Curious how typical it is to feel extreme imposter syndrome as a 1st year...I’m a few weeks in at a biglaw firm and for the first time in my life I feel like everyone else is running laps around me...I’m not getting a lot of work but I’m second-guessing myself on nearly everything I do...is this normal?

I’m an SDR who has been at my company for 6 months. In those 6 months I’ve been the leading guy for 3 months. My goal is to be AE. Should I move on?

I’m 26 and I work at an RIA doing reporting but I’ve always wanted to work in investment banking. I have way too much in student debt ($150k) to go back to graduate school to try and get an investment banking internship. I don’t have my CFA but I would like to get it. Is it too late for me to break into the industry without prior ibanking experience? Should I retire that dream? Or is grad school the only way to get in?

Finally hit the Adjusted Gross Income limit on my Roth IRA this year. Is it fair to say that I’m no longer allowed to contribute to my Roth IRA so long as I can keep making > $140k every year?

Hi Fishes,

I'm an MBA graduate with 1.5 YoE, currently working as a business associate with 7.5 ctc. I'm looking to make a shift into big 4. Which roles are suitable for mba graduates? Would tax consultant be a good choice?

Bcom and MBA both Finance. Any advice is well appreciated

What other brands besides brooks brothers makes dress shirts that are exactly 32 arm length not 32/33?

I graduated from law school with some of the worst men I've ever met. I wonder what they're up to now. Probably gathering "grassroots" (read, generational money, and wealthy donor money) support for their upcoming senatorial campaigns. White men really can get away with anything.

Hi All,

A friend of mine recently got selected for R2R with Accenture. Since she has 1 yr of experience qs a graduate trainee, seems the HR asked her to delete her work experience in the employment form.
Do Accenture not count the experience of a graduate trainee? Please advise since I don't have much knowledge about this.

Hey guys! Yesterday the company i worked for laid off the people in our state for economic reasons with no notice. I’m in desperate need of referral in entry level SWE/SD(or similar) positions at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi everyone. I made the switch to tech this year via coding boot camp. I'm not confident in my skill at all. Are there any courses, sites, projects or paths one would suggest I look into? Anything that'll help me think like a dev?

BNY Mellon technology specific questions -


#0 How much max salary for grade K ?

#1 How long does it take to promote in bny from grade K to L ?

#2 Any specific criteria for promotion? Expr , certification etc...?

#3 How much % hike to expect post promotion ?

Skills- Java, microservices,react, cloud

HSBC India JPMorgan Chase BNY Mellon | Pershing Citi BNY Mellon UBS Citi Allstate BNY Mellon | Pershing BNY Mellon Corporation HSBC India

What are exit opps like for government consulting? First year PL and I’ve worked mostly with federal health agencies.

LMM PE vs. FAANG Product Manager vs. MBB?

How do you over come being reject because you don't have month end close experience (Trying to get into private)

Just switched consulting firms and the work is a lot more interesting but man the people are really dull. Loads of events and everyone just sits around and drinks a bit. It’s the most basic conversations (weather, some sports).

Needs a big infusion of excitement and culture. People are nice enough just very bland.

Does Google has called there employees (developers) back in HYD office ?

What is the right time (after xx years / months on the job) for a post-MBA IB Associate to leave banking if you don’t look at it as a long-term career but want to get the stamp / skills etc.?

Any DMV male 21-24 looking for a relationship? DM me!!

Is a hair and makeup trial really necessary? It seems like such a waste of money.

I was part of the tech layoffs over the past couple of weeks. I have an opportunity to go back in house or back to a law firm. Both are great opportunities and comparable comp. Pro of law firm - stability (less likely to be laid off). Pro of in house - no billable hours. Should I ride out the recession at a law firm until things settle down or take the risk and go back to in house?

I had a problem concentrating on one task, reading for more than 5 mins, and just staying on track overall with work. I was okay in college, but I did poorly in law school bc of the my inability to focus and I started to feel that way since becoming licensed. I took a vyvanse yesterday and my productivity increased ten fold. I’ve always wanted to avoid medication and did so, but I feel like I need to look into getting prescribed. Has anyone had similar experience? I know, big topic w/ lawyers.

Does anyone have any info on parr brown gee and loveless in Salt Lake City?

Are there any Big Law L&E groups in San Francisco that don’t expect 24/7 availability and actually respect a evenings and weekends as being “off-work” hours? Or only outside of Big Law to find that? Any recommended firms for that good work life balance in Bay Area?

I’m new to the world of billable hours. I like to keep organized, so I do spend a small bit of time making/updating case lists and contact sheets to make sure I have record of last contact with client/OC, where I am in suit, relevant deadlines, etc. Do you bill for this kind of work?

My firm has ~50 attorneys and is the best in the field. all decisions are made by one man, eg bonuses, raises, promotions. There is no transparency. The only objective measure might have been billing. The billing requirement is 1900/ yr, but a total of ~200 hours are no-charged automatically, and he goes after closing the case and no charges hours based on factors unknown. The result is that no one can track their own billables, and the criteria for bonuses are a mystery. Is this normal?

Alright my fellow fish I need advice. My last two jobs have been in a very specialized non-lucrative area of law. My state Bar is hiring senior attorneys for their Lawyer Regulation and Enforcement Department. What interests me is that it get me back into litigating (my current role is administrative) and it is a state job with competitive pay and good benefits. Does anyone have experience with this type of role? Would I be shooting myself in the foot if I take this job?

I’m looking to move from big law to in-house, preferably tech. I’m in NYC and have ten years of litigation experience, all in big law. Should I apply to in-house positions seeking 8-10 years of experience, or would I need to start at a lower positions, 5-8 years, because I’m new to the in-house world?

So who else here is experiencing plummeting billable hours and exponential weight gain since this whole WFH thing started? Bought snacks for 30 days, finished in 48 hours.

Any Chicago midsize or BL firms that hire current 3Ls/soon-to-be graduates? It seems like most of these firms only hire those in their summer associates program.. or work elsewhere and then lateral.

Should an employment lawyer consider getting a PHR/SPHR certificate? Is it worthwhile?
A lot of in house opportunities seem to be looking for them

I have so much anxiety about my work! Everything I file or serve (discovery, motions etc) has to be triple checked by myself and I fight the urge to ask my coworkers dumb confirming questions (mostly to ease my anxiety). Is this normal?

I'm a third year associate working at a smallish firm, thinking about going solo. Currently in defence litigation but I've wanted to do estate planning and tax law since law school but haven't had any opportunities pop up in my area. Any advice on starting solo in either estate planning or tax? (Note: I don't have an llm)

Voting for Sanders in the primary because Warren doesn't want to forgive my student debt. Big law could get behind Bernie if he dropped the "millionaires" from his description of the enemy!

Does a federal clerkship make sense if my goal is to ultimately end up at a small firm or even , to start my own firm (which may be focused more on state matters with an occasional federal matter mixed in)?

Due to Covid, I was let go from my firm after only a few months of working there. I’ve since been rehired in the last few months. This is a new area of law for me and I’m not enjoying it at all. How soon could I think about leaving? I’m going into my fourth year and don’t want to get pigeonholed.

What’s are the disclosure rules regarding additional sources of income? Have an opportunity to be hired as a consultant.

I have a question about mid-size Philadelphia firms. Does anyone have any insight about what life is like (culture, pay, billable hours, cases, WFH, perks, etc.) as a junior partner/senior associate/of counsel in the litigation department at the following firms: Montgomery McCracken, Schnader Harrison, Stradley Ronon, Dilworth Paxson, Klehr Harrison?

What is a good shoe to wear in court for a M and F?

What was the biggest misconception you had about practicing law? I can think of two for me personally. 1. Working diligently, being dependable and putting in long hours would allow you to maintain a relatively normal use of vacation time (i.e. not needing to elaborately state why you want to take certain time off) as would be the case in a lot of ordinary workplaces. 2. There’d be some sort of feedback when a project or assignment was done correctly, rather than feedback on only deficient work.