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Does anybody anywhere actually enjoy Biglaw?
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Date: July 26th, 2012 11:04 PM Author: free-loading passionate mad-dog skullcap stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21186482) |
Date: July 26th, 2012 11:06 PM Author: sexy casino some sectors of biglaw are not that bad for the money. very few people are "passionate" about biglaw tho. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21186509) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 9:19 AM Author: Charismatic hateful resort which ones?
and who is actually "passionate" about their jobs? |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 12:48 AM Author: free-loading passionate mad-dog skullcap stead The idea that people sell themselves for a best-case scenario of "not that bad" is pretty frightening. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21187494) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 8:42 AM Author: Maroon House Internal Respiration (naive undergrad) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21188419) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 9:38 AM Author: free-loading passionate mad-dog skullcap stead . . . bemused 3L, actually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21188613) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 12:52 AM Author: rusted mexican you do biglaw to get $$$$, not for enjoyment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21187534) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 1:04 AM Author: racy church building pistol No one you'd want to hang out with. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21187597) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 1:14 AM Author: Excitant stain gay wizard i don't know man, i know a few first years who seem pretty happy, but that could just be the $$$$$$ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21187646) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 1:15 AM Author: Underhanded mediation potus in any given office there will be a few partners who are so fucking crazy, so status obsessed and driven to be recognized for what they do (and able to get that recognition) that they do, in fact, enjoy biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21187654) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 8:44 AM Author: Maroon House Internal Respiration Yeah. Pretty much it's about just wanting to succeed at *something*, and convincing yourself that you're a supersmart badass because you're doing well in biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21188424) |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 8:51 AM Author: elite station blood rage Plenty of bankers like this, but they still hate it just like everybody else. They make millions and are huge in their field, and they sit at their desks or stomp through airports saying, "Fuck, how much longer do I have to do this."
And the answer is usually: until they die. Because they live in MFH and have another home or two and private school and their bank stock tanked. |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 8:44 AM Author: saffron vibrant point ladyboy no
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Date: July 27th, 2012 9:08 AM Author: narrow-minded pontificating pit double fault It has its moments. The partners really make it worst than what it should be. Also, the demand to make everything perfect (and the associated repercussions for making an error) makes it unbearable.
My old firm was a revolving door. I still know a 4th year that has been unable to lateral. He has been looking for the past 2 years. He constantly talks about just returning to his previous career, but he got golden handcuffs pwned. |
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Date: July 27th, 2012 9:21 AM Author: Sapphire Famous Landscape Painting Elastic Band I enjoy it as much as any other job I've ever done, which is to say; not at all. That said, the $$$ is good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2005905&forum_id=2#21188555) |