Biglaw first year associates, what’s your favorite thing about your job (beside the paychecks)?

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The flexibility, being staffed on the big deals coming into my department, and the feeling of always learning.

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The other first years

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My laptop + the fact that hours are so crazy you can just not show up on random mornings and no one will care or notice

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I didn’t know that. Thanks!

The caliber of people I work with — everyone is so responsive and thoughtful and puts in the extra effort to actually problem solve (vs responding to the bare minimum asked). Huge contrast to the government/nonprofit/institutional jobs I worked before law school.

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This is my favorite part of the job too.

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The paycheck

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