judge too not really talking about those hyper rare outcomes |
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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:39 PM Author: vigorous public bath brethren Gov will give you low six figures, guaranteed security, good benefits, and low stress (except for some ausa/pd positions i guess). It isn't great pay but it's better than shit, esp. for 35 hours a week or whatever.
In-housemos also make decent $$ for the most part. |
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Date: December 1st, 2016 12:42 PM Author: gold toaster gov sucks when youre still making 120k as a 45 year old dude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031678) |
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Date: December 1st, 2016 1:19 PM Author: diverse aggressive partner piazza Gotta add the pension value. What's that worth, $1.25 million? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3444559&forum_id=2#32031944) |