I have been working at a small firm for about a year and a half. I like working here well-enough, but it feels like I'm not actually learning much of anything or getting they type of experience I need to move my career forward and I'm not sure what to do about it. Any advice?

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Leave or you will be left behind. Alternatively, look to take on more responsibility at your current firm, if your situation will allow it. I left my first firm and was shocked to see all the things I didn’t know (or thought I knew, but didn’t).

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