Able to join a firm at their Californian office - thoughts on which office?
a. LA - Century City
b. LA - Downtown
c. Orange County
d. San Diego
e. San Francisco
f. Silicon Valley

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I had the same options when Latham offered me and I was going to pick Century City for sure. Way better neighborhoods to live in than the downtown office with less commute (I already lived in Santa Monica for 3 years so I know it's wonderful). If you have a family OC and SD are also great options unless you put value on being at the main offices for advancement reasons. I wouldn't go Northern CA because the weather just isn't as nice so what are you even paying all those taxes for? If you are a cold weather person, go Silicon Valley.

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Lol nope. Really shocked me when I turned them down haha! No bad experiences with LW, just had a better offer.

Orange County or San Diego. I'm a CA native and the rest of the places are such a pain in the ass. The OC and SD are the best (especially SD)!

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I like San Diego. If the office is in the Del Mar area, that is great. Downtown San Diego is kinda meh.

Orange County is the cheapest and absolute best. I wish I could go there

Which is the best market for your practice area?

A6 - Corporate M&A/PE associate here so I am assuming larger city?

To be fair, could have been Sheppard Mullin too

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