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Should I give up my sinecure for a real job?

I've been really depressed.
lilac university
  05/11/25
this is the fundamental struggle of the human being in 2025
Carnelian brunch
  05/11/25
prolly not man sinecures are gonna be pretty hard to come...
exciting home
  05/11/25
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lilac university
  05/12/25
Why? Just so in half a decade some 25-year old MBA consulta...
dashing haunted graveyard selfie
  05/12/25
whats a "real job"
haunting knife church building
  05/12/25
One that requires me to engage in critical and creative lega...
lilac university
  05/12/25
To be fair, LMAO tyft
Multi-colored crimson fanboi
  05/12/25
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misunderstood talented orchestra pit
  05/18/25
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glittery casino
  05/19/25
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overrated lodge
  05/19/25
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stirring meetinghouse mood
  05/19/25
lmao
exciting home
  05/12/25
pls no bulli
lilac university
  05/18/25
Advocating for unconstitutionally detained HIV+ undocumented...
Effete Property Persian
  05/12/25
Advocating for the constitutionality of their mass deportati...
lilac university
  05/12/25
I hate my job so much. They never stop emailing me demandin...
Crystalline razzmatazz shrine
  05/18/25
need more details, tough to say. you're currently full time...
out-of-control electric legend heaven
  05/18/25
im pretty sure people are still sleeping on in person jobs a...
Carnelian brunch
  05/18/25
full-time in-person well paying prestigious job (5+ hours of...
lilac university
  05/18/25
i think this feeling goes away around 40
Carnelian brunch
  05/18/25
Just get a second job and do it on a wifi hotspotted persona...
misunderstood talented orchestra pit
  05/18/25
cr
glittery casino
  05/19/25
really depends on your other life goals if you have any o...
exciting home
  05/18/25
i'd stick with the sinecure unless something changes, man
out-of-control electric legend heaven
  05/19/25
ty
lilac university
  05/19/25
nah. i consider this every now and then. but giving up a sin...
gold turdskin
  05/18/25
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Carnelian brunch
  05/18/25
why would you give this up for the burden of real work
sick abode
  05/19/25
I want to be an AUSA and USDJ. This opportunity would giv...
lilac university
  05/19/25
appreciate hearing your thought process, as foreign as it is...
out-of-control electric legend heaven
  05/19/25
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CapTTTainFalcon
  12/26/25


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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: lilac university

I've been really depressed.

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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: Carnelian brunch

this is the fundamental struggle of the human being in 2025

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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:38 PM
Author: exciting home

prolly not man

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5723914&forum_id=2Reputation#48922914)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: lilac university



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:27 AM
Author: dashing haunted graveyard selfie

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: haunting knife church building

whats a "real job"

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: lilac university

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

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: Multi-colored crimson fanboi

To be fair,

LMAO tyft

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: misunderstood talented orchestra pit



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:10 AM
Author: glittery casino



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



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:11 AM
Author: stirring meetinghouse mood



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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: exciting home

lmao

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:07 PM
Author: lilac university

pls no bulli

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: Effete Property Persian

Advocating for unconstitutionally detained HIV+ undocumented latinx migrants

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Date: May 12th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: lilac university

Advocating for the constitutionality of their mass deportation

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: Crystalline razzmatazz shrine

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: out-of-control electric legend heaven

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: Carnelian brunch

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: lilac university

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: Carnelian brunch

i think this feeling goes away around 40

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: misunderstood talented orchestra pit

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: glittery casino

cr

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: exciting home

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: out-of-control electric legend heaven

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

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Date: May 19th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: lilac university

ty

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Date: May 18th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: gold turdskin

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: Carnelian brunch



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Date: May 19th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: sick abode

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

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Date: May 19th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: lilac university

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.

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Date: May 19th, 2025 8:22 PM
Author: out-of-control electric legend heaven

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: CapTTTainFalcon



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