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how do people do BIGLAW for 20+ years?

it seems insane
geriatric kitchen
  06/04/25
Many human beings are possessed by an indomitable will to li...
Fragrant mexican faggotry
  06/04/25
none of those aforementioned things sounds as bad as 20 year...
geriatric kitchen
  06/04/25
The same way that there are weirdos with blown out pain rece...
Fragrant mexican faggotry
  06/04/25
wow. I've never seen someone so poetically describe biglaw....
geriatric kitchen
  06/04/25
I’m awful, but the alternatives to poasting for ventin...
Fragrant mexican faggotry
  06/04/25
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Glittery dilemma
  06/04/25
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cerebral hospital therapy
  06/05/25
Sup
salmon sandwich toaster
  06/05/25
irrational levels of scrutiny damn that one hit home
chocolate deer antler philosopher-king
  06/05/25
And I still somehow over looked the billing pressure.
Fragrant mexican faggotry
  06/05/25
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Lascivious Trust Fund Menage
  06/26/25
It’s just self selection. It isn’t that complica...
Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead
  06/04/25
Also all the people who bitch about biglaw are the ones who ...
Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead
  06/04/25
very few people in BIGLAW make $10m a year, even most equity...
geriatric kitchen
  06/04/25
OK
Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead
  06/04/25
This is what you tell yourself champ. You are right if ...
concupiscible coral church building
  06/06/25
No, I mean they (you) didn't have what it takes. Hope that ...
Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead
  06/06/25
hey off topic but can you recommend any good blepharoplasty ...
cyan 180 electric furnace
  06/06/25
this isn't an explanation
Translucent Mediation
  06/27/25
I witness a lot of people leave and flounder. They all seem...
yellow station circlehead
  06/04/25
I'm just a few years from 20. I think I'm going to maek it.
tantric national security agency
  06/04/25
how big baller are you (aka, net worth)
green hominid
  06/05/25
I'm actually very poor
tantric national security agency
  06/05/25
180
rusted hyperventilating striped hyena
  06/05/25
Forsake everything for the love of the law
coiffed partner temple
  06/04/25
I have been in biglaw for less than 6 years, but I can see l...
laughsome slimy theater mother
  06/04/25
that only works if you are recycling old work then billing 3...
geriatric kitchen
  06/04/25
you are such a dumb nigger you are the most retarded blac...
jade institution
  06/04/25
Don't want to get into specifics, but I do the same thing th...
laughsome slimy theater mother
  06/04/25
180
aphrodisiac flushed bawdyhouse rigpig
  06/05/25
you're literally on twitter and reddit all day you stupid tr...
brindle seedy multi-billionaire gaming laptop
  06/05/25
no idea, I think I came along at the exact time when the new...
Irradiated quadroon center
  06/04/25
One thing- it helps a lot if you're one of those people who ...
laughsome slimy theater mother
  06/05/25
In the zone
aphrodisiac flushed bawdyhouse rigpig
  06/05/25
...
aphrodisiac flushed bawdyhouse rigpig
  06/27/25
...
cyan 180 electric furnace
  06/27/25
1. Biglaw is not a uniform experience. 2. It gets easier wh...
Racy famous landscape painting
  06/05/25
In my experience, biglaw just gets more and more stressful
tantric national security agency
  06/05/25
i dont think they do anymore.
Slate erotic boltzmann
  06/05/25
I graduated in 2010 and know plenty still in biglaw. Only a ...
Racy famous landscape painting
  06/05/25
what else are they gonna do? seriouisly
Stubborn buck-toothed stage ratface
  06/05/25
become park rangers
Slate erotic boltzmann
  06/05/25
this is the main reason why they stay. they have no skills t...
plum odious background story point
  06/05/25
The area I practice in is so narrow that I'd be totally fuck...
laughsome slimy theater mother
  06/05/25
you're literally a reddit tranny
brindle seedy multi-billionaire gaming laptop
  06/06/25
What part of "generous six figure income" do you n...
Electric know-it-all pervert parlor
  06/06/25
...
Bateful brunch jew
  06/27/25
...
Hot arrogant cuck
  06/27/25
Feel the same about law in general. Hoping I can make my exi...
Insecure library
  06/27/25
I got into Film Curation. That’s one way.
beady-eyed windowlicker twinkling uncleanness
  06/27/25
they have figs for a mouth
Arousing place of business
  06/27/25
i do not understand
Translucent Mediation
  06/27/25


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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: geriatric kitchen

it seems insane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987780)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:13 PM
Author: Fragrant mexican faggotry

Many human beings are possessed by an indomitable will to live. They survive years in captivity, tortured by their enemies. Survive terminal illnesses long past the point of medical reason. Endure decades long marriages to third wave feminists and other modern varieties of women. You don’t see how there are a select few who can suspend disbelief and ignore the subtle passage of time in a high-paying job, choosing not to pay attention to everything that’s passing them by and focusing instead on everything they’ll have coming to them when they finally retire?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987799)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: geriatric kitchen

none of those aforementioned things sounds as bad as 20 years in BIGLAW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987800)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Fragrant mexican faggotry

The same way that there are weirdos with blown out pain receptors who can hold their hands in a bucket of ice water for 20 minutes, there are people in this world who do not seem to care about crushing volumes of tedious work that are subjected to irrational levels of scrutiny in an environment plagued with unnecessary interpersonal conflict. Some even seem to enjoy it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987809)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: geriatric kitchen

wow. I've never seen someone so poetically describe biglaw. I was almost moved to tears. you are 1000x the writer that Karlstack is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987814)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: Fragrant mexican faggotry

I’m awful, but the alternatives to poasting for venting my pent up negativity are unreasonable amounts of exercise or being bitchy around friends and family

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987821)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Glittery dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987832)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:20 AM
Author: cerebral hospital therapy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988167)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: salmon sandwich toaster

Sup

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989378)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: chocolate deer antler philosopher-king

irrational levels of scrutiny

damn that one hit home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989432)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: Fragrant mexican faggotry

And I still somehow over looked the billing pressure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48990290)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:19 PM
Author: Lascivious Trust Fund Menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49052899)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead

It’s just self selection. It isn’t that complicated. Some people end up liking it a lot don’t the ones who do stay.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987816)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead

Also all the people who bitch about biglaw are the ones who weren’t fit for it and flamed out. Equity partners making $10m a year aren’t writing pearl clutching LinkedIn poasts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987831)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: geriatric kitchen

very few people in BIGLAW make $10m a year, even most equity partners make nothing close to that. And it seems like most firms are 75% non-equity partners nowadays.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987882)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead

OK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987888)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:40 PM
Author: concupiscible coral church building

This is what you tell yourself champ.

You are right if you mean “not fit for it” they value other than working as much as possible to make money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48992245)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:46 PM
Author: Vibrant Well-lubricated Digit Ratio Stead

No, I mean they (you) didn't have what it takes. Hope that helps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48992275)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: cyan 180 electric furnace

hey off topic but can you recommend any good blepharoplasty surgeons in LA? Thanks!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48992292)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:33 PM
Author: Translucent Mediation

this isn't an explanation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053905)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: yellow station circlehead

I witness a lot of people leave and flounder. They all seem to think they will go on to some amazing new life after they leave. Instead it is just more disappointment, but now without the paycheck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987828)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: tantric national security agency

I'm just a few years from 20. I think I'm going to maek it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987852)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:40 AM
Author: green hominid

how big baller are you (aka, net worth)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988120)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:04 PM
Author: tantric national security agency

I'm actually very poor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989398)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:20 PM
Author: rusted hyperventilating striped hyena

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989455)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:46 PM
Author: coiffed partner temple

Forsake everything for the love of the law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987859)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:54 PM
Author: laughsome slimy theater mother

I have been in biglaw for less than 6 years, but I can see lasting 20 because I lucked into a niche area where I can rely heavily on my knowledge in this narrow area of the law and recycle my old work with moderate modifications.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987869)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:02 PM
Author: geriatric kitchen

that only works if you are recycling old work then billing 3x as much under the guise that it's not recycled. is that what ur doing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987884)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:06 PM
Author: jade institution

you are such a dumb nigger

you are the most retarded black gorilla nigger in this dump

seriously--fuck you, retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987892)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:11 PM
Author: laughsome slimy theater mother

Don't want to get into specifics, but I do the same thing the partner I work for does, and our clients are large corporations who seem happy with the end result.

So I'm not losing any sleep over our billing practices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987901)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:18 AM
Author: aphrodisiac flushed bawdyhouse rigpig

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988163)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:16 PM
Author: brindle seedy multi-billionaire gaming laptop

you're literally on twitter and reddit all day you stupid tranny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989437)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:16 PM
Author: Irradiated quadroon center

no idea, I think I came along at the exact time when the new cogs weren't quite there yet and the old doods who had just coasted through the good ole days were sunning themselves, the guys headed that way looked dead though, just dead, I remember running into one as we passed each other on the escalator on a sunday morning as I was going down for coffee from already being in the office writing some bullshit and he smiled when he saw me and cheefully asked if I could come by his office, since it was a sunday I felt entitled to say "sure I'm just headed down to get some coffee, see you in 20" as he escalated past, I don't see how that man can still be alive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48987910)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:19 AM
Author: laughsome slimy theater mother

One thing- it helps a lot if you're one of those people who don't need a lot of sleep and naturally have a lot of mental endurance. I used to play WoW a lot, and whenever a new expansion was released, I would always pull all-nighters and end up as one of the first on my server to reach max level. Not as any kind of a goal, just was the natural way I played.

In times when work gets especially busy, I do sometimes find myself working at home til 3 am or so, getting a few hours of sleep and then doing the same thing the next night. Doesn't really affect me as long as it's not too many weeks in a row like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988023)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:19 AM
Author: aphrodisiac flushed bawdyhouse rigpig

In the zone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988165)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:19 AM
Author: aphrodisiac flushed bawdyhouse rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053217)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:20 AM
Author: cyan 180 electric furnace



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053218)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:30 AM
Author: Racy famous landscape painting

1. Biglaw is not a uniform experience.

2. It gets easier when you know the drill. Even fire drills and other emergencies become routine because you’ve seen literally everything. That makes it a lot less stressful.

3. When you are senior you can have other people do stuff for you. That means you are more in control of own time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988115)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 3:03 PM
Author: tantric national security agency

In my experience, biglaw just gets more and more stressful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989646)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:45 AM
Author: Slate erotic boltzmann

i dont think they do anymore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988124)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:49 AM
Author: Racy famous landscape painting

I graduated in 2010 and know plenty still in biglaw. Only a handful of years left. It would actually be weird if they left at this point. Why bother to make it 15 years if you aren’t going to stay 20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48988130)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: Stubborn buck-toothed stage ratface

what else are they gonna do? seriouisly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989140)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: Slate erotic boltzmann

become park rangers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989387)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: plum odious background story point

this is the main reason why they stay. they have no skills that are useful outside of biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989394)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: laughsome slimy theater mother

The area I practice in is so narrow that I'd be totally fucked if it suddenly went away. That's both a good and bad side of biglaw. My firm operates at such volume that they can allow my partner and me to handle this tiny area of the law and become quite expert at it. And now I can do my job largely on cruise control, secure in the knowledge that few other lawyers have expertise in this area.

But if I hadn't done a couple of federal clerkships I'd barely have any general practical legal knowledge at all. I try to stay up to speed on the federal stuff in case all this goes away. And also so I can feel like a lawyer at all instead of some narrow legal technician.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48989517)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: brindle seedy multi-billionaire gaming laptop

you're literally a reddit tranny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48992315)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:54 PM
Author: Electric know-it-all pervert parlor

What part of "generous six figure income" do you not understand?

See people whine about BIGLAW all the time but don't think there's any other profession where a pure grinder can grind his way so quickly into a fat six fig income.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#48992305)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:18 AM
Author: Bateful brunch jew



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: Hot arrogant cuck



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:56 AM
Author: Insecure library

Feel the same about law in general. Hoping I can make my exit before I hit 20 years in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053200)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:21 AM
Author: beady-eyed windowlicker twinkling uncleanness

I got into Film Curation. That’s one way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053257)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:19 AM
Author: Arousing place of business

they have figs for a mouth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053308)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: Translucent Mediation

i do not understand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2E#49053907)