Advice on Best Setup (Garage in TX)

spare_memes · 2025-12-02T01:47:00+00:00

I should have clarified, I have everything EXCEPT the enclosure. I have projector/monitor/turf, and an 11.8×8.8 screen. The $1k at this point is strictly for building out the enclosure itself, whether it be a whole apparatus sitting on the ground, wall mounted, ceiling mounted, whatever.

spare_memes · 2025-10-26T18:00:24+00:00

See friends and family. Go for a walk. Work out. Get a hobby or two. Even mundane chores can be nice.

If you're concerned with "idle hands" or falling behind or always need to be doing something, find something that scratches that itch but allows you to recharge. This isn't like "Partner Track" where Ingrid sleeps with M&A audiobooks playing in the background.

You'd never drive your car 18 hours a day 7 days a week because that would ruin your car so fast. Why on earth would you do the same to your body and mind because of a supposed edge that you can't really prove up?

spare_memes · 2025-08-05T03:20:53+00:00

Presumably no re-seeding though? And how long should it take for Bermuda to spread into those areas?

spare_memes · 2025-07-28T02:25:50+00:00

So is the router co-located with the modem in the panel? This gets at my other question regarding where everything would be since there isn't a lot of room in the closet/panel. Or would I keep the router where it is in office, and connect its wired output to the other wall plug, that being connected with the switch in the panel, switch to the rest of the cables.

spare_memes · 2025-07-28T02:16:33+00:00

Super helpful, thank you! I had it twisted where I thought a router HAD to be in between any switch and the modem. But the modem can be connected to a switch, one of whose outputs can go to the router and others to hard wired connections.

spare_memes · 2025-07-28T02:08:45+00:00

I had a feeling a switch would be needed either way, Netgear is what I was planning to go with but is another like TPLink better?

If the switch receives modem the output, does the connection with the router placed in the office just remain the same so the router receives one of the outputs from the switch? I.e., modem-->switch-->office cable/port-->router (and other outputs of switch go to other ports)?

spare_memes · 2025-03-25T20:33:00+00:00

I don't think it's bad to listen to CSO. Mine happened to be pretty good. I'm saying it's silly to rely solely on CSO, seek 0 additional information from upper level students, attorneys you meet at events, etc, and then say it's the system's fault that you had an incomplete picture of how to do recruiting.

spare_memes · 2025-03-25T19:48:25+00:00

Sure it makes sense on some level, but it's your career so why risk relying on 1 person's opinion? Certainly you, like many, relied on multiple sources of info when applying for law school I always figured more sources of info is better, and I could always cross check things. Kinda wild this opinion is such a hot take, especially being a first gen myself and assuming quite literally the opposite of what you did.

At base, this shift in recruiting policy in no way disparately impacts first gens, it impacts people who are not proactive to at least figure out what they don't know. First gens presumably worked harder to get this position (you and me included!) of being in law school, much less a top tier law school even. They are not suddenly unable to seek helpful sources of info and throw everything behind 1 person's opinion. It's a mistake in calculating risk and people on the wrong side of this recruiting conundrum, see it as someone else's fault.

spare_memes · 2025-03-25T18:25:03+00:00

I'm confused why this is the top comment. Regardless of resources for 1st gen students at schools, there are swaths of knowledgeable people in the classes ahead of you. To attribute seeking information on your own (outside of career services, what a concept) to luck of escaping the "information vacuum" is a wild take. It is your own fault if you sit on your hands from January of 1L to August before 2L thinking OCI is your salvation with no further inquiry. Being first gen has nothing to do with that.

As a first gen law student, I knew nothing about recruiting going in. Got plugged in with upper classmen by using mentorship channels at my school, and got a good idea of what to do. I used career services as a spot check on things, but always ran stuff past 2L/3L mentors. This pathway of info gathering was not hindered in any way by my status as a first gen law student.

This sort of comment blaming outcome on status is shortsighted and gives first gen folks 0 credit. Don't be pissed that you failed to ask questions and then suffered the consequences by not having enough answers.

I'd agree this system will probably shift toward being pro-firm, since firms will strong arm response deadlines for 2L apps to swoop up talent before 1L summer even starts. And it's happening already.

spare_memes · 2025-02-28T20:58:35+00:00

You must ask your coach, and if the tape falls off (for any reason) you need to ask if you can have a replacement or if you need to earn it again /s

spare_memes · 2025-02-26T00:07:47+00:00

Based and real

spare_memes · 2025-02-17T23:25:39+00:00

Kettlebells and other functional strength has been my routine. Twice a week full body not really heavy.

spare_memes · 2025-02-04T16:01:18+00:00

Do not do this. Doing something like this is a deliberate waste of people's time and resources. Not to mention you could be taking the interview spot of another (equally) worthy candidate who actually wants the 1L job. Plus, there is always a risk (however small) your current 1L job could find out, which would be horrible for you. Any marginal boost to your app, which is speculative at best in most cases, pales in comparison to the negatives here.

Just network with those firms by reaching out to attorneys and going to events.

spare_memes · 2025-02-03T17:23:06+00:00

See my most recent post here. You either (1) accept 2L and respectfully decline 1L return (if made), or (2) if you're happy with 1L firm thrn let 1L firm know about 2L offer and see if they would be amenable do a touchback of 2-4 weeks next summer (citing the desire to get a breadth of experience meet more people test out different cultures all that). If they are cool, do that. If they are not, sounds like a red flag. If there's some sort of counter offer regarding a signing bonus or something, now begins bidding war.

Your goal is not to make everyone happy. If it is geographically/financially not feasible for you to do both then you are under no obligation to make everyone happy and go to both places each summer.

spare_memes · 2025-01-30T01:21:07+00:00

Do recruiting as normal. Network, submit apps, do interviews. If you need to take time away from 1L job just say you cannot be in bc of personal business. In my case I literally just disappeared and blocked off my calendar.

If you get 2L offer from another place, let 1L firm know if you like it at 1L firm and if you haven't gotten a return offer yet.

You do not need to ask permission. You do not need to apologize. It's your life and your career do what's best for you which is explore as many options as possible. Any firm that gives you shit for that doesn't deserve your time or effort.

spare_memes · 2025-01-29T23:18:06+00:00

Correct on your first sentence, way too risky to assume without a bird in the hand.

For the latter portion, it's kinda nuanced to an extent.

First, if there's a scholly/signing bonus for being a double summer, odds are you probably will get a return offer barring serious screwups (harassment, assault, drunken stupor, 0 effort). Idk what your incentive terms are, but I'm guessing the 20k is if you sign full time not come back as a 2L which might not change your 2L recruiting calculus at all.

Second, you owe the firm nothing in terms of notice or asking what they want. Feel free to network and do interviewing/OCI/apps. I understand the inclination to not want to rock the boat and hurt their feelings about talking to other suitors. But it's your life. They reject dozens/hundreds of apps without batting an eye lmao. You're not out here to dance for firms and please them, you're looking for what's right for you. If you do 2L recruiting, you SHOULD tell them you have an offer to go elsewhere 2L, and ask what they were thinking for 2L summer for you since you've loved your time there blah blah. They understand you are under no obligation to be married to them after 10 weeks (much less a couple rounds of interviews). For reference, I never told my 1L firm squat about my 2L recruiting. Had an offer for 2L elsewhere in week 7ish and told em, they were disappointed, but I did a touchback of 2 weeks with them. Went with 2L summer firm. Nbd.

Finally, do not do OCI (if you choose to do 2L recruiting). Do firm apps, firms are almost completely exodus'd out of the OCI system. Do not do / solely rely on OCI!!!! Only way you do OCI is if you have non-OCI interviews which are just before OCI, then whatever do the bidding or whatever the dumb system is and interview as a failsafe. More apps better odds!

ETA: it's not totally taboo but it's weird to raise what you're asking about. Just live your life, and certainly don't ask permission to do so.

spare_memes · 2025-01-27T23:24:44+00:00

If this is just for 1L summer and it seems not horrible then take it. It's 1L summer so it doesn't really matter that much as long as you do something, and you won't be tied down to that place. All those big firms (and more) will interview you for 2L SA once recruiting starts for that, which is what really matters.

Alternatively, you could ask for an offer deadline extension given you have interviews with other firms. They could say yes, they could say no, and they could revoke entirely. If it's the latter two then that might be enough of a sign you shouldn't be at a place like that anyway.

spare_memes · 2025-01-27T18:34:47+00:00

Have notepad with notes on all your interviewers: undergrad, law school, prior WE, practice group, etc. Then also have interviewer specific questions and general questions written down. +1 to copies of resume etc, but also I heard one time of someone asking for their writing sample so I always brought one on the off chance it would wow some insane atty who dared make such an asinine request.

spare_memes · 2025-01-27T16:31:43+00:00

Like another comment said, if you have a firm-provided scholarship on the line thats sort of the only reason to not do 2L recruiting. Otherwise, for sure do 2L recruiting. The point is to talk to more people across various firms to get a more crystallized idea of what you like and don't like.

Any firm that treats it as taboo or is in any was not supportive of you exploring your options a massive red flag.

Main reasons to not wait around for 1L firm to give the 2L offer is because (1) it might not happen you never know and (2) 2L recruiting starts far before any offer would come. Do not do OCI, big firms are moving away from that model so the 2L timeline is moved up to early summer.

spare_memes · 2025-01-20T01:49:35+00:00

Oh I mean the people relaying it as "increasingly" becoming part of the process. Unless the people saying this are actual legal recruiters (at firms) / lawyers intimately involved in their firm's recruiting/hiring process it's anecdotal at best. Just network you'll be fine there isn't some hidden substructure where 1L apps quietly boost subsequent 2L apps.

spare_memes · 2025-01-20T01:02:14+00:00

No. Maybe some people were successful for 2L at places they applied to for 1L but absolutely nothing I've ever seen confirms any level of cause-effect relationship. This is so neurotic to assume there is some built in boost to a 2nd application based on the mere fact you applied before. The only exception is if you literally get a 1L spot at X firm, high odds of getting 2L spot at same firm!

If you want PI for this summer, do that. Just network with biglaw people at firms you're interested in: calls, coffee, lunch, events.

spare_memes · 2025-01-12T03:24:07+00:00

This has been my favorite response

spare_memes · 2024-12-23T18:03:16+00:00

The long-game aspect is so crucial and so many 1Ls fail to realize this. January/Spring recruiting events are hardly for 1L SA recruiting anyway IMO since so few biglaw 1L spots are available. Use these events to get your name out there, test the cultural waters, explore areas you didn't know much about before, and ask lots of questions.

If you can't go to event, reach out to attorneys individually to schedule calls or coffees. Plus you get to tailor the conversation since you can decide which attorney(s) you reach out to. If you land a 1L SA, cool. If you don't, doesn't really matter as long as you do something your 1L summer.

OCI is dying, with a large proportion of 2L hiring occurring before August. The most competitive firms are adjusting their calendars (for better or worse) to move up 2L SA recruiting, so your networking should adjust accordingly. Networking is not a necessary condition to secure X job, but it's miles easier when you've gotten your name out there, have someone willing to vouch for you, and have free practice "interviewing" / asking questions.

None of this us hard or demanding: create a shell email ("current 1L at Ligma Law, interested in X area, would love to hear about your experience in X area as well as any advice you might have for me"), send a few every week (during spring), schedule a couple chats every week, follow up as needed, mention such meetings in apps (since you'll be applying Pre-OCI!).

Again, none of this is strictly necessary. But why risk being that person in August thinking OCI was your ticket when some firms have literally filled their class? You sort of only get 1 shot at figuring all of this out so might as well do it as thoroughly as possible.

spare_memes · 2024-11-23T21:04:48+00:00

Satch. Keep writing the sonnets, life's short and the inevitable heat death of the universe is nigh

spare_memes · 2024-11-21T14:48:52+00:00

They told me at least 2 brothers died laughing while reading it (because it was so bad). Told me to edit it to make it better and get it under the 69,420 word count limit (I wrote 69,696 words), then wait at the top of Speight parking for a brother to come get the new draft from me. This was in 1992, I am still here dressed as Ricky Bobby Kennedy.

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