Has anyone pivoted from law to non-law tech (or know someone who did)? Do you feel like it was a good decision? How did you get your foot in the door with the tech industry?

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Super interested in reading responses. Thinking about a cyber security boot camp through UCI

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How’s the boot camp?

My previous boss (IT Business analyst manager) was a former biglaw patent lawyer. She tried her best to prevent me from going to law school. She loved her decision.

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Same. 😬

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I had some colleagues that did INSEAD’s MBA program and pivoted that way to non legal tech in singapore

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INSEAD is a program I haven't heard of. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

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Interested as well.

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The Wilmer associate who decapitated a bird back in 2012 did this. But then he ended up at a big investment bank like you’d expect.

So I figure you can do it. Be sales or a project manager.

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wtaf is wrong with people??

Super interested in this as well, glad i’m not the only one who feels this way!

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I did my time and got out and was thrilled but now I am insanely bored and don’t have much motivation. Am considering getting back in or applying to become a police officer / fed...cont

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Giving my notice this week. It’s going to seem very out of the blue as I am a first year associate. I’m leaving to go into a different career path completely. The people are great but I’m just looking for something different. Any advice?

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Big law for 8 years (litigation/antitrust) and have never enjoyed the work. It’s too late to try a new practice area and am thinking about either leaving the law or going in house. Any non law ideas?

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Has anyone here left their job due to burnout?

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Cross-posting: What was your narrative in interviews for wanting to leave biglaw? Presumably you didn't just say I hate working 60+ hours per week in a disgustingly inefficient, top-heavy organization.

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Are there any lawyers that moved to healthcare tech (non-legal related positions)? That would include medical devices, AI, robotics, etc. Would love to learn from your experience.

Parents always wanted me to become a doctor, so did I. However, did not do very well around blood. :))

Thank you!

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Hello! Has anyone pivoted to a legal operations position? Do you like it and why?

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Has anyone transitioned to a career in legal operations management?

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I have been overworked and overwhelmed at my current job for quite a while. This is my first position out of law school, small firm with large caseload, and in my second year of practice. I often think I should look for another opportunity elsewhere but I don't know that any other firms would give me the potential for growth and experience that I am getting here. What are other 2nd year associates doing at other firms? Trying to gauge if I really am getting more opportunities here

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I found out that I can make more money starting, buying and running businesses than I can in law. Plus I'm home at 6pm every night. Did anyone find that out?

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I work with great people. Really can’t say anything bad about my firm in general either. But…I still dislike the entire premise of law firm life, the billable hour, etc.. I’d love to work in a law school setting as a counselor or something but I can’t afford the pay cut. *sigh* Does anyone feel like being a lawyer is just doing homework all day? First world problems I suppose. I’m very thankful to have a job ❤️

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Does anybody work for case text? If so I would love to talk about how you're liking the role and your compensation specifically as an attorney.

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I’m so miserable every day is painful. I want to go tell pre-law school me it’s not worth the debt because you will hate this career and then feel trapped by the debt. And then I want to come back to present day, quit this life-leeching, soul-sucking job and start over doing something else entirely. Too much? Oh well. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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