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Mehh. I went from specialized (compliance, product, and risk management and not much drafting experience) to GC and it’s been great. Contracts are contracts.
With only 4 YOE you should not have a problem. Some people will not want to talk to you, but enough will. Going from RE to general corporate at that level should not be a huge jump. Wish I’d done the same 20 years ago.
Talk to your boss about wanting to gain new skills, network and look for bubble assignments. This way when an opportunity presents yourself you’ve gotten:
1. New skills
2. Name recognition
3. Reputation as a go getter
That’s a great way to frame it! I will absolutely do that
Leasing can be a great skill to have as a generalist. I am a generalist personally but farm out all real estate. Try for a generalist at a large retailer or reit. Leverage the real estate skill. My old company probably would have loved you but only if you’d be happy making 90k 10 years out from school
The responses here are encouraging, I’m in a niche area and hoping to branch out as well.
What you've identified as general corporate is not what the other posters here have talked about. If you mean general corporate as in corporate governance, m&a, securities, that's likely not going to be something you can adapt to very easily. I think what you might have meant is general commercial work, and if that's the case, then yes that's easy.
Thank you! That’s really good to keep in mind. My question was worded based on the job postings I’m seeing, so the titles might be a little off (some companies come up with the weirdest titles). But yes, my question was asking about generalist roles, rather than corporate governance, transactions, regulatory, etc., which seem to be equally as specialized as what I’m in now (and what I’m looking to get away from).
Thanks everyone! I appreciate all the insight.