I left biglaw after 3 years to a mid-size firm. Took a pay cut but the hours, people, culture and work were so much better I never thought twice about the salary or “prestige.” Ultimately I started 2 very small firms. I am not rich by biglaw standards but I have a very comfortable life and put my kids through college with no debt. 35 years after leaving big law, people are still impressed when I say I started there. I feel like I still had the benefits of the connection w/o the suffering.

I have 3 years experience being an account manager in a large brokerage. I got promoted to be a supervisor to a small team of account managers and started at $77k and have now increased to $83k 6 months later. Does this sound fair based on my 4 years experience in the field or am I underselling myself?

Hi guys.. would like to know what's the probability to get selected in H1B lottery?

I have an offer from another company with 30 lpa and current company offering H1 nomination next year with 98k usd.. need some suggestions.

Yoe - 13 years

SVP group client partner in NYC, Health agency. What do I ask for?

An agency I freelance for wants to hire me full-time. They told me for a Sr Copywriter, 100-110k. I countered with 125-150.

I also said I'm interested in a higher-level title - I currently freelance as a Creative Director of Copy elsewhere (they don't have that title at this agency.)

They came back and said yes to the title and to 125, with a 6 month review that could raise it to 145.

Which is good for Sr Copy, but low for CD/ACD level. Don't want to screw myself over. What to say now?

What is the potential contract rate or full time salary for a python full stack developer in Toronto ?

Hi All - I’m at a firm that has some infrequent in-house training but not enough to help me develop skills to eventually become a trial lawyer. I know cases rarely make it to trial anymore, but I’d like to develop my skills as much as possible to position myself well when they do. Does anyone have any mock trial programs they’ve participated in outside of their firms that they would recommend?

Can someone please suggest in what range does Barclays offer for a VP Role in the UK.

What is the average increment range in Lowe's India?

I’m in the process of renegotiating my contract at my current company; small agency/production house, what is a typical creative producer making in LA? I can provide more detail if that helps!! Thanks

Can an ADA make the jump to big law or a boutique litigation firm? I’m a NYC ADA (DANY/KCDA) from a Tier 2 law school (top 45% only) and top 10 undergrad. Can experience make up for mediocre grades?

What would be the salary standard for blow skill set with 10+ years experience

1. Oracle DBA, Golden date , RAC, data gaurd
2. MySql, Mssql, Postgres Sql
3. Cloud DBA in AWS, GCP
4. DB migration from onpremise to Cloud

CCTC - 21 lpa

Im not sure but how much do normal warehouse managers make ? I work ina start up that a makes a substitute for peanut butter for people with nut allergies

120 base, 50 OTE bonus, sales engineer, 3 YOE, HCOL

Anyone else at a firm with a fiscal year starting November 1 in limbo with hours? I've hit my bonus hours but there's no way to hit the next bonus level in just a month so I'm just gonna give the firm like 180 free hours...

How is the FDD presence for BDO/GT/RSM FDD in the South/Southwest? How is the workload and compensation compared to the Big 4?
Have heard that the mid-tier you get more exposure to the entire deal process, is this true as well? Any insight is appreciated.

Has anyone left consulting to go to Amazon? If so which level do you go from/to?

Best tips to negotiate salary. On the verge of making it out of consulting finally

What's more important in selling an idea?

Any idea about google project in HCL ?

I have 7 years of work exp in Data analytics & Data engineering team. Right now managing a team of 12. Will PMP certification help in career growth ? Needed some view points.

Hey guys! What is the standard CTC for a non-qualified in Big 4 currently with 5 years of experience?

Would you rather work at McKinsey or in a Product Manager role at a company like Cisco / Indeed / Atlassian as a new MBA grad?

Do you know what is the worst and heart burning job in this IT world????

Being a HR earning peanuts and giving every Tom ,Dick and Harry 20 plus offer letters .....need to know actual HRs opinion on this ?

Any good stories from 2008-2010?

Deloitte 🐠 - did anyone get selected in the H1B lottery this year? I have only heard of rejections so far sent from BAL

I started an Independent Study project with my students. They are 7 and 8 year olds. They chose their own topics...and holy cow! We have Nikola Tesla, Fibonacci, history of guitars, coding, etc.

Guys please give likes to enable chat for me.

IBM or Globant for the Business Analyst role?

Are there any spreadsheets or charts showing reference points for self report surveys for compensation? Maybe from FB users on salaries, tier city comparisons, level/role, different companies etc?

What do you do when your new creative director turns out to be cheesy as hell? Moving concepts to very cheesy/lame directions

What is the general ranking for A-SC firm benefits across commercial management consulting?

Partners, what is your advice to folks who are currently on bench on how to best utilize their time and what value add activities (personal/professional) that they can/should do.

I left biglaw after 2 years, stayed home with my kids for 8, and then became a recruiter. My husband left biglaw after 1 year, started his own firm, grew it and practiced for 20+ years, and then became a judge. We’ve both been very happy with our choices!

My dad technically left big law after a month of it in 1968. He went on to have an amazing career in both law and politics. Has even been deemed important enough to have his own Wikipedia. Sky’s the limit!

Ex big law capital markets attorneys - what’re you doing now? Do you like it? When did you leave? How much do you work? Can you touch on salary expectations, both as soon as you left, and end of career?

Anyone ex-biglaw to plaintiffs bar?

Obama summered at Sidley Austin

Please share stories of people who left successfully after their first year, I need the inspiration 🙏

I left practice 12 years ago. I became the Director of International Programs at a law school, which was great for a while. But, the bureaucracy eventually got to me. While there, I started a podcast called The Lawyer’s Escape Pod, interviewing lawyers who’d switched careers. And that put me on my new path. I now coach lawyers who want to ditch the traditional work world and start creative or coaching businesses. Never been happier.

Left big law as a 5th year. Currently working at a small firm, billing around 5 hours per day, firm typically makes partners around year 7. Huge pay cut, but loans paid off and I have way more time for hobbies/self care. Life is good. AMA.

A friend has been offered a role as an independent contractor commercial counsel in house (NYC pre IPO tech company) (10-20 hrs/week, with possibility to turn into a full time position). Would appreciate anyone's insights into what would be a fair hourly wage to offer up in negotiations (this person is a 4th year). Thanks in advance!

Just got an offer to go back to BL and contemplating it. Left 2 years ago to work in government and love the wl balance. This offer would triple my salary. Not sure what to do.

Working remotely for a tech co and still can't get over how much more time I get to spend with my kids. To be honest, this alone is worth so much more than money can buy. For those who plan well, I really think exiting can be worth it if family is a priority. It's really helped my marriage also, I'm a lot kinder to my wife with way less stress.

Ex big law attorneys - please share your experiences. Do you regret leaving? Have you found happiness? Pros and cons?

I left in 2013 after five years in. I have since done everything from selling motorcycles, getting a food prep certificate, doing discovery work, starting a few companies, and getting married to a woman who knew better than to speak to the person I was in my big law days. Could not have made a better decision, but wouldn’t mind that paycheck for a few more months.

Thank you for joining. If you don’t mind sharing, how long did you work in big law and what type of work do you do now?