Has anyone on here switched from big law to working for a real estate developer? Thoughts on whether the latter has more interesting work?

Solo that has outgrown DIY document management/billing. Looking to make the leap to an integrated document management and billing software system. Clio is the front runner based on my research to date (I have not yet taken it for the free test drive). Anyone else have any recommendations? Any obvious shortcomings/downfalls with Clio? I worked at large firms before going it alone and have used several of the major doc management systems. Thanks!

I don’t know if I’ll ever get the courage to go back to a high pressure high paying job again but I do want to. I was so stressed out and miserable before. So I kind of took a break by taking it slow and got a different job. The plan was to recharge and go back. After a few mos, I’m missing the projects and sense of accomplishment, also the environment and people. I have the opportunity to go back to that sort of work again, but I don’t know

Did anyone start out in BigLaw and absolutely hate it after 6 months but grow to enjoy the job or at least not mind it? I’m really not enjoying the job but hoping things will get better. The idea of staying more than a couple years feels like a fantasy at this point, but I’m wondering if maybe a switch could get flipped.

I’d love to hear about the careers of anyone using their law degree in an “atypical” way - not practicing as a lawyer, or a lawyer in a way many wouldn’t think of? I’m in my third year at a mid-size firm and realized quickly that I have no desire to have a billable hour requirement for my whole career. Interested in hearing paths others have taken!

Hi there! Hoping to go to law school for immigration law next Fall. I’m interested in business immigration (really to pay off debt and get stable financially) but eventually want to help refugees and asylum seekers in some capacity years later. Is switching areas of focus like that easy to do? Has anyone ever experienced something like this?

Do you think those with masters degrees in accounting are more prepared for the CPA exam?

I have zero CS background (non-engineering major in college). The only ‘technical’ experience I had was tech implementation projects at Deloitte and no hard skills. However, I want to change my career path to coding/sde roles. Will getting a Masters degree in CS give a chance for me to shoot for SDE roles in FAANG? 3-4 yrs into career and afraid that it’s too late

I have an accounting and finance background and looking to change careers. I’m exploring product management. Can anyone suggest resources for product management? Is there anything I need to know before moving in this direction.

Hey y’all. What’s a lateral move? A recruiter reached out asking if I was open to a lateral move. I don’t know what that means. Halp???

Are you expecting to have a lifelong career in finance? If not, what you are hoping to do eventually and are you preparing for the transition (taking any classes, reading specific books, etc.)?

Hi Fishes! I hope y’all are having a great weekend. I did my undergraduate with Rotman, 2 YOE in Commercial/Corporate Banking after graduation, and working in Capital Market Team in B4 Consulting as an Experienced Associate. Now in order to break into MBB, I hope to plan ahead and I am working on case interviews. Meanwhile would really hope to get some guidance and suggestions here from current MBBers, or anyone who went from B4 to MBB, anyone is willing to have a ☕️ chat with me? TIA!!!

Has anybody had success pivoting off the bench into a non-managerial role?

Currently wrapping up my first year as a investment banking analyst. Have ~10 or so interviews the next couple of weeks for strategic finance, corp dev, and corp strat. What are exits like for each of these and how do they compare? Is there one role that is typically seen as more prestigious, etc?

Fishers, any tip to apply and ace for a role that you have zero experience? I have more than 10 years of experience as EA and want to move to OM/admin manager role however most companies only hire those with minimal 3-5 years of experiences.

Anyone work in Salesforce effectiveness? Do you like it? Good work/path to take? Currently in broad HR consulting and considering it as a specialized career path. Thanks in advance!

Hi,
Has anyone here taken the plunge and gone the EB-5 route? Wanted to hear about the pros/cons from someone that has gone through the process.

Anyone switched from ZS to MAANG recently from BO or DA track?

Does anyone know if the Holland hotel is safe? We are staying only for a night (two females) to help a family member move back home

Address is:

175 12th St, Jersey City, NJ 07310

Any recommendations for date night activities besides dinner and drinks? Thanks!

Is manual QA still in demand? What is the maximum salary we can ask for in the market for 8 years experience?

Has anyone returned to the US using Advance Parole card? I’m traveling outside the country for the first time after getting AP and keen on hearing folks’s experiences, what documents were asked at the POE and anything to be wary of.

What are you guys reading now: fiction and non-fiction? Think I will have more time to get back to reading these days. Thanks!

Asking for a friend, he graduated from med school but wasnt able to match and has been out of school for ~7 years, what are potential career options? It it worth trying to get back into medicine?

Hi,
I am having experience in managing team in life insurance industry and in training for last 5 yr.
Looking an opportunity in Canada, Vancouver.
Kindly refer.

I’m a 2017 associate in NYC biglaw. I logged approx. 2300 billable hours in 2019. Is that light, normal or heavy in the biglaw market for RE associates at my level? Thanks in advance for thoughts.

There is almost nowhere to find reliable bonus information on Canadian firms. I’ve heard of year end bonuses ranging from 10-50% this year (not including Covid bonuses). Let’s start a thread posting year of call, rough billable hours worked and bonus as a percent of salary.

5 year call. 1850 hours. 10%.

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

Looking for Job change. Any leads highly appreciated.

Working currently as a Senior Business Analyst with total 9.3 years of exp.
Location Preference : Mumbai, Pune

Justice for Sushant Singh Rajput ❤️❤️❤️ May he inspire us all to be more brave, courageous, and learned.

It's all fun and games until the business guys decide to run signature pages and miss the mezz loan docs and member consent until 3 days before closing. And LC grills you about having originals 1bd before closing (like you reminded the business guys 2 weeks ago)

When do Accenture UK bonuses get paid out?

is 18lpa less for BA4 dev in Barclays? YOE - 6.7. Full stack - React, Java, Oracle. Seeing posts with 22L+ for 4 YOE itself. bit confused

Any idea of PIP culture at AWS professional services? This will be an internal team and the HM and team seems pretty chill! Thanks in advance !

Semi recent lateral (under 6 mo.), mid level, good feedback on work I have done, employment. My workload is still really light. I ask for more but only get discrete projects. What’s going on?

If a firm thinks you’re the right candidate to make an offer to, do they usually continue interviewing anyway? Confused because I had a great interview and think I’m a great fit but the firm is continuing to interview and will make decisions in the next couple weeks. Is that not a good sign?

Second year corporate associate preparing their first issues list for a purchase agreement. The other side came back with a lot of changes and I’m worried about not spotting issues to put on the list/proposed responses to the issue because I’m still learning m&a and am still junior. Haven’t had a lot of safety net on projects due to lack of seniors. Any tips on how to best figure out/prepare an issues list for a revised PA are much appreciated

When is it appropriate, if ever, to throw a coworker under the bus? Came back from vacation to a mountain of work because the associate covering just disappeared. Now, I’m drowning

Any tips on how to plan your week on a Sunday night? How do you plan your day/to do list / allocate your time when working on at least two deals ?

My firm flaunts about being involved in the community and giving back. Offices across the country do a day of service where attys and staff do community service. There is a fee/cost for the volunteer activities and the attys are responsible for paying for it.

Now I strongly believe in donating for different causes but this seems strange that a big firm that flaunts about giving back can’t even pay for the meager volunteer cost for each office. Is this normal at other firms?

What is your typical total time “working” vs. time billed? I think I must be doing something wrong, because I’m having 12 hour days but only billing 7-8 hours/day. I can’t block bill so I lose a lot of time switching between tasks and reading random emails and don’t want to put down a million .1s for reading emails, but still seems weird to be losing so much time. I’ll take quick breaks throughout the day but nothing I’d expect to total more than hour. At a loss here.

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.

How far in advance of taking vacation do you let partners know you’ll be out of office? Is one month before a week long vacation okay?

Can you work with two recruiters if they’re applying to different positions?

Considering a move in finance from a mid-tier uk to L+W. Does anyone have insight on the uk practice wlb? Also I’m aware of their stealth layoffs during previous downturns. Would you consider it high risk to move now and be exposed to an easy sacking during the 6 months probation?

Ideas on what to get with tech stipend? I already have somewhat of a set up so nothing is springing to mind. Would appreciate any and all ideas 💡

Looking to switch from a boutique firm into big law and make a move into corporate from litigation. Anyone have experiences doing this? Also, does anyone know which firms are more willing to hire laterals from outside of big law and which ones won’t?

I’m feeling so anxious. Never had a problem with anxiety prior to starting biglaw. Running 5 deals at once (m&a midlevel) and don’t know how much more I can take.

I’m casually starting to look elsewhere in anticipation of lateraling in the next year. I’m not ready to leave just yet until I find the right fit, but I did apply to one position through a random recruiter email because I was interested. They submitted my resume, but now the recruiter will not leave me alone. I have other recs for recruiters from friends that I would rather explore first, but just wondering if this is common re: the recruiter behavior?

What’s your favorite NYC suburb (yes, ugh, NJ included) to live in and why? We’re going to need to move in the next year or two, max. Need to consider school districts and commute times to midtown NYC.

Do you know anyone that switched from law firm to Carta?

What's your email color coding system? I am struggling with the many colors on outlook and the best way to use them to organize my emails.

How many work hours does it take for you to bill 8 hours? Feeling like I’m inefficient.

What do they typically ask in exit interviews? I have mine today and am curious what I’m going to be expected to talk about.