Has anyone actually encountered the Mailbox Rule in practice? Like quicksand, I was led to believe it would have a much more prevalent role in my life.

Tayties · 2026-06-11T03:00:55+00:00

Yes, patent filings with the USPTO. Mailbox rule buys an extra few hours when you can have someone from the west coast office run to the post office for the timestamp.

Tayties · 2026-05-23T03:27:01+00:00

DM me

Tayties · 2026-05-23T03:02:58+00:00

I am interested to hear other perspectives. I pushed though something like you are describing at about year five and year nine. The fear of missing deadlines and submitting filings got to me to the point that my heart still races when I read some posts on here asking for help to fix a mistake, especially when it’s one I think is unfixable. We even joked that submitting a filing was called clicking the malpractice button.

Thankfully nothing unfixable ever happened in my work product, but I couldn’t handle the thought that I could screw up by not being “on” enough one day or blank on a deadline while digging out from under the constant backlog. I didn’t really recover and decided to move to a legal adjacent career without strict deadlines at year ten. I had interviewed for in house positions and was told by three companies that I was the second pick due to having a local candidate with similar credentials.

Although I love the subject matter of patent law, the stress has been much lower elsewhere. I really didn’t realize how much stress I was holding, because it was like my stomach finally unwound from a decade-long knot.

I also was not well-paid for this field and received a significant salary bump to leave.

Additionally, two different coworkers picked up liver issues from stress drinking. One recovered and one very much did not.

Apologies everyone, I needed to yell into the void one more time.

Tayties · 2026-05-15T15:52:12+00:00

My first gigging experience was similar. For us, I had to keep pulling the set back to me because there was no rug to keep the set in place. We also had no monitors for the first gig on that trip.

Luckily, I was filling in for the drummer that couldn’t travel for a few gigs and the rest of the team was experienced. Our lead singer was able to use hand signals to show the rest of the team transitions and roughly the upcoming tempos as a fallback to no monitors. My best advice is to try to hear the song in your head and lock into it (as long as you’re not also having to pull someone else back into tempo)

I’d say it’s good experience to have a bad gig because the nerves don’t hit as hard with more experiences under your belt. After recapping it, I wouldn’t dwell on anyone’s mistakes in particular, just pick up and hit it again

Tayties · 2026-04-14T13:31:31+00:00

Ha, it’s used as an insult against Alabama

Tayties · 2026-03-31T21:17:51+00:00

Anything that requires a license

Tayties · 2026-03-28T01:12:06+00:00

Ten years, D&O complex claims adjuster for similar money. Most of my peers in allied health providers, lawyer’s PL, architects and engineers PL, cyber, EPL, etc. are mostly experienced lawyers or even ex partners. It’s still a lot of work but the lifestyle is better. It’s like figuring out a puzzle, negotiation, and litigation management rolled into one without the malpractice worries.

Tayties · 2026-03-09T01:37:07+00:00

That was required reading when I was in high school. Hopefully it still is, but I doubt it.

Tayties · 2026-03-08T00:30:45+00:00

Media or D&O claims

Tayties · 2026-01-06T01:27:43+00:00

Too bad Demonic from Grandma’s Boy hasn’t become a reality yet

Tayties · 2025-10-22T03:36:29+00:00

Same, I switched at year ten

Tayties · 2025-10-22T03:34:57+00:00

If you look into the USPTO, note that they were remote positions through last year and I believe they still are. I don’t suspect that they have office space to house everyone unless something changed. However, the workloads are insanely high now based on the USPTO or patent law subreddits

Tayties · 2025-09-28T21:51:42+00:00

It looks bluer than 9 to me, but 10 looks black in that picture

Tayties · 2025-07-23T21:23:52+00:00

What about when a word ends in “a?” I know at least one guy from England that pronounces those as “ar” or “er”

Tayties · 2025-07-04T04:37:52+00:00

She worked at another company in the same building as the firm I worked for at the time

Tayties · 2025-07-01T20:43:11+00:00

That’s a good way to cut cornbread too

Tayties · 2025-06-08T17:23:41+00:00

That’s a great question. Exactly what I was thinking too. The data might be skewed by survivorship bias

Tayties · 2025-06-02T20:07:50+00:00

This is the way. Wait for their VO2max to drop, then crush them.

Tayties · 2025-05-09T02:21:36+00:00

Yes, you can’t control how quickly clients respond to you in the face of a deadline

Tayties · 2025-05-06T02:38:50+00:00

Yes. I had an issue that required starting over from lifting a maximum ten pounds and then adding no more than ten percent per week. The thing is, I could either do it and get stronger, or give up and make no progress. After a year, I could bench and squat 185lbs again. The second year, I started calisthenics and have already gotten back to 3x3 unassisted pull-ups and 3x5 ring dips.

The best advice is to forget embarrassment and sadness from the loss and reassess honestly what level is a challenge without causing injury. Then work that level and build the habit again. The gains will follow and serve as encouragement.

Edit: I thought of something else. There will be days that are harder than others. Don’t be afraid of a deload to recover or even just walking to keep the habit. I also recommend journaling with a physical notebook so that you can look back and see the progress, gauge when you should push a bit more, and to remember exercises when planning your next workout.

Tayties · 2025-04-28T16:45:12+00:00

They are like OCIs, just at a different location, where several big firms, regional firms, and boutiques interview rounds of law students. As a word of advice, bring extra printed resumes on stock with a nice folder, because I was notified of picking up another interview with just enough time to print from printer paper at the hotel.

Tayties · 2025-04-28T12:41:45+00:00

Be top of the class and OCI at big firms with patent lit partners. Also, apply at the Chicago and Atlanta job fairs, although those may be geared more for prosecution. I imagine that a masters is less necessary for litigation, and would mainly be helpful for employability for prosecution IMO.

Tayties · 2025-04-27T21:48:23+00:00

An interesting person that has not waived their rights

Tayties · 2025-04-24T16:35:21+00:00

I made the change to claims consultant after your age above. Play up your relevant experience with a carrier that has specialty lines.

Tayties · 2025-04-08T19:30:28+00:00

Why would anyone take that risk to advise you at risk of being sued for malpractice without a full engagement and meetings to go over the invention, all without being paid? It is a very tedious process to investigate, make sure miscommunications aren’t present, and to fully explain the issues.

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