Anyone has insights on US IP attorneys moving to biglaw in CA? Any certification required? Salaries? Billable hours?

Do I even want to become VP? MD? Not sure if I want to become a slave to banking.

Has anyone ever made the transition to a people and culture role? My strengths and passions lean this way so I have been looking.

Exploring over employment and wondering what jobs one can do with little to no meetings (no coding experience).. would getting certified as salesforce or service now admin be the right path to go?

Appreciate all other ideas .. TIA :)

ACCA and CPA qualifications. How useful are they in the line of consulting. I work in the M&A space focusing on FDD. Happy to have a chat to see what qualifications if any are actually useful in our line of work.

If I leave my consulting role and move to a recruiting role at Accenture for a year to build skills, will it be hard to go back into a tech role? I have experience in Change Mangement and Project Management, but I temporarily want a change. Eventually I want to move to a role at FAANG

Can someone suggest good material for full stack web developer and any platform to learn and get good real life experience

Best companies/startups local to San Diego/LA for exiting consulting?

I do not have a single recognizable company or law firm or school on my resume. I’m from a boutique IP firm and now starting in house at an unknown 3,000 employee company. My dream is to end up as product counsel at F50. Is it possible or is my lack of business pedigree going to hold me back?

Hi Fishes,
I got an offer from Backbase for senior QA role, wanted to know how is the work culture, growth opportunities , job security.
Is it good to move from Oracle with 12 years of exp to Backbase?

Anybody with Big4 exp made the switch to salesforce as business architect recently? What does this job entail and qualification needs? The jd says “extensive” big4 exp

Hi friends 🐬,
Please suggest which should I choose among below listed companies w.r.t. good WLB, work culture and career growth

Companies : Fujitsu , Airtel Digital ( Airtel X Labs) , IBM
Profile: Oracle Cloud Technical
YOE: 5.5
Thanks!

Ntt data vs EY gds? Which is better?
Ntt ctc - 10.92(10 fixed)
EY - 9.5 fixed

Please help- priority is wlb and growth

Any advice for moving from being a lawyer to secondary advisory or private fund groups that combine this with placement/fundraising?

Equity research associate considering to pivot into IBD. Is this a wise choice? Heard ER is an exit for some of the IB folks out there.

Am 2 months in to a new job with billable hours and I am miserable. How do I seamlessly go back to my old firm? Is this move a career killer?

Getting ready to study for the CAMS exam. Do I need anything extra besides just studying the study guide and practice exam over and over. I’ve read online about people using AML assassin; is it worth it?

Looking for honest opinions: would you trust career advice from someone who doesn’t necessarily have a background in career coaching but has always been “that friend” that everyone calls for career advice, resumes, salary negotiations etc?
I have a long background in management and have been very successful in climbing the ladder but I would love to start career coaching on the side. Any feedback is helpful!

So I’m going to be switch to SALT from Fed. What can I do to make the transition easier??? Really kind of worried about it

Would you take a freelance gig that would be a promotion (with potential to join full time) with a smaller company whose values you really agree with, OR a full-time offer for a lateral move with a larger company with teammates you know and trust? Of course factoring in all the nuances of covid. TIA!

Christmas gift ideas for a mentor (female, over 50) within $50? Thanks in advance.

Anyone got a loan with Guaranteed Rate? Started looking for a condo(Chicago) and keep seeing them pop up. Looks like they charge $1290 lender fee, but wanted to see if anyone had experience with them

What’s the deal with these start-ups not hiring people with actual insurance experience?

What's a good way to find a mentor in this industry?

Please share your best tips/process of building and prioritizing product roadmaps. Any templates or resources will be super helpful too.

I’ve noticed a pattern of vets in my area not reporting animal hoarding, even though it’s required by the state. Should I speak up?

Strategy Director Salary / LA / 8-10 years exp?

YOE : 7.8 i have an offer from IBM and HCL.
IBM : 18 fixed + 1 JB HCL : 21 ( 18 fixed + 1lakh approx (monthly variable) + 2 lakh Annual variable ) . Now i have a discussion pending with Robert Bosch , What should i quote ! Which will be better for job security and work life and overall career growth .

(1) What are your experiences with Regeneron? Burn and churn culture or reasonable people you would work with long term? (2) what BC/TC would you target for AD within global development?

What is the appropriate amount of time to follow up with a company after they've verbally told you they would be giving you an offer? I don't want to look desperate as I know that's not great for salary negotiation but it's been a week and I really want to follow up!

Any contract specialists with experience with rebates looking for a fully remote job paying up to 150k base salary. Please reach out.

Looking to pivot out of a top pharma marketing/ad agency and into consulting. Ultimately want to leverage both experiences to move client side or to a healthcare start up.

What are the best firms for this type of transition and why?

I'm planning a session on mental health in the workplace, including tips for how we can do better at creating a mentally healthy workplace as individuals, as managers, and as an office - any tips / dos and donts / favorite compelling mental health stats I should include?

Fresh embryo transfer. Got my period yesterday, and my pregnancy test in the clinic is tomorrow... so frustrated after all the investment... I had two embryos frozen so hopefully next time it happens... hope everyone gets what they want.

Has anybody given nab codility test.please let me know

I have an 8 hour layover in Madrid. Never been there before. Is it worth leaving the airport and doing something in the city? Any tips on what to see in a few hours?

Hey fam, I'm going to Banff in 2 weeks. How bad are the lines to get into parks for lake Louise and lake moraine. I'm staying at the kananaski resort for distance consideration

Making transition from ID to commercial litigation at a large firm. Nervous about the learning curve.

Are there any materials I can read and digest to make this easier for me?

Any firms hiring commercial lit? Looking to lateral in the new year. 2nd year

Anyone know of mid to large firms in Toronto looking for junior commercial litigators? Hoping to make a move soon.

How much do partners make?

No active posters? Here for the unfiltered gossip!!

I’m a junior litigation lawyer based in Windsor looking to lateral to corporate big law. I have been doing commercial litigation, tax litigation, and tax planning. I’ve done corporate reorganization, corporate structuring, rollovers so corporate would not be completely new to me. I did a solicitor rotation during articling and was involved with several m&a deals. Has anyone managed to make the jump from litigation in Windsor to Toronto big law corporate? Your advice is greatly appreciated.

I really wish the big law firms in Canada were as transparent about their pay and bonus scales as what we are seeing in the US. Does any Canadian firm share bonus scales??

American attorney here. Recruiter reached out about an opportunity with Osler in New York City. Anyone have insight on the firm in general and/or the NYC office?

Any Canada Big Law firms throwing around retention bonuses again this year or are those days behind us? The work sure hasn’t slowed.

Davies associates, what are the compensation and hours like?

How difficult would it be for a well-credentialed US lawyer (approx 7 YOE) to qualify and practice in Toronto? I’m a Canadian (from AB) who went to law school in the US (top 3 school), practiced for 4 years at a strong Wall St firm, and now has been in-house as a corporate generalist for a couple years. I want to move back to Canada permanently, and have just kicked off the NCA process, but will I have any realistic prospects of having a successful legal career, or am I too far along?

Trying to rid myself of ID work and get into commercial lit at big shop. I’m just about a year in, and so I was wondering if it makes sense to go to a smaller/midsized shop first then see where I’m at in 3-5 years if big law is still a goal.

Quitting my job soon and am thinking about becoming a therapist/counsellor for lawyers and other high stress professions. Taking a poll on whether you would be attracted to the idea of a therapist who worked in biglaw and could speak to burnout, perfectionism and other mental health issues we typically face as lawyers. Thanks :)

2018 call at a large Bay St. firm, in corporate. I want to work in a business role and have offer for legal counsel role for large entertainment company. What kind of salary/benefits are good offer?

Internationally Trained Lawyer new to Calgary and looking for an articling position or any advice leading towards that. I’ve done a lot of corporate law and insolvency.

What has your firm’s turnover like? Are people dropping like flies or holdout out for February bonuses? We seem to have someone resigning every week.

Do most big law firms in Canada have mat leave top ups?

The lack of Canadian Big Law gossip and rants are disappointing. Do you all actually like your jobs!?!?

Do Canadian firms have any interest in hiring American JDs given the market and that Canadian associates are moving to the US?

There is almost nowhere to find reliable bonus information on Canadian firms. I’ve heard of year end bonuses ranging from 10-50% this year (not including Covid bonuses). Let’s start a thread posting year of call, rough billable hours worked and bonus as a percent of salary.

5 year call. 1850 hours. 10%.