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had to work all weekend, depressed as fuck bros (biglawyer)
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:17 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife didnt get to go out even though the weather was nice. got to run outside both days, and that was good, but now I'm back at work beginning my slog through another week and I'm depressed as fuck. coant go get fucked up till wed. at the earliest. I'm looking forward to chiptle and sleep help bros |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 8:29 PM Author: Wonderful roommate menage Meh. You'll have other youths. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23238057) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 8:33 PM Author: topaz state (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23238092) |
Date: May 20th, 2013 5:19 PM Author: Motley Associate Lay Be thankful you even have Biglaw. Think of all the lawyers and law students out there who werent or won't be as lucky. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237042) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:20 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife I bet they got fucked up and had fun this weekend but youre right. I'll just check my account balance theng et back to work |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:24 PM Author: curious abode Mint.com, the only thing that makes a biglaw life worth living. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237068) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:28 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife amazon too and getting guac ant chipotle |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:30 PM Author: Motley Associate Lay GUACAMOLE COSTS EXTRA, IS THAT OK? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237116) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:30 PM Author: curious abode Why does it cost TWO FUCKING DOLLARS? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237122) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:31 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife only for biglaw ballers man sorry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237130) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:31 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife I cut that bitch right off and tell her i know its extra. She's cute and I want her to suck my dick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237126) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:36 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band three weeks ago, a bro of mine had to cancel a vacation and work all week, including the weekend. then they canned him three days later. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237160) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:38 PM Author: curious abode biglaw bro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237174) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:39 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band naturally, brother, naturally. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237179) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:40 PM Author: curious abode That sorta happened to me. I was up working til 11 pm the night before I got axed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237182) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:42 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band i think i averted being axed once by working 20 hours starting at 10pm on a saturday. partner had been making passive aggressive remarks to me for a while and then made some mildly nice comment at 6pm on sunday like ok, get some rest and things were back to normal for me on monday. that's what passes for decency in biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237195) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:43 PM Author: curious abode Well in my case, I was axed by the firm without consulting the partners I was working for. They weren't even told after I was axed (max stealth). So, nothing I was doing had any chance of saving me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237201) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:44 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band that's fucked up, brother. i assume your partners were service partners with no juice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237206) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:48 PM Author: curious abode Yep, basically fat, balding glorified senior associates working 70 hours a week for 250K. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237224) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:49 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band that's the worst part, when you see that your best case scenario probably amounts to being that in 8 years time. OH I KNOW WE ARE ALL PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKES AND WE WILL BE BALLERS BUT STILL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237233) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:40 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife cannot be true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237183) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:40 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band ok, you caught me, i made it up, because biglaw is a haven for humane and just decisions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237186) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:43 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife brother, it seems like there might be some middle ground that youre ignoring (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237197) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:44 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band look man, i don't doubt that he had made some mistakes, though naturally i was not going to be like gee, what did you do wrong? still, that seems like the height of shadiness. they did reimburse him for his airfare and hotels though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237202) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:52 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife my bad brother thanks for posting in my thread though man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237242) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:54 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band no worries man, the depression will ebb and flow. take what you can get out of it and then get out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237259) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:57 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife ty what should be my treat for myself today? chipotle? |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:58 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band whatever your go to is. or maybe call up a bro you haven't seen in a while and see if you guys can get drinks, or go sarging if you are single. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237282) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:58 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife i get out of control when i drink and I have to be on my game tomorrow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237286) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 6:01 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band i think you just plotted your exit strategy, brother. hit the gym hard then chipotle, then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237304) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:54 PM Author: poppy crusty cuckoldry senate "three weeks ago, a bro of mine had to cancel a vacation and work all week, including the weekend. then they canned him three days later."
What year was he, and why did they can him?
Holy fuck. |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:56 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band fourth year, don't know why. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237268) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 6:00 PM Author: razzle-dazzle mildly autistic library no one who has to sit in an office and work weekends during the summer should be thankful (unless they are doing something fun and making a shitload doing it). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237298) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:20 PM Author: curious abode What's your squat at?
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:20 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife dont squat man fucked up knees that I save for running (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237052) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:24 PM Author: tan national security agency Leave. I remember thinking "man, I'm so excited to do Biglaw. All the haters are just jealous or couldn't hack it." Then I got there...
Biglaw really, seriously, fucking sucks. Just leave and do ANYTHING else. You get one shot at this ride, and I can guarantee you die a depressed soul if you work Biglaw your whole life. I shit you not, I would bet money that there is not a single Biglaw lawyer who doesn't honestly regret doing it as long as they did when they're on their death bed. |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:28 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife I know I'm leaving sometime, just gotta figure out whats next and keep stackin dat paper. also, I had those exact same thoughts. When I was clerking, I remember seeing an application from a guy at one of the firms I summered at and thought "huh, guess he couldnt hack it." lol at my thinking then what did you do brother? |
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Date: May 21st, 2013 8:12 AM Author: tan national security agency If your loans are gone, you don't need much more paper. But I'm also much riskier than the average pumo poaster.
Started my own firm leveraging connections from all parts of my life. It's relatively easy if you're a bit tech savvy (makes running an office much easier) and social (opens networks).
I get a lot of clients from friends who say "Hey, my buddy needs help with something, so I told him to call you." Literally zero work on my end, and I get to make $200 an hour doing work for these folks. |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:32 PM Author: racy chest-beating feces can't be worse than a call center job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237135) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:34 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife I've worked at a call center and its close. when youre actually at the call center, and youve been there for like 3 mos, yes you do want to shoot yourself. but you never miss out on social activities |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:35 PM Author: Talented Persian Toaster I'm glad I stayed as long as I did (7.5 years). Made me a much better lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237157) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:36 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife this is true. I learn things every week but this only matters if next step is more law |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:41 PM Author: Talented Persian Toaster Well, not completely. By staying for as long as I did I gained a competency generally not only in my practice area but in my industry that you don't get after 3-4 years. With regard to law though it is nice that I was around long enough to have 100% confidence to do things 100% on my own without asking anyone anything, which has allowed for me to have my own client base. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237189) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:37 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band pretty true. to be fair, there are certain things that you will be glad to have later in your career, like even if you half-ass your attention to detail and your drafting you are ahead of most shitlawyers, and working on complex issues and dealing with major clients is something you only get in biglaw (with very few exceptions, don't talk to me about some mythical boutique). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237170) |
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Date: May 21st, 2013 8:17 AM Author: tan national security agency I agree that working on complex issues and attention to detail is important, but I think success with those things is largely innate or can be learned outside of Biglaw.
As for working with (or landing) big clients, it's all about building relationships, and, if anything, Biglaw makes that more difficult to the extent it turns you into some aspie prick who thinks the way biglawyers treat others is normal. Half of my pitch to clients is "I'm not like those pricks."
In my opinion, the only value Biglaw has is that it is the only semi-widely-available means to big money for a 25-y-o, inexperienced law grad with big debt. Accordingly, one's primary goal for Biglaw time should be to stack cash and pay off loans. Of course, one shouldn't turn a blind eye to learning opportunities, but there's not that much learning to be done in Biglaw. |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:25 PM Author: vigorous shivering institution Oh hai me from 1 month ago.
Eventually, you'll get through it and have a month stretch, like me now, where you can role in at 930 and head to the gym at 5:30. Then you'll think, "This isn't so bad."
Rinse, repeat.
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:30 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife i feel ya. what year are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237118) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:32 PM Author: vigorous shivering institution Third year. I don't mind it much. I'll probably hang around until they've had enough of me. I won't be crying when that day comes, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237133) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:30 PM Author: godawful boistinker orchestra pit all office jobs suck. enjoy the money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237111) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:39 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife (accountant pumo) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237178) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:40 PM Author: Irradiated dragon private investor tbf, biglaw is often the only way to leverage yourself to your next (desirable) legal job, so consider it just a rite of passage. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237187) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:43 PM Author: house-broken walnut elastic band biglaw combines the best aspects of rush week at a frat with a sweatshop and a pyramid scheme. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237199) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:53 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife well put (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237248) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 9:38 PM Author: Sepia Frum Rigor Bong hits and stripper tits? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23238527) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2020 8:39 AM Author: Boyish marketing idea church building (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#40540081) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:52 PM Author: Chestnut Stimulating Laser Beams i dont have a job
u mad? |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 5:54 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife no just depressed i'll be at the intersection of e 1999 and eternity |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 6:41 PM Author: lake theater real men work every day. hth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23237492) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 8:43 PM Author: Ivory up-to-no-good knife u? post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23238149) |
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Date: May 20th, 2013 9:02 PM Author: topaz state yes. work for themselves, doing the kind of work that they want to do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261341&forum_id=2#23238270) |