I am evaluating offers to join in house team. Wondering how much does the team size matter for in-house roles? With similar pay, one role is part of a large legal team, while the other is the 2nd hire of the team and seems expect the role to cover a lot, I know the experience could be completely different. For those who’ve worked in both setups — is the start up environment actually helps lawyers grow more?

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Large team wins, unless you’ll be pigeon holed forever there. Make sure you have a good understanding of the role and future advancement ability.

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Is it a startup? You will learn way more and be more uncomfortable. The relationship you have with the other attorney will be much more important too.

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Heck no. Practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

Did you mean startup as in an actual starup/tech? If not, setup 2 is not appealing at all.

That wouldn't be the move that I would make. You might get some good experience but it likely won't help you grow in your career as an attorney. I personally wouldn't go for a startup.

How viable is the startup?

If you reasonably expect it to grow, you will have the opportunity to wear a lot of hats, learn many skills, and solve different challenges.

If the startup is expected to sell itself to another company in 12 months, plan on having to find a new job in 12 months+2 weeks.

If the startup is underfunded, plan on having to find a new job in a couple of months.

For the job with the large legal team, anticipate being tasked with legal matters for their 3rd largest subsidiary involving counterparties whose names begin with letters A through K, and being pigeonholed with that for the next four years, when you will be promoted to letters A through G of their 2nd largest subsidiary. The job will be significantly more stable than the startup, though, unless the company's share price drops by 20% for more than two consecutive quarters, in which case they will shed 20% of the headcount, including staff whose only meaningful skill is handling legal matters for their 3rd largest subsidiary involving counterparties whose names begin with letters A through K.

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