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Harrison Barnes Crushes Biglaw Drone with Pinball Dreams

http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900047997/Why-Attorneys-Oft...
slate double fault karate
  06/11/17
this could've been written by John Steinbeck
vivacious jewess parlour
  06/11/17
lmfao
Indigo Underhanded Location Coldplay Fan
  06/11/17
harrison barnes=evan39
Indigo Underhanded Location Coldplay Fan
  06/11/17
??
dull galvanic area
  06/12/17
So life is meaningless and you'll never be happy. Great. Was...
mauve painfully honest stead wrinkle
  06/11/17
he took a couple days off but nobody can stop the HB train.
slate double fault karate
  06/12/17
often slept in his car in the parking garage when he needed ...
razzmatazz brindle office personal credit line
  06/12/17
Maybe he just drove to work early to avoid traffic?
slate double fault karate
  06/12/17
This is the flame part: needed to go to court early in the m...
razzmatazz brindle office personal credit line
  06/12/17
lmao, this is so bizarre and fake.
poppy supple theater stage
  06/12/17
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Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band
  06/12/17
Sadly, he was killed by Libyan terrorists after agreeing to ...
sinister tripping hospital telephone
  06/12/17
the rest of the article makes a terrific case for being an e...
bat shit crazy sandwich laser beams
  06/12/17
Just a chill but morose biglaw bro with a HALF DOZEN PINBALL...
beta newt address
  06/12/17
how would you even fit six pinball machines into an associat...
appetizing chest-beating range mad-dog skullcap
  06/12/17
standing desks!
beta newt address
  06/12/17
https://files.catbox.moe/mtzlqe.jpg That box is at least ...
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Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band
  06/12/17
"Find something you love to do and then realize you can...
poppy supple theater stage
  06/12/17
About that lateral position...
Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band
  06/12/17
i went to this combination laundromat/pinball arcade/bar in ...
appetizing chest-beating range mad-dog skullcap
  06/12/17
LOLOLOL
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  06/12/17
This is why I will not get married or have children. The on...
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Date: June 11th, 2017 12:57 PM
Author: slate double fault karate

http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900047997/Why-Attorneys-Often-Fail-as-Businesspeople-and-Entrepreneurs/

When I was at my first law firm job, I had an office next to a guy who would buy all sorts of used pinball equipment and sell it on eBay. At that point in his career, he was about ten years out of law school and quite miserable. He commuted at least an hour to work each day, constantly told me his suspicions that his wife was having an affair, and often slept in his car in the parking garage when he needed to go to court early in the morning—which was at least a few days a week. One of the highlights of his year was when he had to take a trip to Orlando to depose a witness. After the deposition, he decided to spend a few hours at Disney World. His cell phone had died and he could not retrieve messages.

When he returned to his room at about 8:00 pm that evening, there were a bunch of messages on his hotel phone as well as a fax. A partner in Los Angeles was very upset with him because he wanted to hear how the deposition went. The final message was quite dire: “A lawyer always needs to be reachable. I’m taking you off this case and putting an attorney I can trust on it.”

When he got back to Los Angeles, he was sat down and lectured by a few partners for being “irresponsible” and “unavailable.” He did not enjoy practicing law but he had a house, children, and a myriad of responsibilities that kept him busy. The only thing that made him happy was dreaming about starting his own business.

That dream was how he came to collect pinball machines and start his small side business selling them on eBay. He would spend the occasional weekend driving around California to buy the machines at various auctions. He would regularly come into my office and say things like “I just made $600!” or “I’ve got 25 bids on these flippers! Come check it out!”

I never saw him happier than when he was doing this. The rest of the day, he would sit in his office morosely writing briefs and so forth. He would have the machines shipped to the office and at times there were four or five of them stacked in his office. Partners would come in and talk to him without even saying anything about it. His secretary would spend at least a few hours a day helping him ship things out to his buyers.

“How much money are you making with this business?” I asked him one week. He proudly told me he figured he would make “at least” $10,000 over the course of the year doing this. The $10,000 he was making probably barely compensated for the time he was spending; however, that did not matter. He felt more alive and happy running his little side business than he felt when he was practicing law.

Many attorneys (like this attorney) dream of an escape from the accountability inherent in practicing law. This attorney never quit practicing law and has been a partner at another major law firm for a long time. As much as he might have liked to, he never left the practice of law. He had a family to support, and it is doubtful he could have done so at the same level if he were selling used pinball machines.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33528005)



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Date: June 11th, 2017 1:01 PM
Author: vivacious jewess parlour

this could've been written by John Steinbeck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33528024)



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Date: June 11th, 2017 1:01 PM
Author: Indigo Underhanded Location Coldplay Fan

lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33528025)



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Date: June 11th, 2017 1:01 PM
Author: Indigo Underhanded Location Coldplay Fan

harrison barnes=evan39

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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: dull galvanic area

??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532375)



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Date: June 11th, 2017 1:19 PM
Author: mauve painfully honest stead wrinkle

So life is meaningless and you'll never be happy. Great. Wasn't he supposed to take time off after insulting his clients last month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33528152)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: slate double fault karate

he took a couple days off but nobody can stop the HB train.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532371)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:17 AM
Author: razzmatazz brindle office personal credit line

often slept in his car in the parking garage when he needed to go to court early in the morning—which was at least a few days a week.

Flame jumped the shark here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532390)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 10:44 AM
Author: slate double fault karate

Maybe he just drove to work early to avoid traffic?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33534307)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 10:51 AM
Author: razzmatazz brindle office personal credit line

This is the flame part: needed to go to court early in the morning—which was at least a few days a week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33534398)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:20 AM
Author: poppy supple theater stage

lmao, this is so bizarre and fake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532407)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:29 AM
Author: sinister tripping hospital telephone

Sadly, he was killed by Libyan terrorists after agreeing to make a "bomb" for them for $20,000.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532448)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:30 AM
Author: bat shit crazy sandwich laser beams

the rest of the article makes a terrific case for being an entrepreneur

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532451)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:31 AM
Author: beta newt address

Just a chill but morose biglaw bro with a HALF DOZEN PINBALL MACHINES IN HIS OFFICE.

Not flame at all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532460)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:33 AM
Author: appetizing chest-beating range mad-dog skullcap

how would you even fit six pinball machines into an associate office?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532478)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:36 AM
Author: beta newt address

standing desks!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532490)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:37 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band

https://files.catbox.moe/mtzlqe.jpg

That box is at least 5 feet tall.

Pinball Wizard, Esq. had six of those.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532498)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:58 AM
Author: Violent walnut center



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Date: June 12th, 2017 1:09 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532630)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:39 AM
Author: poppy supple theater stage

"Find something you love to do and then realize you can only make $10k a year doing it and just stick with your miserable biglaw job you faggot."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532512)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:42 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Primrose Elastic Band

About that lateral position...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532526)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 12:43 AM
Author: appetizing chest-beating range mad-dog skullcap

i went to this combination laundromat/pinball arcade/bar in brooklyn yesterday. https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunshine-laundromat-and-pinball-brooklyn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532532)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 1:08 AM
Author: avocado hateful business firm cuck

LOLOLOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532628)



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Date: June 12th, 2017 1:11 AM
Author: Lavender nursing home

This is why I will not get married or have children. The only thing that keeps me going in my career is knowing that I can get out at any time. Knowing that I was stuck would add an extra layer of dread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643785&forum_id=2#33532643)