I’m a 4th year Big Law associate desperately trying to leave. I have somewhat varied experience but more focused in finance and am finding it very difficult to find a job that doesn’t involve a 50% (or bigger) cut from BL base salary. Looking to break into Tech (corporate counsel role) or go to a company with LatAm operations. Anyone here working in similar roles in-house that would be willing to take a look at my resume and give me feedback? Tips in general?

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It is, generally, pretty difficult to find a job that doesn’t involve a pay cut of that size, since that’s the typical pay cut, outside of certain highly competitive sectors.

It’s worth it.

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A 50% paycut would mean $150 base comp - that seems low for finance, especially with the last year of inflation.

A lot of tech roles should give you less than a 50% paycut from a 4th year salary. Hiring is still pretty robust so I would try and find a tech role and get that experience as many in house roles prefer in house experience, so it will ultimately get trickier the longer you stay, and the paycut will be larger.

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Gunderson has a Latam group that is full of good (kind) people and they retool Finance folks to EC/VC. You should look there!

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