Fenwick & West LLP Fenwick & West LLP folks - how do you like the firm overall? For ECVC, do they ever hire debt finance associates as re-tools?

There's a ton of self help and leadership books out there to help people in their careers. If there was one that was written front the lense of a public accounting, would you read it?

Hi,

I have a total experience of 5 years in java and AWS. My qualifications are BTech in computer science from symbiosis.

My current CTC is around 14.5 LPA. Want to know what's the norm going around rn

Looking for Java, Springboot Developers. Kindly DM if you looking out for change or anyone you know is looking having experience in these Skill-set.

Flexible work culture with Prominent WFH.

P. S: Hiring very aggressively, can offer better CTC as per the market standards.

Fishes, Basically, I’m a front-end developer. I have work with most of the front-end technologies and frameworks. I want to learn back-end to get rid of the dependency from the other person who work with the the back-end for the common tasks.

It would be highly appreciated if you could give me some advice/resources/roadmap on the same.

Im so glad I found this bowl! Does anyone want to share what they are reading at the moment?

Can’t stop thinking about that CCO post on here where he was giving amazing advice away! Where can I find it?! 😩 help me fishies! 🐠

I understand the importance of citations. It's a wonderful way to show how your work builds on previous research. But sometimes I just want to write an article that says "I think this" without having to cite everyone who ever said that before me.

Anyone know a way to get a cheap flight this coming festive period?

One Ticket is still open for GOA in the office referral. Anybody interested plz drop the number.

mandatory in office time might move to Jan. Would it be cheaper to move to Philly now vs in December?

28F here. Any single folks a member of any country clubs or ClubCorp clubs in the Atlanta area?

I’m moving from Boston and am going to transfer my membership to The Buckhead Club but am not sure if that’s just for old people or not...

What is salary range in MongoDB for International Sales Manager based out in India?

eb1, 2,3 ,5 all seem backlogged .. May have limited knowledge of gc process..but does it mean unless there’s a major change in policies, there’s no real chance of GC for Indian born immigrants now?

All, planning to head to France for the race in June. Any tips?

Hi Fishes,

I am trying to explore and obtain a career opportunity in UK or Europe. Could you all help me with how to go about it or any suggestion how to get an interview and move to UK for work.

Does anyone work at AFS and would like to chat about a referral? I worked at Accenture before but had to leave due to a COVID-related family issue. Looking to come back!

Any recommended books to read prior to beginning a summer associate position? Transactional/ Corporate & Finance

How much are 3-5 yr associates making in big law in Denver? I’m a female and one of my male colleagues told me he makes $10k more than me and we received the same score on our annual review

Does someone have a good punch list of things to do before giving notice at a firm?

Anyone have an Echo device in their office? I really like having them at home but I’m not sure if I should have it at work.

Do you always feel tired? How do you have energy for anything with this amount of work.

How often does your firm give out branded swag? Anything good lately?

How do you manage competing interests during a singing or closing? I’m working on a closing scheduled for this week (obviously everything needs to be done asap) and while I’ve told folks on my other deals that this closing is very busy, I’ve gotten really snarky responses and have been told that I’m taking too long to respond to stuff that (in my opinion) is not urgent on these other deals. Everyone seems to think that their task is more important than an actual closing. Advice?

Is it too late to completely switch practice areas as a fourth year associate?

I have ADD and occasionally make small mistakes in my work, like leaving a word missing when editing sentences, small formatting errors or leaving an internal comment in drafts sent to clients. All partners have been very understanding and care about the quality of my work, and no client has ever complained. Partners and clients praise my work.

But now, one partner has become super mad and when I explained ADD, he said:

It’s year one, month seven, everyone is angry for no reason. I don’t know what day it is. When do people start being nice again? Do they ever? I can’t quick this job. I can’t quit this job. I can’t quick this job...

When did you receive your signing bonus?

Which firms are actually doing work in the emerging tech space - NFTs, DAOs, and related blockchain fun?

Have you ever said I love you while hanging up a call with a client or partner by accident? You aren’t alone. 🤗

Junior Associates - How much student loan debt are you and your peers in these days? A few young partners and counsel at my firm were discussing the student loan moratorium and most of us were convinced we could have paid the majority of our loans off with the bonuses associates got these last two years. But we are all old and when we graduated 150k to 200k was about the max student loan debt people graduated with. So educate me. What is the average student loan debt these days?

How long of a commute would you consider to be too long? First year associate trying to balance convenience with living more frugally to save up some more money.

What's the main difference between working at a practice area specific boutique and big law?

When and how do you push back on people senior to you? Fifth year dealing with supersenior associate (11th year) who completely lacks good judgment & common sense. One of those super smart but impractical types. As just one example, he recently called me to tell me to call someone who’s on vacation and ask them to send a calendar invite. I offered to send myself but apparently that wouldn’t work (presumably because it would be efficient & make sense.) At what point (and how) do I Just Say No?

Are we allowed to dish on how ineffective recruiters are? I’d really like to Yelp bomb a specific recruiter for being so ineffectual, unresponsive, negligent, and ghosting

What are people’s experiences with SSRIs/did they help you with work?

Ah, Fridays. The day partners decide they don't want to work all weekend and dump everything on you.