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1st year - got stealthed from nyc biglaw
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Date: June 3rd, 2012 2:12 AM
i had billed ~500 hours since starting in september. my group (corp) had been ridiculously slow and apparently they let me and a couple other midlevels go.
killself? i know odds are slim that ill find another biglaw gig. i started with 160K debt and have like 148k left. i have no idea wtf to do and im just shocked/in denial. |
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Date: June 3rd, 2012 3:35 AM
1) try to get firm to pay for patent bar course and exam fees; if not, cop a self-study course off eBay
2) get on dat university tech transfer office tip; they might want someone with your transactional background (esp. if that's a bio, chem, or BME UG degree) and they're always hiring (check out the AUTM career center for a start)
3) ???
4) enjoy $75k starting, 9-5, zero stress lifestyle in sweet college town, rising to low six figures once you get a few years in |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 8:54 PM |
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Date: June 3rd, 2012 2:19 AM |
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Date: June 3rd, 2012 2:20 AM
500 seems ungodly low though. |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 10:25 PM
If you explain the situation to the landlord and he's not pure evil, the landlords damages will be a month, and probably not even a full month if the pad is nice. |
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Date: June 3rd, 2012 3:41 AM |
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Date: June 3rd, 2012 12:32 PM
My life's fucked and the last 4 years have been a complete waste, so I really don't care if you call flame.
As for dudes suggesting patent bar, fuck this I'm done with the law. I have no desire to stay in this profession and grind for anything less than 100K. I'll be perfectly fine being a teacher and making 50K to work 7-3 and have summers off. Just sucks that I would have to be on IBR into my 50s.
Gonna be gone for the day, but will answer any non-outting my firm Qs when I get back.
Just want to say fuck the law and fuck this cesspool of a city. |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 11:53 AM ^ SHARK |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 9:51 PM
Sometimes bad things happen to good people; luckily, this time a bad thing happened to a bad person.
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Date: August 15th, 2012 11:25 AM
Tell your landlord you've been fired and are dead broke. They can sue you but if they think you've got zero money they won't bother.
-2009 1st year layoff survivor |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 11:29 AM |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 11:31 AM
stupidly, i stuck around nyc applying to jobs in vain. |
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Date: August 15th, 2012 11:38 AM
I'll never go back to NYC (at least not as a biglaw stooge), but I'm still doing corporate work for real life clients as opposed to divorces and DWIs for joe bag of donuts. |
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Also, with the common debt burden these days, I would guess that in 10-15 years the ones who do DWIs and divorces even not fresh out of law school are dead broke. |
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Date: August 16th, 2012 12:50 AM
OP here. Severance about to run out, and i stupidly stayed in my NYC apt. Had 3 biglaw interviews and dinged from them all. Going to live with my parents in are country at the end of the month. Probably get my teaching cert
Life's bad man |
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When I was shitcanned, I never got a "non-disclosure agreement." It was all talked about in a conference room. I did not sign anything until my final day at work. |
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Date: August 16th, 2012 11:35 AM
Basically the OP, like all pumos and most lawyers, is either a liar or a pussy. |
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Edit: I realized I probably should not be putting her information on some random internet board. |
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