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Earl, nutella other biglaw slaves at 40. Do you feel like you threw life away?
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Date: July 17th, 2018 3:47 AM Author: Primrose very tactful selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36442843) |
Date: July 17th, 2018 4:27 AM Author: dashing set Do they even have a soul to begin with? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36442868) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:46 AM Author: Zombie-like Chestnut Orchestra Pit Mother Cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443121) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 4:31 AM Author: angry sanctuary im not 40 but ive been in biglaw for a while. no, i dont feel like ive thrown my life away. im not sure what alternative career path i could have taken that would have been preferable, and biglaw has given me real benefits, like being able to spend meaningful time in places around the globe that i otherwise prob would have never seen. i dont want to do this forever, in fact im pretty fed up with it by now, but i think it was the right move given where i came from (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36442874) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:20 AM Author: Primrose very tactful selfie How long have you been in the game? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443096) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:21 AM Author: angry sanctuary LJL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443098) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:48 AM Author: Irate Pit Feces Are you partner/counsel level now at least? By now you’re probably at least worth $1m+, so there’s that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443126) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 8:38 AM Author: Multi-colored rambunctious pistol tank he is an equity partner at Shearman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443212) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:00 PM Author: Aggressive multi-billionaire Shearman? LJL, "I work 65 hour weeks for free cookies and coronas at lunch time" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445052) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:48 AM Author: emerald home why don't you just take an in-house job back in the USA? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443125) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:50 AM Author: angry sanctuary cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443129) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 8:15 AM Author: salmon dingle berry Have you considered applying to jobs on goinhouse.com? It's a portal that matches job seekers with companies that need labor |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 8:16 AM Author: angry sanctuary sounds interesting, thanks! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443163) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 8:39 AM Author: Stirring useless brakes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443213) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 8:39 AM Author: Multi-colored rambunctious pistol tank interesting service (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443214) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:26 PM Author: violent hideous hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445282) |
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Date: May 21st, 2022 7:52 AM Author: Puce motley keepsake machete “spend meaningful time in places around the globe” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#44548725) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:48 AM Author: emerald home nutella is 800k 9-5 in-house. earl is midlaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443127) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:49 AM Author: White trailer park quadroon nutella's job is superior (Nutella) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443128) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:50 AM Author: angry sanctuary . . . to Jeff Bezos' job (nutella) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443131) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:54 PM Author: crystalline arousing roast beef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445013) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:56 PM Author: Saffron forum place of business (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445029) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 7:50 AM Author: angry sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443130) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:26 PM Author: violent hideous hell *10-4 in house, actually (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445281) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 10:15 AM Author: odious field therapy Lol I’m 3 years away from being 40. Worked biglaw from like 27-31. Not the best time but also not the worst compared to others (2100 billed my busiest year). I likely wouldn’t have gotten hired at my current job without biglaw credentials so biglaw serves a purpose for lots of people looking to go in-house. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443580) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 10:32 AM Author: Hyperventilating federal institution Lol imagine being 40 years old. Reading a risk factor or indemnity, hunched over your desk, sneering that's not market! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36443685) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:53 PM Author: odious field therapy That’s for outside counsel to do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445007) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:56 PM Author: Saffron forum place of business * over thanksgiving weekend
(nutella) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:26 PM Author: racy business firm weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445284) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:06 PM Author: odious field therapy I’ve worked with 4 different associates over the span of 6 years...hope they’re in better lifestyle jobs now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455433) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:55 PM Author: crystalline arousing roast beef what sort of career/life do you have where you arent throwing your life away (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445018) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:56 PM Author: aphrodisiac red cruise ship this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445023) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 1:59 PM Author: crystalline arousing roast beef OPs like this are always so retarded and indicative of the sort of hyperdork narcissism that is unique to XO
"I shouldn't have WASTED MY INCREDIBLY VALUABLE AND MEANINGFUL LIFE on something stupid like BIGLAW! I should have been an ENTREPENEUR or a WRITER because I'm so SMART and UNIQUE and I create VALUE--that's why I'm in BIGLAW."
every balding fag with ED on this shithole website still thinks they're going to run for office or be president tomorrow and considers it a real possibility--these people really are quite disgusting |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:24 PM Author: Hyperventilating federal institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445267) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 2:23 AM Author: angry sanctuary You don't know how credited you are. 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36450043) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:22 PM Author: maniacal skinny woman gay wizard This is far and away the best post I’ve ever seen from you.
*sporatic claps slowly rise to a roaring standing ovation* |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:25 PM Author: provocative stage nibblets Tech titan
Famous musician
Pro sports |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:34 PM Author: Hyperventilating federal institution For men, pro sports is the only credited answer. Or the military (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445357) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:33 PM Author: bateful silver gas station In the grand scheme of it all, it's all meaningless. The only thing anyone should be gunning for is financial independence to the degree they want to be independent (e.g. some people want $ just to chill, others want limitless travel etc), everything else is an undignified acceptance of some degree of modern debt slavery.
A lot of people had this as children, when parents essentially offered a temporary freedom by covering a kid's financial obligations, but for most it then goes away forever, or until they're too old to enjoy it. |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:36 PM Author: violent hideous hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36445373) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 2:21 AM Author: thriller main people hall nope, not sure what else I could have done to have the same level of financial independence for the amount I work.
While I do work a fair amount I now have a completely flexible schedule, dictated only by my clients' bullshit, not anyone at my firm. I usually wake up around 8:30 or 9. I work from home for a little and go to the office around 11. I leave between 6 and 7 to have dinner with my wife every night. If I have more work to do I finish it in my home office.
The stress of billable hours and client demands really does suck, but i can't imagine another job with as much independence as I have now - day to day at least. Had I gone down another path a long time ago maybe I would have found something fulfilling and rewarding $$$ wise, but it's been so long that i can't even imagine what that would be.
I have enough time to play video games, play with my dog, work out whenever i want, and drink and smoke pot all the time. And about 3 times as much money as I need for my lifestyle. Could be worse. |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 7:12 PM Author: Hyperventilating federal institution How often do you find your work interesting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455173) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 7:14 PM Author: thriller main people hall almost never. But I have never found any work i've done interesting since I was 20 and got to be an extra in a shitty movie for 3 weeks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455182) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:15 PM Author: odious field therapy You have a good gig going, but having a kid may throw a wrench into this whole thing.
I know lots of people who do work after kids go to bed and obviously taking care of young kids after work isn’t the same as relaxing with wife for a few hours as a break. |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:20 PM Author: abusive comical mexican university Gangnam WGWAG Playboy sayin hi to Uncle Earl and my bitch Nutella here, sup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455500) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:24 PM Author: coiffed degenerate Not even a little. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455520) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:27 PM Author: heady shrine corn cake I'm 40, make six figs in a government job with outstanding bennies. Thinking of going mildew because I work that hard already. Crazy? Throwing my life away? Doubtful. The law is all drudgery anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455534) |
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Date: July 18th, 2018 8:29 PM Author: provocative stage nibblets I am certain I am throwing my life away, but can't think of anything better to do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36455547) |
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Date: May 21st, 2022 7:38 AM Author: Primrose very tactful selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#44548712) |
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Date: May 21st, 2022 2:36 PM Author: Khaki beady-eyed site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#44550051) |
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Date: May 21st, 2022 2:41 PM Author: Ocher box office LS + biglaw dramatically improved my life. Probably best decision I’ve made. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#44550077) |