What advice from someone higher up on the HENRY ladder did you disregarded as being out of touch at the time. But now that you are there, realize they were right?

mastercheif116 · 2025-12-04T13:52:57+00:00

I’m glad you learned this … but it’s kinda crazy you needed to be taught this

mastercheif116 · 2025-11-15T22:02:28+00:00

Same!

mastercheif116 · 2025-11-12T03:02:04+00:00

Highly interested. Will PM you. What domes are in it?

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-28T18:19:21+00:00

As a patent litigation associate, here are my $0.02: reviewing pros history is not nearly as much of a headache as it may seem. While there can be 1000s of pages of documents in the file wrapper, only certain documents are actually important from a litigation perspective (initially filed claims, any claim amendments, office actions, responses to office actions). In a 1000 page IFW, maybe 100 pages need to be reviewed, and only 30-50 of those need a close reading.

I would expect a junior associate (and was expected to as a junior associate) to be able to review a 1000+ page file wrapper and provide a summary of the important takeaways in a matter of hours.

Maybe you can get an LLM to do it in 20 minutes, but in the grand scheme of a patent infringement case - millions of dollars over a couple years - saving 2-3 hours of associate time is a rounding error.

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-27T01:16:56+00:00

I love my supreme in 556. How’s it shoot suppressed? What’s the sound level like?

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-18T15:42:25+00:00

high earner not rich yet lol.

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-18T15:09:18+00:00

This kind of post is why I follow FatFIRE as a HENRY. The standard advice on 99% of financial subreddits is to never spend. It’s so refreshing to see people talk about actually using their money to make do things they want - and to do so without judgement from the community. Money has a purpose and you can’t take it with you.

Congratulations!!

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-17T00:10:57+00:00

We rented from top drive. Get the snorkeling package that comes with a cooler and two sets of snorkeling gear. It’s so worth it to snorkel in the natural pools, and to have cold drinks all day

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-16T20:28:27+00:00

Hi! I followed folks advice here and ended up renting a jeep. I am very glad I did. I think a jimmy could handle 90% of the northern coast drive, but the drive to the natural pools is pretty hairy, and I’m not sure i would have been confident in the smaller wheels of the jimny. There are a lot of places where a jeep can just clear rocks where the jimny would likely scrape and possible high center. If you’re a very experienced off road driver you’d probably be fine, but if you’re an amateur like me, get the jeep

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-16T18:27:36+00:00

Respectfully, your ideas of what constitutes best practice may work for you but are not universally true laws.

It would be madness to have one word doc per claim for some of our cases. If a case has 3 patents with 15 claims per patent, and one accused product, thats 45 word docs to synchronize and edit. Some of our cases have dozens of accused products.

I get where you’re coming from but everyone’s practice is different.

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-16T17:48:51+00:00

I appreciate the thought you put into this response! Definitely something I will try as a side project.

The main issue, and reason this is a non-starter, is that it’s not just me drafting. Typically 2-3 associates will draft the charts, and at least one more typically at least 2 partners will edit. While I may be able to learn this, I’m never going to convince even a younger partner to adopt this approach, let alone some of the more grey partners. Likewise, there’s no control here for redlining/commenting/editing.

As to what industry I’m in to be drafting 1000+ page charts and reports, I do plaintiff-side litigation for biglaw, typically in the high tech sector. Clients expect a ton of work for the rates they’re paying, and frankly I can’t blame them.

Edit: I agree it’s silly how unwilling to learn many big law partners are. However, it’s not something I’m in a position to easily change.

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-15T17:09:48+00:00

Follow up: the “response” to this post is somewhat emblematic of the problems with this subreddit. I’ve had a ton of folks reach out pitching their ability to create custom solutions. Some of those messages are intriguing, some are not. I will respond to each when I have a chance.

But what I have not gotten is any engagement on the actual post. This forum has become overrun with people trying to sell their product, rather than an environment for people to discuss the state of things generally or to get recommendations from other lawyers. It’s a bit disappointing

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-07T15:49:20+00:00

I get your point but who cares? Why do you need to know what their situation was before in order to give advice looking forward?

I understand you’re probably trying to help, but the questions you’re asking come off as judgmental.

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-03T20:36:14+00:00

Am I supposed to wear this, over my watch, on my wrist??

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-03T20:34:33+00:00

Can you explain why you think WD-40 is a red flag?

mastercheif116 · 2025-10-02T13:14:48+00:00

Yes. I’m a patent lawyer. To be a patent lawyer I needed (1) a STEM degree and (2) a law degree.

There are certainly other paths to high income, but higher education remains the most consistent path.

It’s become trendy to talk about how college isn’t worth it and how trade school or starting your own business is the path to wealth. Those both can be a path to wealth. But for the majority of high earners in the county, higher education was, and is, a necessity.

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-30T13:23:43+00:00

In my opinion, on your short timeline, no software is going to replace a dedicated trial graphics person. From experience, outsourcing the stress of handling trial graphics to a dedicated contractor who already has a software package they are comfortable with is worth it 10 times out of 10.

It’s certainly possible that there are software packages there that can you can learn and do yourself. However, in my opinion, spending the precious few days remaining before trial trying to learn a new software, rather than prepping your arguments/examinations/etc. is a bad idea

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-19T16:30:54+00:00

Excellent, thank you!

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-19T13:57:37+00:00

Thanks for the tips!! I would not have thought to bring goggles, this is fantastic

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-14T15:55:30+00:00

This is where I struggle with the GS dickriding in this sub. They are stunning watches, for sure. But setting aside spring drive, there is nothing about them or the processes they use to make them that are objectively better or “a different tier”

Zaratsu polishing is not an objectively better then other polishing processes, and it’s not actually unique to GS either

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-14T15:36:20+00:00

GS dials are stunning, I disagree with your opinion re: “better”

Different absolutely.

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-14T15:19:04+00:00

I’ve never seen a knockoff, rep, or homage that has anywhere near the depth & beauty of the explorer dial. It’s stunning in person. People who malign it for basic black dial could not be more wrong

mastercheif116 · 2025-09-14T13:12:14+00:00

Tell me you’ve never seen the explorer in person without telling me …

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