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biglaw is not worth it!

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6-7
  11/17/25
expound
Raul Mondesi circa 1998
  11/17/25
it sucks and the money doesn't make it ok
6-7
  11/17/25
can you quit?
Raul Mondesi circa 1998
  11/17/25
dem iron chains of <><>NO EXIT OPTIONS<>&l...
6-7
  11/17/25
I'm sure you can think of something. Maybe we can brainstorm...
Raul Mondesi circa 1998
  11/17/25
Flame
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  11/17/25
i got lucky at a shit-tier biglaw firm. i worked on a small ...
May I meet you?
  11/17/25
How was Mayer Brown?
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  11/17/25
worse, i was at baker hostetler. i just checked and MB is in...
May I meet you?
  11/17/25
did they actually distribute black boxes on payday because t...
6-7
  11/17/25
yes it was 180
May I meet you?
  11/17/25
i'm not at a prestigious firm, that's what's so insane about...
6-7
  11/17/25
180, glad it worked out in the end
tats
  11/18/25
Explain where you can make seven figures without connections...
Drunkard
  11/17/25
doesn't mean it's worth it
6-7
  11/17/25
it's a really hard job. i did it for a while and sometimes ...
Kenneth Play
  11/17/25
A couple years of BIGLAW comp would help me bigly. I’m...
lucius quinctius cincinnatus
  11/17/25
could you do midlaw?
May I meet you?
  11/17/25
I’m just struggling to survive.
lucius quinctius cincinnatus
  11/17/25
IT'S NOT WORTH IT
6-7
  11/17/25


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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: 6-7



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: Raul Mondesi circa 1998

expound

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:40 PM
Author: 6-7

it sucks and the money doesn't make it ok

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:41 PM
Author: Raul Mondesi circa 1998

can you quit?

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: 6-7

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439074)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Raul Mondesi circa 1998

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439078)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:40 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


Flame

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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:45 PM
Author: May I meet you? ((zurich is stained))

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439081)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


How was Mayer Brown?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439100)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: May I meet you? ((zurich is stained))

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439113)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: 6-7

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439119)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: May I meet you? ((zurich is stained))

yes it was 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439130)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: 6-7

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439107)



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Date: November 18th, 2025 4:26 AM
Author: tats

180, glad it worked out in the end

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439992)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: Drunkard

Explain where you can make seven figures without connections.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439133)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: 6-7

doesn't mean it's worth it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439140)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 8:50 PM
Author: Kenneth Play

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439519)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: lucius quinctius cincinnatus (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439555)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: May I meet you? ((zurich is stained))

could you do midlaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439586)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:26 PM
Author: lucius quinctius cincinnatus (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)

I’m just struggling to survive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439595)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: 6-7

IT'S NOT WORTH IT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5799331&forum_id=2Vannesa#49439596)