Any other junior tax lawyers here feeling discouraged by how steep the learning curve is? 🥲 I started remotely too and training has not been the best…

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Remote is harsh. I just started my job too and I'm in office 5 days a week whether most my team is here or just me....I couldn't imagine beginning tax virtual

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Good luck 😣

Unfortunately the tax training for juniors offered by the different firms varies pretty dramatically. My old firm hired a lot of first years and had a robust tax training program. My new firm, not so much…

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How long have you been practicing? What area are you focused on?

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Entering into my third year and focus is on transactional tax (M&A and funds).

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Did you take many tax classes in law school? I’m in tax too but had a tax LLM before I started and we were in person.

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I took the few that were offered but did not get an LLM.

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It’s really hard. I’m in my second year and still constantly lost

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It’s hard in person too if that’s any consolation, lol. But remote has to be harder.

They're just showing off. It took them time just like you. Hang in there!

It’s extremely challenging

It got significantly better for me the second half of my fourth year (current year). I didn't take any tax courses in law school.

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