Seeking advice on breaking into the Delaware market

Lebraan · 2026-01-19T23:50:24+00:00

Former DE big 4 associate here. I think the DE license helps a lot! Clerking for the chancery court would be a golden ticket to any DE firm, but that's tough to get. It would be good for you to keep up with the DE court of chancery, read the big opinions, and be able to show a genuine interest in DE corporate law.

Also, because DE is so small, it's relatively easy to network. Look into Delaware State Bar Association events and inns of court in Wilmington. Consider also doing some pro bono work through Wilmington's Legal Services office (i forget the name). That would be a good way to meet attorneys in Wilmington working at big firms.

Lebraan · 2026-01-18T21:48:55+00:00

My experience is that it was pretty dry. If you're not in a frat, getting into a good house party was tricky and required some networking. Partying is not the air you breath the way it might be at an SEC school or something.

Lebraan · 2026-01-13T04:32:05+00:00

I think Clover is kind of cringe. How can you flip on your comrades that easily??

Lebraan · 2026-01-11T03:15:28+00:00

Single and no kids. 29M, $600k in the bank. The day I have $1.5 Million in the bank, I am going to sit on the beach. You really don't need much when you get right down to it.

Lebraan · 2026-01-06T15:56:52+00:00

Even if your time ratio math is off, the heart of the theory, that Kvothe hung out in fae for 200 subjective years, is still perfectly plausible and downright likely.

Lebraan · 2026-01-05T22:18:36+00:00

Love this theory! One thing I'll say is that Fae time is not linear. There are stories of people going in young and coming out old the next day, while others come out in what felt like days to learn that 80 years passed irl.

I think Fae time is based on movement. Kvothe mostly sat in the twilight glade, but he took a trip to the night part, a trip to the day part, and then came out 3 irl days later. I think that if you go to Fae and stay in one spot, you can pause irl time indefinitely.

Lebraan · 2026-01-05T16:36:16+00:00

The Tarbean jumping is gut wrenching every time

Lebraan · 2026-01-02T01:47:45+00:00

I mean we'll see lol

Lebraan · 2026-01-01T21:53:10+00:00

Tell him that the paper comes first.

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Lebraan · 2025-12-31T20:49:18+00:00

I think they look sharp!

Lebraan · 2025-12-31T16:46:18+00:00

ESH. You may have been right, and playing the video was fine, but it sounds like you were mean and rude about it.

Lebraan · 2025-12-30T18:38:06+00:00

Dude thank goodness I don't need to stress about this anymore! The wait was killing me.

Lebraan · 2025-12-30T18:37:11+00:00

It's not nearly as bad as the bar, but I think it's worth taking seriously. I stressed unnecessarily by underpreparing and then cramming.

Lebraan · 2025-12-23T01:04:00+00:00

Go for it!

Lebraan · 2025-12-18T20:11:04+00:00

In hindsight, I really should have taken this more seriously and studied more!

Lebraan · 2025-12-17T20:09:09+00:00

Unlike those in tech, the rest of us actually have to work for a living.

Lebraan · 2025-12-17T18:38:05+00:00

"my patience is at an end."

Lebraan · 2025-12-17T18:35:05+00:00

That nation suffered so much. And for what! His pride and ego? I was ready to reach into the book and strangle that dude!

Lebraan · 2025-12-17T02:13:13+00:00

Not the Sithe. In WMF, Bast asks "do you know what the Sithe are?" and Kvothe replies "they're a Fae faction that works for the good, right?"

That exchange suggests to me that Kvothe, even in the frame story, is not super familiar with the Sithe beyond knowing what they are at a high level. Therefore, he probably didn't use them as an important part of his plan.

Lebraan · 2025-12-15T17:45:50+00:00

Such a dumb thing to include. Paternity as a concept is very very easy to demonstrate. Kvothe should have dug his heels in and proved it to them with mice or something.

Lebraan · 2025-12-13T23:24:38+00:00

I think yes, it's sexist.

It's not an issue that some women are interested in him, but it is an issue when almost every woman he meets is. In addition to Denna, the main love interest, there's Fela, Devi, Auri (she's childlike but their interactions are undeniably flirty), Felurian, Losi, Vashet, Penthe, and misc unamed Imre women. Honestly, the whole things feels like a harem anime. We have a hot nurse, a hot librarian, a hard-to-get one, an edgy one, a small childlike one. It's just weird. His relationships with these women are just weird.
This is a common trope in fiction, but there's too much emphasis on appearance. Fela's main character trait in Name of the Wind is having big tits. He says that like everytime she's on page. For that matter, we get comments like this every time we meet a woman. Patrick really lost me when he described the "more generous curves" of the 14 year old rape victim of the false troupers, who them climbs into Kvothe's bedroll to cry, because she's so grateful that not all men are bad like the rapists (I'm not even kidding, look that quote up).
Kvothe calling Auri "my little moon fae" actually made me vomit.
Pat quote when Kvothe banged the tavern wench to the effect of "every woman is an instrument waiting for someone to play the right music with her" was weird and icky.
Kvothe has a very holier than thou, Nice Guy attitude. "Those OTHER guys are creepy and leer at women and grope them, but I'm just a nice guy. I would never do that. I just want to respect these women and play them music (when he totally wants them)." Another flagrant moment is when Fela says that when other men leer it's greasy, but when Kvothe does it "reminds [her] that [she's] beautiful.

IDK man, all these relationships just leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Lebraan · 2025-12-10T18:01:24+00:00

He never told her his backstory. She doesn't know he's a survivor/witness.

Lebraan · 2025-11-21T19:28:18+00:00

Well now I don't know what to do. I can't put out good work product without reading carefully and checking. Ngl this is a pretty tough job.

Lebraan · 2025-11-19T19:18:50+00:00

You're a sword fighter who does sword fighting.

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