Any BigLaw triathletes? Former D1 endurance athlete, starting to get back into serious competition (this will be my first triathlon). How do you make the time for serious training?

Who else trains legs on Monday ?

Hi Fishes,
I am a Software Engineer in a product based company. I have total experience of 4 years. Relevant experience is same in C#, .NET, .NET APIs and Web Services, MVC, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, etc. I have been working in Agile model (Scrum) through tools like JIRA, Confluence. I also have experience in Batch Scripting for creating small-mid scale monitoring tools as I have experience in L3 Technical Support. Have used MS Office, ServiceNow, etc for reporting.

Seeking referrals in Bangalore.

What rates are you finding from lenders? I got quoted 15 yr 2.62 with 0 points from chase. How to find best rates ?

Hey all, 4 YoE strategy consultant looking for some exit options. Looking to jump ship from consulting into something in the life sciences field, but not particularly interested in working for big pharma. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I have my table of avg GMAT and all.. but for a 25 year old white male in big4 from a big 10 school with a 3.5 GPA. How high of a score do I need for INSEAD/LBS/M7? Background feels just a bit generic

Where to buy good quality fancy socks without paying $40 a pair ?

How is Intel project in infosys?

My fried work in Infosys.
His manager asked for his interest for H1B visa nomination. What does that mean?
Will he get the opportunity to go outside India.?

Hi
I have an interview scheduled with infosys. My CCTC is 16 and holding an offer will infosys be able to provide at least my current ctc.... Yoe 3

Would anybody like to consider a $1,000,000 donation to my FIRE fund? DMs are open, thanks 🙂🥰

For those who have retired early and still have young kids, what do you do for health insurance and how much does it cost you annually?

Anyone been successful negotiating the price of an apartment recently? Astoria apartment listed for $2k with a broker fee trying to get ~$1950.

Hi fishes,

I’m looking for a job change in AWS support team, currently working ZS associates as platform support associate.

Does have your ARM designation help more than 20+ years experience?

Anyone seeing big declines in FB/Insta performance? Across several clients we’re seeing CTRs or other ad engagements dip starting in July.

Has anyone heard about hale global? It’s a VC/PE firm focusing on turnaround companies. Trying to find more info about this company and what type of deals they have done. But can’t seem to find many news. If anyone can share any insights about this company, that would be great. Thank you!

Why isn't Deloitte USI allowing to work from anywhere/work from office locations of your choice?
I tried getting a transfer to Kolkata but apparently Cloud Engineering service line transfers to Kolkata is currently blocked as conveyed by an HR. Any help/suggestions on the same would be hugely appreciated.

Specialists: any tips on how to maximize efficiency? I’m typically working on 5-8 different matters on a given day and feel like I lose a ton of time switching back and forth

First year trainee here. Having the standard wobbles but generally surviving.

My question is - how can I tell if I'm doing well? More specifically, what common and avoidable mistakes (specific or general) do trainees make, and what attitude or actions impress you?

Recently overheard some associates complaining about another trainee and now I have the fear... I want to get this right. Thanks in advance.

From a vault ranking perspective, is it safe to assume V100 is all sweatshop big law? Reason I ask is because I want to lateral but not to a gunning big law firm — want to stay in big law but not at the ones at the top of the food chain like I am now. Want some sort of work life balance and wondering if the “lower ranked” big law firms offer this? Could just be my fantasy though…

Is an offer after only a first screener a red flag?

Best fall vacation destinations on a biglaw budget?

Is "attention to correspondence" an appropriate description for the 17 hour block bill yesterday? Asking for a friend.

I’m debating to join Locke Lord Dallas in transactional. I’m looking to stay at the firm long term and would appreciate any information y’all have. Please be as candid as possible.

I have ADD and occasionally make small mistakes in my work, like leaving a word missing when editing sentences, small formatting errors or leaving an internal comment in drafts sent to clients. All partners have been very understanding and care about the quality of my work, and no client has ever complained. Partners and clients praise my work.

But now, one partner has become super mad and when I explained ADD, he said:

I am a person, not a machine. That is all.

After leaving BL, what salary do most people settle at or is that way to general of a question?

Does anyone know the salary for a 3rd year junior associate at Squire Patton Boggs?

Ever get so bored that it feels exhausting to do work, even a simple task?

To the lender counsel that forgot to mention they needed original signature pages for a deal that closed early this year and decided to chase and harass me a day before thanksgiving and a day after thanksgiving multiple times. F*ck you. I don’t know what is driving your lack of courtesy but I have represented the same bank before and know their usual original signature requirement.

Stop asking if we can unionize after being asked to work over the weekend.

Does your firm let you take 28-30 December off? Many of my team members won’t be working those days and I decided last minute that I’d like to travel somewhere between Christmas and the New Year.

Beginning to consider going in house (4th, corp) - I really haven’t thought about what I want, partly because I’m not sure what’s out there/attainable. Is it a bad idea to start by applying to a couple positions that interest me and seeing where that gets me? I’ll of course prep for the interviews but am afraid to burn potential bridges if I ultimately decline because I’m still figuring things out.

On the transactional side of things, what is the expectation of Associates to start bringing in their own work, or start developing their own book of clients?
When they are mid or senior level?

But actually how do you bill your time? (and don’t say contemporaneously)

Say you spend 2 minutes answering an email to a client earlier in the day and then 3 minutes on another email later in the day. Do you bill 0.1 or 0.2? More importantly, how do you keep track of that throughout the day?

Which big law firm in Dallas has the “better” work life balance?

What are some reasons you’ve seen people get fired for? And how long did the warning process take, if any?