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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: Appetizing yellow french chef home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4028111&forum_id=2#36442843) |
Date: July 17th, 2018 4:27 AM Author: Bearded boistinker 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: very tactful station 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: Chocolate stage 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: Appetizing yellow french chef home 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: Chocolate stage 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: Frum generalized bond 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: shaky halford quadroon 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: House-broken seedy half-breed den 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: racy preventive strike 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: Chocolate stage 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: Slate masturbator bbw 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: Chocolate stage 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: excitant death wish giraffe (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: shaky halford quadroon 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: Sepia pungent abode friendly grandma (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: red cracking business firm “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: racy preventive strike 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: kink-friendly menage 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: Chocolate stage . . . 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: misunderstood chad (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: Vibrant hell (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: Chocolate stage (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: Sepia pungent abode friendly grandma *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: adventurous costumed puppy 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: Soggy locale 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: adventurous costumed puppy 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: Vibrant hell * over thanksgiving weekend
(nutella) |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:26 PM Author: Mauve center (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: adventurous costumed puppy 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: misunderstood chad 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: Scarlet nibblets 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: misunderstood chad 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: Soggy locale (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: Chocolate stage 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: Free-loading parlour 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: Fragrant heaven tank Tech titan
Famous musician
Pro sports |
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Date: July 17th, 2018 2:34 PM Author: Soggy locale 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: Crusty Locus Internal Respiration 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: Sepia pungent abode friendly grandma (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: Cobalt wrinkle 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: Soggy locale 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: Cobalt wrinkle 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: adventurous costumed puppy 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: Abnormal Stage Nowag 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: bronze love of her life 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: Hilarious dilemma dysfunction 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: Fragrant heaven tank 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: Appetizing yellow french chef home (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: opaque exhilarant psychic (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: burgundy community account 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) |