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Should I give up my sinecure for a real job?

I've been really depressed.
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/11/25
this is the fundamental struggle of the human being in 2025
brass business firm private investor
  05/11/25
prolly not man sinecures are gonna be pretty hard to come...
hyperventilating locus double fault
  05/11/25
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lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/12/25
Why? Just so in half a decade some 25-year old MBA consulta...
cheese-eating office
  05/12/25
whats a "real job"
bronze bossy principal's office
  05/12/25
One that requires me to engage in critical and creative lega...
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/12/25
To be fair, LMAO tyft
high-end sanctuary
  05/12/25
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painfully honest stag film
  05/18/25
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fiercely-loyal frisky market
  05/19/25
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carnelian alcoholic lodge
  05/19/25
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razzle-dazzle kitty
  05/19/25
lmao
hyperventilating locus double fault
  05/12/25
pls no bulli
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/18/25
Advocating for unconstitutionally detained HIV+ undocumented...
Wine Center
  05/12/25
Advocating for the constitutionality of their mass deportati...
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/12/25
I hate my job so much. They never stop emailing me demandin...
Passionate theater stage circlehead
  05/18/25
need more details, tough to say. you're currently full time...
Dark Cruel-hearted Forum Ape
  05/18/25
im pretty sure people are still sleeping on in person jobs a...
brass business firm private investor
  05/18/25
full-time in-person well paying prestigious job (5+ hours of...
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/18/25
i think this feeling goes away around 40
brass business firm private investor
  05/18/25
Just get a second job and do it on a wifi hotspotted persona...
painfully honest stag film
  05/18/25
cr
fiercely-loyal frisky market
  05/19/25
really depends on your other life goals if you have any o...
hyperventilating locus double fault
  05/18/25
i'd stick with the sinecure unless something changes, man
Dark Cruel-hearted Forum Ape
  05/19/25
ty
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/19/25
nah. i consider this every now and then. but giving up a sin...
massive school internal respiration
  05/18/25
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brass business firm private investor
  05/18/25
why would you give this up for the burden of real work
Costumed unholy hell
  05/19/25
I want to be an AUSA and USDJ. This opportunity would giv...
lascivious goal in life messiness
  05/19/25
appreciate hearing your thought process, as foreign as it is...
Dark Cruel-hearted Forum Ape
  05/19/25
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lascivious goal in life messiness
  12/26/25


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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

I've been really depressed.

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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: brass business firm private investor

this is the fundamental struggle of the human being in 2025

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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:38 PM
Author: hyperventilating locus double fault

prolly not man

sinecures are gonna be pretty hard to come by in the coming years

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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:27 AM
Author: cheese-eating office

Why? Just so in half a decade some 25-year old MBA consultant can determine AI can perform your job at an acceptable level?

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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: bronze bossy principal's office

whats a "real job"

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

One that requires me to engage in critical and creative legal thinking

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: high-end sanctuary

To be fair,

LMAO tyft

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: painfully honest stag film



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:10 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal frisky market



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: carnelian alcoholic lodge



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle kitty



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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: hyperventilating locus double fault

lmao

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:07 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

pls no bulli

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: Wine Center

Advocating for unconstitutionally detained HIV+ undocumented latinx migrants

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

Advocating for the constitutionality of their mass deportation

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: Passionate theater stage circlehead

I hate my job so much. They never stop emailing me demanding that I do work ever

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:13 PM
Author: Dark Cruel-hearted Forum Ape

need more details, tough to say. you're currently full time remote and looking at a higher paying, more prestigious, in person job?

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: brass business firm private investor

im pretty sure people are still sleeping on in person jobs at this point. HR screens always say the role has to come into the office 2x a week like its a major draw back

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

full-time in-person well paying prestigious job (5+ hours of work per week) to full-time in-person slightly better paying slightly more prestigious job (40+ hours of work per week).

I'm 5 years into my legal career and there's no longer anything left for me to learn in my current position.

I could sit around for another 20 years collecting a $200K paycheck and doing 5 hours of work per week, but that seems unmanly and undignified to me.

OTOH I could just start reading for pleasure and read novels at my desk. For the past two months, I've been hiding under my desk playing Nintendo Switch, but it's a little cramped there. Maybe I could buy a screen to pull over the glass pane to my office so passersby can't see me goofing off.

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: brass business firm private investor

i think this feeling goes away around 40

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: painfully honest stag film

Just get a second job and do it on a wifi hotspotted personal laptop at your in-person job

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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal frisky market

cr

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: hyperventilating locus double fault

really depends on your other life goals

if you have any other ambitions you should stick with the sinecure imo. trying other pursuits when you have a full time real job is extremely difficult if not impossible for almost everyone

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Date: May 19th, 2025 8:57 AM
Author: Dark Cruel-hearted Forum Ape

i'd stick with the sinecure unless something changes, man

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Date: May 19th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

ty

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: massive school internal respiration

nah. i consider this every now and then. but giving up a sinecure in 2025 is madness. you'll end up competing with bindis and AI.



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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: brass business firm private investor



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: Costumed unholy hell

why would you give this up for the burden of real work

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Date: May 19th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness

I want to be an AUSA and USDJ.

This opportunity would give me substantive litigation experience in discovery, motions practice, settlement, trial, etc.

I would not have the opportunity to acquire/develop these skills in my current position.

In short, I would like to be a gay, fat, bald, retarded litigator.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2#48944132)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 8:22 PM
Author: Dark Cruel-hearted Forum Ape

appreciate hearing your thought process, as foreign as it is to me. seems like AUSA and USDJ are hard to get unless you have a lot of prestige AND connections AND the right party in office - but maybe you do. and a transition is obviously a big one-time hit, in addition to, you might actually have to work a lot harder per wee going forward. sounds like you know what you want to sign up for anyway

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Date: December 26th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: lascivious goal in life messiness



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