I used to be the go-to person for everything... client calls, filings, trial prep, billing questions. Then I made the jump to BigLaw. The pay’s great, sure, but now I handle one sliver of the process on a huge team, and that’s it. I went from feeling essential to feeling replaceable. I know specialization is part of the tradeoff, but I miss actually knowing a case inside and out. Has anyone else made this kind of move and struggled with losing the big-picture connection to the work?

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Focusing in is not a trade-off, although I can understand it’s a big adjustment. Give it some time, and you might have new challenges that keep it interesting.

That's the way things generally work, so it shouldn't have been much of a surprise. Moving from having to wear a lot of hats to working within a specialty seems preferable. I guess knowing a case inside and out might be interesting, but if that wasn't my responsibility I wouldn't care about it.

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