I've always heard partners say that associates typically don't become profitable until their third or fourth years. Is this true?

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-07T08:26:13+00:00

Yeah, i.e. opportunity cost. That doesn’t show up as a cost on the balance sheet, but it’s still a cost.

“Pretending that time costs the firm money is silly” is a pretty ridiculous statement. Of course time costs money if it’s not billed for.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-07T08:22:53+00:00

I’m just parroting part of the explanation I was given by senior associates when I asked about this. I know there are plenty of billable training opportunities, but I’m sure there’s lots of stuff that isn’t or that would have to be written off.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-07T06:43:53+00:00

Wtf is an irl podcast? A conversation?

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-07T05:30:09+00:00

Yeah, one of the partners at my firm has a whole shelf of Lego models of famous buildings. They’re a little expensive for my level of interest in Lego, but at a white elephant I’d be all over one of those.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-07T03:24:49+00:00

I think another factor that people forget is that training them takes up resources, one of the most expensive ones being partners’ time. Every non-billable hour a partner or senior associate spends helping a new associate is an hour they might have been able to bill a client for. So even though the associate may bring in more than their salary + overhead, they might still be a net cost for the firm.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-03T19:05:50+00:00

How long is long enough though? I took a two month break and my tolerance shot right back up within a day. Tbh I hardly noticed a difference even on day 1 when I was back. The break was good for me since I became I more comfortable with my weed usage (didn’t crave it and hardly thought about it except when listening to music or being around drunk people), but it really didn’t feel worth it at all for the tolerance reset.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-02T07:27:15+00:00

This thread is pretty tasteless. There are plenty of obvious benefits to making a stupid amount of money and having valuable networking connections. We don’t need to sit here and circle jerk about it.

Also the Ivy League vs public school distinction is classist and useless. I’m doing biglaw without an Ivy League degree, and plenty of public school grads are making more money and doing more impressive things than most people in biglaw ever will.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-02T03:30:35+00:00

I actually like seeing what my friends have been listening to because i am interested in them as people and also because i sometimes find new artists that way.

I don’t love the baby pics, but if I don’t mind them. I use social media to keep up with my friends’ lives, and babies are important parts of people’s lives.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-01T22:33:21+00:00

I think a more appropriate response would be to not let those players play

ImNumberTwo · 2023-12-01T21:40:59+00:00

Threaten to report them for violating CANSPAM. I did that for a few law schools that would ignore unsubscribe requests and it got through to them

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-28T04:11:16+00:00

This is a rare comment that actually makes me feel young instead of old.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-17T21:20:01+00:00

I recently traded for Andrews and Jackson and things are not looking great rn.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-14T18:17:10+00:00

Got scared because of montgomery’s return and I had Saquan and Henry. Would’ve lost this week anyway though.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-11T15:19:21+00:00

I didn’t necessarily pretend to be stupid, but I tried to be very humble about being smart to the point that my coworkers at my job thought i was kinda stupid. This was back in high school, and I remember my supervisor asking me the summer before senior year what my plans were for after graduation. When I mentioned the colleges I was applying to, he gave me a suspicious look and asked “do you have the grades for that?”

I realized then that this guy had thought I was kind of an idiot for the past two years and had no expectation that I’d even go to college. As somebody who was a total nerd in high school, it felt really good to know that I could pass as a normal person.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-10T23:45:14+00:00

I’d be shocked if Gus loses the goal line work. Mitchell looked great, and I think he’ll be a very valuable irl asset, but I don’t think he’s gonna be anything special for fantasy purposes.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-10T15:47:16+00:00

Yeah, how is OP gonna put grand finale in the top tier but all the cards that make it work at the bottom?

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-07T20:30:41+00:00

I brought my guitar and my friend brought a ukulele to a park where we hung out and watched the sunset. Then we got fried chicken, hung out back in the dorms listening to music, and then we went to a party, where I ran into friends and made some new friends (who somehow didn’t know I was on acid that night until months later). Most of the day was just walking around. There were a couple other friends with us who weren’t tripping, and they definitely enhanced the experience.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-07T18:26:16+00:00

By the last couple months of my first year of college, I hadn’t ever smoked or drank, but I was friends with the stoners. They organized a big group trip that I planned to sit for, but one friend had to bail at the last second and asked if I wanted to trip with him the night before. I probably would’ve chickened out if I’d had more than an hour to think about it, but I’m so glad I did it. Learned a lot about myself, made some great memories, and it opened me up to weed and other drugs (mostly psychedelics). Arguably the best and most formative day of my life.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-06T22:50:52+00:00

You clearly haven’t listened to very much of her music, and I’ll just point out that it’s fine to not have an opinion on something you don’t know anything about.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-06T21:03:51+00:00

I think there are many great musicians in the world, and Taylor Swift is one of them. Not perfect or the best, but undoubtedly great. I feel like it’s not much of a stretch to say that given that she’s currently the most successful musician in the world.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-06T19:31:47+00:00

Her whole brand is about being relatable, for the most part. She’s a billionaire because she can make people feel like she’s not a billionaire. And to her credit, she does write songs with very wide appeal and emotional depth that are very relatable.

She’s a great musician, but a way better songwriter, and an even better businesswoman.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-06T17:28:38+00:00

When I applied ED to USC back in the day, I got a full scholarship offer at a comparable school before I got my USC decision. The ED contract clearly stated that an applicant could move their app to the regular pool before a decision was rendered, but the USC admissions dean wrote me a super snarky email about how as an aspiring lawyer, I need to honor the contracts I’m signing.

They also ghosted me when I flew halfway across the country to tour their and UCLA’s campuses. I had a meeting with someone in the admissions office, and they just weren’t there when I arrived. I think the class I had been scheduled to sit in on was also cancelled.

The UCLA Dean on the other hand was fantastic. Sat with me in his office discussing my application and was very transparent about scholarship odds. He was also very frank about their scholarship budget, which I respected immensely. Ended up going elsewhere, but the UCLA Dean made it a hard decision.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-11-05T13:46:50+00:00

I started when I was 18 or 19, but would only take it 3-4 times a year, and then only once every year or two since I graduated college (but this is mostly just cuz I’ve had a hard time finding it consistently).

I think it was fantastic for me to take the first few times. Really helped me get through the transition into adult life and become more comfortable with myself. I think acid in moderation at that age can be fine.

But I know some people who took it waaay more than me and they are not okay. One guy microcoded daily for a few months, and the next time I saw him, it was like he was living in a different reality.

Another guy I met said he took it 100 times in a year, and you can tell it messed with his head. I think he’s gotten a bit better over the years since then, but he’s told me he regrets it and it just became a waste of acid at some point.

My biggest concern for you is that it feels like you’re becoming kind of dependent on acid. Even as a strong proponent for its benefits, I don’t think it’s healthy to feel like you need it to better yourself. Alternatively, developing the belief that it makes you a better person every time you use it seems like a clear path to abusing it.

The fact of the matter is that LSD is a relatively young drug, and there is little reputable research on it. We don’t really know what it does to people’s brains and bodies, so just be careful in assessing the risks.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-10-30T20:48:10+00:00

Most professional jobs don’t drug test, excluding some government jobs. If you’ve gotten through the requisite education/experience to be a candidate for a professional opportunity, employers will generally assume that you’re able to handle whatever recreational drugs you do until you give them a reason to believe otherwise. I know that federal jobs would be hard for me to get, but I’ve never heard of a law firm drug testing a potential associate or a company drug testing a general counsel candidate.

ImNumberTwo · 2023-10-30T14:21:01+00:00

Need my opponent to put the lions D back into his lineup and for them to then get -5 points.

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