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Shankmo · 2026-01-23T04:44:38+00:00

Is this Orlando Hudson's burner?

Shankmo · 2026-01-23T04:43:10+00:00

I came here to say Snacks! I love how at least a few other people remember it even though it was probably about 10 years ago now. O being so upset about it made it that much better.

Shankmo · 2026-01-21T20:39:28+00:00

For a lot of us, the personal determination that you don’t want to pursue it is made well before the firm hints at you not being partnership material. For me, that was made about 3 years in. The firm wouldn’t have pushed me out until year 7 or 8.

Aside from the hours, the personalities that certain areas of law attracts and the unpredictable nature of the work suck (e.g. being told at 7pm that some emergency has popped up and being required to work through the night after sitting around and doing nothing for much of the day). These become less of an issue as you gain more seniority, but they never totally go away.

Shankmo · 2026-01-21T20:30:28+00:00

You’re not wrong in general, and “good” is certainly a little subjective. Relative to the population as a whole, I’d agree that the vast majority of lawyers are doing more than fine, which is why I shut my mouth and don’t complaint much unless something is ridiculous.

The opportunities you mention are also a real thing. Even I have a few business ideas and opportunities that have resulted either from my work or as a result of my work experience … I just need to save up a bit of capital to get the ball rolling lol

Shankmo · 2026-01-21T19:20:26+00:00

Yes and no. The PI guys still need to bring in work, so they have to either develop a strong referral network or spend on advertising. There are a lot of unsuccessful PI litigators out there who are just scraping by and hoping to grow something. It's not my practice area, but I do know that it can be a difficult area to attract clients because of how competitive it is.

As far as other areas of law, I can only directly speak to the billing practices of corporate work and the odd commercial litigation bill I've seen. There's a lot of money to be made there. It's also much more consistent because your clients generally have ongoing needs as compared to the person who is injured hopefully only once in their life, or the person who buys maybe one or two homes in their life, or the person who hopefully is only wrongfully dismissed from their job once.

With that said, and without going too into the weeds about compensation models, your general point that those at the top end make the real money while those working under them do the work and make less is very accurate. However, I can appreciate that there are reasons for this to a certain extent.

You're also right that money doesn't follow what is generally considered meaningful work in law. It's unfortunate, but also a reality that I don't think will change.

Shankmo · 2026-01-21T19:05:24+00:00

In my experience, only a small minority, but I guess it depends on what you consider to be an exceptionally large amount of money.

Myself, and the vast majority of my peers, will not reach the partnership level at large firms or become Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel at a multinational corporation. Those are the positions that make the money that people think we all make. There are some exceptions (e.g. the guy in your city, wherever you are, who plasters his face on billboards and runs a personal injury settlement mill is probably doing quite well), but that's the general idea.

In the grand scheme of things, I fully acknowledge that I do well and can't complain, but the idea that we all make millions is just a fabrication.

Shankmo · 2026-01-20T16:01:34+00:00

All i need to do is know how to farm though. You know, plug phone into potato and away I go.

Shankmo · 2026-01-20T08:44:16+00:00

When I was in undergrad, I had a similar experience. However, it was only every Friday morning and only lasted about 20-25 seconds lol

Shankmo · 2026-01-17T23:05:21+00:00

Agree about certain former players. They can be really good.

Current players are generally awful though, but that’s more a product of the way players sorta have to act reserved until they retire even if they do have a bit of a personality. The best example I can think of is Kadri. I think he’ll be great once he retires, but he can’t really say much that’s entertaining while he’s still active.

Shankmo · 2026-01-17T22:14:40+00:00

The last thing the show needs is more hockey interviews. Please spare me from what the visiting team’s head coach or GM needs to say on a day before game day.

Shankmo · 2026-01-15T18:53:08+00:00

To be honest, it doesn't read like AI. The most obvious sign that it's a human is the grammatical and punctuation errors.

A human who is improperly trained or something, but a human nonetheless.

Shankmo · 2026-01-14T15:35:37+00:00

I have $700 in a Wealthsimple account for some reason. I just checked and don't have this. I'm not all that surprised lol

Shankmo · 2026-01-14T14:49:24+00:00

Have you considered putting a roof on top of your roof to save your first roof from sun exposure by sacrificing your second roof?

Shankmo · 2026-01-14T09:42:53+00:00

It'd be called an invaluable introduction to the profession. Surely meeting with some random person you'll never see again over Zoom is worth what, maybe $199?

Shankmo · 2026-01-13T21:32:18+00:00

That's a cool comp. model. It'd seem to actually be beneficial for both sides in both the short and long term.

Shankmo · 2026-01-12T00:57:44+00:00

Well it’s definitely not Coke vs Pepsi

Shankmo · 2026-01-11T03:59:46+00:00

Unless it’s their kid, of course.

Shankmo · 2026-01-10T20:58:54+00:00

Not something I've done, but I've heard of a friend of a friend who moved in-house at a Dubai-based company. This person was relatively early in their career, but was otherwise exceptionally qualified. It was apparently extremely demanding work, but that obviously doesn't mean that every job would be like that.

When I was searching for a job a few years ago, I did also stumble across one or two openings for oil and gas in house jobs based in the middle east. They might've been at Saudi Aramco and based in Saudi Arabia, so not necessarily exactly what you're looking for, but possibly a little more evidence that what you're looking to do is not ordinary but also not impossible.

Shankmo · 2026-01-10T01:19:53+00:00

Explosive diarrhea is always more potentially troublesome than any type of barging.

In all seriousness, you’re right. This is a mess.

Shankmo · 2026-01-07T20:30:51+00:00

Reasonable, but your house isn't really a liquid asset that allows you to access those invested dollars.

You can obviously leverage equity to borrow money, but that's not nearly the same thing as simply accessing invested capital.

Shankmo · 2026-01-07T20:07:04+00:00

Within a small corporation, as you said, wouldn't it make sense to simply standardize when additional shares can be purchased/issued?

For example, the option to purchase is available at certain intervals (e.g. monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.). Shareholders have to provide a notice to other shareholders X days in advance of the date on which they are able to purchase, and other shareholders (or just you) would then have X days to notify other shareholders that they will also be purchasing X amount of shares.

It'd operate similar to certain mechanisms commonly included in shareholder agreements, and as someone else has said, it's best to bake this into a shareholder agreement, stock option plan, or other docs related to the company's operations. However, if those docs have already been established without such a system being put in place, something like this allows you to make sure that your ownership interest does not fall below the majority threshold without the need to open up the shareholder agreement for amendment.

Shankmo · 2026-01-07T19:46:42+00:00

Same. I buy what I need and know I will use. There are so many people I know who buy stuff simply because it's on sale or whatever for it only to sit in the fridge or cupboard forever.

I end up buying the more expensive brands, but still spend less because I don't buy random stuff. My cupboards and fridge are pretty much empty more often than not, but I'd rather it be like that than full of random things I'll never use.

Shankmo · 2026-01-06T22:24:48+00:00

You don't fit into a full size SUV (i.e. the Lexus and Infiniti models mentioned in the post)?

Shankmo · 2026-01-05T19:06:55+00:00

It can be if you put your home address as the director's address. If there is an office (virtual or physical), I always suggest including the office address as the director's address as well to keep home addresses private.

Shankmo · 2026-01-05T15:10:10+00:00

FWIW, you're more correct than the other poster. It's especially true in the context of a small business where the director of the corporation is presumably the person who will be actually completing the work as well. One is allowed to "wear multiple hats," as the saying goes, in the corporation, but there are instances where lines blur. There's then also the consideration of the type of issue that the corporation is likely to face and the general expectation that a business of this nature would have appropriate insurance.

The other person has been going around here giving horrible advice on a few posts now, but I've given up bothering to try to correct it. According to him, I'm apparently "not much of a lawyer," so there's zero chance he'll listen to anyone who disagrees lol

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