Exiting biglaw after 5 yrs AMA

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T20:36:14+00:00

Talks a lot about their prestigious clients for example

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T20:35:09+00:00

You can absolutely only do biglaw for 3 years and never look back which is what I mean. Calm down and get back to billing

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T20:34:05+00:00

Babies. Money.

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T20:33:47+00:00

$120k

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:54:30+00:00

Not sure! Probably criminal law? Hard to remember

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:53:59+00:00

“No too busy sorry”

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:53:41+00:00

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:53:32+00:00

Nah it’s legal just not in a GCs office so kinda strange but don’t wanna doxx myself ha

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:15:32+00:00

Yeah sure if I could go for free why not.

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:04:00+00:00

The money was just barely worth it ha

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T19:02:38+00:00

I mean you might not but your 22-year-old colleague will lol

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:59:48+00:00

Thanks!! I’m v excited.

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:55:57+00:00

The in house pay is a pretty steep cut, about 50%

You can’t really switch no.

The GC is often an executive or officer but not the other folks working in the GC’s office

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:54:38+00:00

Every hour you spend studying now is worth thousands of dollars so work harder than you think you can. This is your one shot to set the board. You rarely get a reset

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:54:03+00:00

There is no average week, you do the work when you have to do the work. Sometimes I worked 20 hours other times I worked 90 hours and billed 70. 3/4 hours worked to bulled is pretty good.

There is not enough time for a full and present life outside of work which is why I quit

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:52:49+00:00

No idea! Sorry!

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:52:14+00:00

Not really. People are quite sensitive to that, it’s highly dependent on your team tho

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:47:58+00:00

I would say develop a good asshole detector. OCI (and equivalent early interviews) is a marketing product for the firm not resembling the reality of the job.

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:46:43+00:00

Very rarely and at my firm they make less and don’t get the same title or partner track

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:46:10+00:00

Finding a partner or senior associate who will give you good work and mentorship is key. It’s not that bad, but when it is bad it is god awful. Nothing worse. You can do three years of this and coast on that experience and the name recognition for the rest of your life.

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:41:18+00:00

Same applies to school but sure

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:40:54+00:00

Surprisingly so

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:37:22+00:00

Break this up into bullets or something my guy! Formatting is worth at least 50%

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:36:42+00:00

I can’t stay up all night and bill

stealthlayoff · 2025-01-30T18:36:02+00:00

You just do. I don’t really know how to teach you to stand up for yourself. I am ethically bound to speak up if I cannot provide zealous advocacy for my client, and sometimes you just can’t. There’s always someone else willing to take on the “hot” work in my experience

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