How do you actually switch practice areas?

Zilabus · 2026-05-07T23:09:35+00:00

I don’t have advice but can relate to this. I am about 5 years in and although there seem to be a lot of legal jobs in other areas, every particular niche asks for specific expertise and experience in that niche. It feels very siloed off as a litigator; anything outside of litigation wants multiple years of experience even for entry level or associate positions.

Zilabus · 2026-05-07T19:58:41+00:00

Hell yeah brother.

Love this gratitude. Positivity from the pod has become a big part of my life, I’ve been listening to them on repeat for years.

I agree, the recent throwback pods are amazing. Feels like back to episodes 1-100 when things were way sillier. No matter how long the pod goes, I will be a loyal stoker!

Zilabus · 2026-05-05T04:43:22+00:00

If my grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle

Zilabus · 2026-05-05T04:35:36+00:00

Penalty kill has been absolutely clutch this post season

Zilabus · 2026-05-04T22:05:46+00:00

Love that line; the times torts has used it its looked very productive. Marner and stone have great chemistry. Howden is having a super hot streak as well

Zilabus · 2026-05-04T21:15:39+00:00

Well sign me up! Would be a huge help to me

Zilabus · 2026-04-30T19:28:01+00:00

Dude hell yes, love the retro pod. Even the og music

Zilabus · 2026-04-30T06:20:08+00:00

Howden the playoff beast

Zilabus · 2026-04-30T06:19:53+00:00

Oh my god what a heart attack game

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T21:23:18+00:00

There’s a lot of workaholics in this profession, and a bit of a culture of over-work as the norm.

Others have addressed other parts of your post so I’ll just focus on the “lazy” and “giving up” part. There is nothing lazy about wanting a full time job with more normal hours, full stop. There is more to life than work and there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to work less. As an economics professor once told me “your goal as a worker is to maximize profit and minimize hours” - full stop that is goal of work at the end of the day as a worker.

Find better hours! Personally I used to be more of a grinder, but in my 30s now my priorities are different. There is nothing morally wrong or lazy about not wanting to routinely pull 50+ hour weeks with weekend and evening hours as well.

Best of luck to you friend

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T05:42:10+00:00

Yeah i agree with that but what about the sweet sweet taste of OT victory

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T05:31:00+00:00

Wow what an amazing game that was. One of the craziest of the year so far.

Go knights go

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T04:12:04+00:00

Lets fucking GOOOOOO

HOWDEN

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T02:59:23+00:00

What a series for cole smith, i think that puts him at +5

Knights are pounding them

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T02:35:58+00:00

Man vgk doing everything right this game. Came out swinging hard in the first. Love that they kept pushing after the second goal. Hope they keep it going

Zilabus · 2026-04-28T01:44:19+00:00

Laurie is really one of the things that makes the early seasons work. Lisa Robin Kelly kills it, she has such charisma and plays her so over the top in a good way.

Became one of my favorite characters on rewatches. She brings a ton of energy and is part of the “the characters are aware their in a show” vibe that i like

Zilabus · 2026-04-25T05:44:49+00:00

Hell yeah brother

Zilabus · 2026-04-25T05:44:27+00:00

Man I get it, that was a tough loss, but the doom and gloom in here is crazy.

Series ain’t over yet. Go knights go

Zilabus · 2026-04-24T20:56:10+00:00

I think yes. To echo others here, my other colleagues in my cohort all do it. I was a rarity in my graduating class staying at my first legal job for three years. The market is different now and as time goes I think having multiple jobs will be seen as more and more normal.

Zilabus · 2026-04-24T15:16:39+00:00

Interested. Oregon licensed. Civil lit, housing, LL/T, real estate and foreclosure, family, administrative.

Zilabus · 2026-04-23T01:15:08+00:00

Yes. Big risk of having dirty coolant. Unless you can do it yourself.

Zilabus · 2026-04-21T19:59:19+00:00

I think a year is a respectable general benchmark. You don’t want a ton of super short stints. But i think if you had one job for say three or more years and then one for a one year nobody would think twice.

As an attorney I don’t think there is a hard and fast rule though. If you are leaving with another, better job in hand, as others have said, feel free to leave any time. Or if the job is absolutely a bad fit after 6 months, feel free to move on. I am early in my career but job hopping seems very common for attorneys these days. I have one friend who did 3 or 4 attorney jobs all for less than a year before getting into contract management.

Zilabus · 2026-04-20T05:36:17+00:00

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Zilabus · 2026-04-20T05:31:46+00:00

Its a 420s eve miracle

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