Do you specify max hours for day rate? If so, what is your max before OT?

FAANG is now MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet)…Whoa Mama! As if there weren’t enough acronyms in our lives. Happy Friday All!!!

I'm a younger plaintiff's side attorney (31). Does anyone else feel like white attorneys give you a particularly harder time? Like unreasonably denying clear facts, or trying to fish for a way to sanction you? Usually it's solo defense attorneys that get extreme with it, but I've seen some questionable stuff from BigLaw too. Hopefully I'm not the only one.

Someone on LinkedIn expressed disappointment about the lack of diversity from the big law firms in TX that were posting pics of their summer associates. A managing partner commented that he thought the post might be about a pic he posted (12/14 SAs were white). He tried to defend this by saying that they had LGBT and socioeconomic diversity. The fact that he recognized that his pic might be part of the problem says it all. Law firms need to do better. Sorry, I just wanted to rant.

Starting at a new firm, What can I do to leave a good first impression?

how does anyone actually bill 8.5 hours a day?? Even on my most productive days I can only hit 6, 6.5.

I feel like I'm going through really bad imposter syndrome, How do you manage it ?

If anyone in DC area is looking for a great therapist.... i cannot recommend mine enough! I have seen several and she’s been detrimental in my getting better: Janet Wilson in Arlington.

Ladies who love food: let’s try out different cool restaurants together!

Looking for M&A attorney (8th to 10th year range-ish) with impeccable pedigree from BigLaw to LEAD an M&A dedicated practice at a PREMIER Global law firm's Boston office. Fast Equity Partnership track. A chance to lead and build a team. Only from top 25 Am Law firms. No book of business required. AMAZING opportunity for the right candidate. Incredible firm that negotiates one third of all VC dollars raised worldwide!

I know that people say it’s all about story, but with a certain gpa/gmat score is there a “floor” that you’re safe on? For example would someone with 4.0/780 (not me) be pretty much assured at least 1 M7? Or is there a reasonable chance that all M7s will reject them? Or is their floor just lower (T15 for example)?

Hi everyone,
I was doing a brief overview of GMAT math, and I feel like I need to start studying math from ground 0. Can anyone provide and advice from personal experience, or from that of a friend? My goal is to get into a t-20 MBA program. Thank you in advance! Happy holidays

Anyone have advice on protesting property tax increases for a recently purchased home?

Appraised value went from 540K to 700K...

What bank do you use, and why? My old bank doesn’t have branches here, looking for suggestions.

im 27 and could possibly retire if I kept my spending low. However you never know what’s going to happen, do you? How do you deal with the uncertainty?

Looking for an SM+ leader in healthcare financial due diligence and analytics to join our team. DM for more information!

Do plants live forever? Or do the die eventually like animals? My peace lily of 11 years is outgrowing its pot and parts of it are dying it appears.

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

Has anyone seen the movie Spotlight? It made me think again about the passion to find the perfect news, the one that would be really helpful and necessary to society.

Have any American Producers ever successfully been able to freelance abroad (London or Amsterdam)? Any advice?

How is the freelance world looking in Chi right now?

Anyone have any advice on who to contact for merch/apparel related gigs? Preferably in the music or sports industry. Recommendations for agencies that focus on this are also greatly appreciated!

Any advice on how to get clients to pay your invoice on time / what to do when they don't? I'm currently working with an agency who agreed to net 30 terms, but has been late with every invoice so far...It's probably a lost cause on this particular job, but Im wondering if there's anything I can do in the future to avoid this situation. Does anyone charge a fee when invoices aren't paid on time? Or is this just par for the freelance life?

Looking to hire:

• Director of Performance Marketing 

• Google Ads Specialist / Media Buyer (UAC/user acquisition specialist)

• Google Ads Specialist / Media Buyer (Search, Shop, Video/Display)

• Facebook Ads Specialist / Media Buyer

More detailed post in the October Job openings if needed. Otherwise feel free to DM me.

Is LA the worst right now or am I just the worst?

I may need a freelance senior (ish) AD to partner with for the month of January, in house at a start up. Post your books!

What’s the longest an agency has kept you waiting in reception on your first day of a gig?

I’ve been a freelance print production designer for many years, and usually on-site in the before times. Now I work remote, and am finding it uneasy dealing with billing. Before I always billed hourly, which made sense, but it’s becoming an issue now. Some companies don’t have a full days’ work, so it seems wrong to bill full days, and it allows me to juggle projects for different companies, but my billable hours are down. I know I should bill a daily rate, but not sure that will fly. Thoughts?

What’s the best way to apply for freelance gigs as a producer? Not getting any bites on WNW

Advice on choosing healthcare as a freelancer? Very new to this world and overwhelmed trying to find the right option. I’m 29, relatively healthy, single and no kids.

Recently got a contract job at Facebook NY. I’ve mostly only been a FTE for the entirety of my career, so a bit nervous as I want to eventually be offered FT but feeling a lot of pressure to perform for the next 5 months to prove my worth. At some point it will surely get exhausting. Any tips for how to deal with this? Also curious to know what a mid-level PM normally gets paid as a freelancer?

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of getting into copywriting as something to soon the side but I have no experience doing it. What steps should I take (books to read, gigs to start with or pursue, etc) if I want to go from $0 and next to ) experience to $40k or so a year?

Right now I’m currently unemployed and taking a break from my fine art stuff to try to get back into tech sales, but I was looking to expand my skill set and also generate extra money at the same time.

Do agencies typically take the full 30 days to pay?

Have you ever asked a FT gig if you could freelance instead of going FT either to test out the agency/team or to wait out a better offer?

Any insights are appreciated.

Has anyone successfully proposed and negotiated a move from full-time at an agency to freelance? Would love to hear about both positive and negative experiences!

If I contribute to a solo 401k, is the additional profit-sharing contribution (the 25% of compensation after the $19500 contribution) based on my gross income, or is it based on gross income minus expenses? Thank you🙏🏼

On the verge of turning an hourly client into a retainer. Any tips?