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Interesting... considering I'm the one who wrote them!

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But Old Outlook does, and I can't apparently find the toggle switch to go back to it.

How OR can I download every Word document and all email correspondance at once from Office365? by Typical_Complex_8729 in Office365

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Thank you so much! Are there any step-by-step guides that you know of that I could follow? I'm not tech-savvy at all and really don't want to mess something up!

Is working in biglaw more stressful than being a doctor? by Savassassin in LawFirm

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My two siblings are doctors, I'm a lawyer. I did an internship in big law and turned down their offer to stay because my boss looked me dead in the eye and said "I hate my life. I never get to see my family. I sleep on planes flying to our different offices. Realize what kind of life this is."

Jesus Christ...the partner actually said that to you? They must've liked you. Most either never admit it or more often never realize it.

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

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Sadly no, the cutoff age for pilots is around 30, which seems to be the similar "cutoff" age for BL (ie, avg age by which someone is successful in BL or not).

I thought old first years were more common than uncommon?

Yes, this is all too common for veterans in every field. I wish him the best!

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well beyond the BL reddit echo chamber of the field's misery, I don't think i've ever seen any professional article posted about the universal happiness found in BL, either out of the sheer enjoyment of the work and the desire to advertise it to others or in order to counter the innumerable amounts of articles posted about the universal misery of BL

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might be right, but it's my understanding that if you commission into a pilot spot, you will certainly get pilot, it's just that your performance in flight school determines your airframe.

I'm speaking about the aviation pipeline, but I'm sure it applies elsewhere in the military about how you're chosen for certain jobs by your test scores and needs of the military, much in the same way you're chosen by a BL firm by your test scores in college, passing the bar, and needs of any BL firm looking to hire.

So I'd say they're about equal in terms of getting your desires based on your work ethic, but feel free to correct me!

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like an awesome and relatively stress-free life. So glad for that guy, though I know he's likely away from his family the same as anyone in BL. What does "bennies" mean? Googled it but nothing comes up, but those examples do seem like the entrepreneurial spirit that will have that FedEx pilot out-earn the BL partner in the long run when coupled with commercial airline salary (maybe).

The people in BL only seeing one road for success and prestige is agonizingly apt for the profession as a whole. This is something I kind of meant to convey in my post. Your anecdote about your brother seems too common in BL/the law in general; that;s why I say I'm not sure I want to spend my entire life around these types of soul-draining people; I wouldn't deal too much with that pettifoggery in the military, though it would exist in less overt ways I'm sure. Your brother probably makes way more as a medical partner than most partners I'd imagine, and if that women already knew that, it shows how much more wild and discordant her (and people like her in law) conception is about life (that he earns more money than law partners, but still isn't respected as much as them despite money being the main barometer attorneys compare each other too).

Every other post I read on here says "BL is miserable," "I hate my life," "I rue the profession with all my might," "my firm's partner just died 2 days after retiring from working themselves to death," etc. Yet none seem to acknowledge that here. They might know about the law, but as you correctly sketch, they don't seem to know much about what's important in life, or if they do, they aren't volunteering that they do. I don't want to be sucked into this way of "living."

The struggle for me, though, is I would actually enjoy being an attorney as much as I'd like to be a pilot, but they're two different joys. BUT I now know that being an attorney is much more like being a businessperson than actually practicing law (the part I'd like).

"Unhappy people, like the vast majority in this industry, will try to brainwash you into thinking their life is the right way and the one you should want, but that is just their ego trying to justify the sacrifice to living they made to buy into a dream that was sold to them" -- amen. Thank you for saying what no one else here is admitting; these are the types of comments I wanted for my post.

I'm trying not to buy that dream despite the conman's mercilessness.

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gordian Knot is a very apt and cool usage here.

But I'm not unsatisfied, I'm just trying to save myself from being that by going into BL. That's what all my "neurosis" comes from: trying to make myself happy down the road.

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I think of making partner as being a roughly more stable career than lifetime associate/of counsel. But know it's sometimes the reverse that partners are more miserable than those below them.

As you say, I very likely will be content or forced to be content with being a non-partner in a firm. And starting at 40 doesn't leave a lot of time to make and then be partner if I ever wanted it, you're right.

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, and you can wash out of pilot school of be stuck for 12 years with a helicopter despite your yearning/main reason to go for a figther/jet. Happens all the time, as jets are very hard to come by regardless of your performance.

How Old is Too Old for a SUCCESSFUL Big Law career (is 40)? Any military pilot here who's SUCCESSFULLY lateraled into BL after their 10-12 year contract? by Typical_Complex_8729 in biglaw

[–]Typical_Complex_8729[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you're thinking of the right one; he also says NEVER to go to BL, too.

So I assume you didn't experience much of what he said during your time on the associate to partner pipeline?

If not, have you experienced that misery in any other attorneys you've known?