Help me solve a dilemma. If I do two more years at a biglaw firm, I’ll hit my FIRE number. If I go in house, it’ll take me three years. I hate biglaw and want my life back, but also don’t know what in house has in store. What would you do?

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Go in house, you’ll have way better career opps with experience on both sides of the aisle

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How many yoe do you have? I am impressed.

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10.5, I’m old lol

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Just go in house

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One year is nothing in the grand scheme of things.

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Unless you really NEED the money now, why not just go in house?

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Do you have an in house opportunity lined up? Also what's youe fire number? Im aiming for 5m but I dont have a strong rationale as to why

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P1 is the Tom to my Greg

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What’s your FIRE #?

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Does your firm allow you to invest in individual stocks?

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We have no idea what life holds ahead. I’d shovel as much cash away as possible.

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Go to Costa Rica

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It depends how much you hate your current job

Go in house— you might find it much more tolerable and decide you don’t mind bearing it a bit longer for additional savings

How did you get to $3.5m as an associate??? Amazing investing plays? Low debt load off the bat? I guess if you’re super senior then you’ve had a great decade in the stock market if you started early.

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