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Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25
expound
rambunctious garrison gaming laptop
  11/17/25
it sucks and the money doesn't make it ok
Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25
can you quit?
rambunctious garrison gaming laptop
  11/17/25
dem iron chains of <><>NO EXIT OPTIONS<>&l...
Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25
I'm sure you can think of something. Maybe we can brainstorm...
rambunctious garrison gaming laptop
  11/17/25
Flame
olive institution yarmulke
  11/17/25
i got lucky at a shit-tier biglaw firm. i worked on a small ...
Titillating business firm
  11/17/25
How was Mayer Brown?
olive institution yarmulke
  11/17/25
worse, i was at baker hostetler. i just checked and MB is in...
Titillating business firm
  11/17/25
did they actually distribute black boxes on payday because t...
Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25
yes it was 180
Titillating business firm
  11/17/25
i'm not at a prestigious firm, that's what's so insane about...
Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25
180, glad it worked out in the end
Brindle Electric House
  11/18/25
Explain where you can make seven figures without connections...
cheese-eating turdskin
  11/17/25
doesn't mean it's worth it
Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25
it's a really hard job. i did it for a while and sometimes ...
Disrespectful cracking messiness
  11/17/25
A couple years of BIGLAW comp would help me bigly. I’m...
Saffron razzle-dazzle partner
  11/17/25
could you do midlaw?
Titillating business firm
  11/17/25
I’m just struggling to survive.
Saffron razzle-dazzle partner
  11/17/25
IT'S NOT WORTH IT
Ebony Background Story
  11/17/25


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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: rambunctious garrison gaming laptop

expound

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:40 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story

it sucks and the money doesn't make it ok

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:41 PM
Author: rambunctious garrison gaming laptop

can you quit?

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story

dem iron chains of <><>NO EXIT OPTIONS<><>

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: rambunctious garrison gaming laptop

I'm sure you can think of something. Maybe we can brainstorm together.

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:40 PM
Author: olive institution yarmulke

Flame

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:45 PM
Author: Titillating business firm

i got lucky at a shit-tier biglaw firm. i worked on a small team headed by a massive rainmaker. the firm didn't fuck around with his people.

only way to do biglaw, imo is a non-prestigious firm. fuck skadden, davis polk, etc.

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: olive institution yarmulke

How was Mayer Brown?

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: Titillating business firm

worse, i was at baker hostetler. i just checked and MB is in the v50 and pays lockstep.

BH pays first years whatever the rate is for first years, and everything after that is black box. the one thing i didn't like was the comp. senior associates there probably make like 375, with superstars making just over 400 but that's a guess.

tradeoff is i don't think it's a sweatshop. notwithstanding the rainmaker who protected me, i didn't hear from other associates that they were worked too hard.

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story

did they actually distribute black boxes on payday because that would be bad ass

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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: Titillating business firm

yes it was 180

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story

i'm not at a prestigious firm, that's what's so insane about this

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Date: November 18th, 2025 4:26 AM
Author: Brindle Electric House

180, glad it worked out in the end

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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: cheese-eating turdskin

Explain where you can make seven figures without connections.

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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story

doesn't mean it's worth it

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Date: November 17th, 2025 8:50 PM
Author: Disrespectful cracking messiness

it's a really hard job. i did it for a while and sometimes i look back and wonder how. but now it's been long enough i think hey maybe someone will hire me as a partner if the market is hot enough and i tell them a story about how i could try to be a rainmaker

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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: Saffron razzle-dazzle partner

A couple years of BIGLAW comp would help me bigly. I’m working for peanuts.

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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: Titillating business firm

could you do midlaw?

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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:26 PM
Author: Saffron razzle-dazzle partner

I’m just struggling to survive.

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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: Ebony Background Story

IT'S NOT WORTH IT

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