I’m starting to look for some new jobs and there is a firm I’d really like to get into. There are four jobs that I might be eligible for but they are across three different practice groups. Would it look bad if apply to all three groups? I’m a relatively new associate with about 2 years experience and I’m interested in all three areas but I don’t want to appear indecisive.

Hi guys, i am working as as Assistant manager in operations have total 10 YOE Looking for position of a manager now. Can anyone help? Current CTC is 8.5 LPA.

Has anyone living in Jersey city used a pediatrician in NYC? 

The facility and individual practitioner reviews seem far superior to the ones in Jersey city. Also not a car owner, so will have to uber to either place. Going to NYC involves tunnel which might be a disadvantage.

Any thoughts/inputs will be helpful

Anyone have any office chair recommendations? I have a cheap one right now, and I am looking to upgrade to something that will help my back.

Anyone work in the Chicago office?

Could you Please DM me if any one working in AMAT


Thanks in advance

I got rolled off my first project bc the client wanted someone with more experience. Now I’m on a project backfilling someone who’s about to roll off his current project (he can’t start the project

Yoe 5
Capgemini is offering 23fixed. Is there still bandwidth?

Evangelicals did sell their soul to the false prophet, didn’t they? From Cohen’s book: Trump held a meeting at Trump Tower with prominent evangelical leaders, where they laid their hands on him in prayer. Afterward, Trump said: “Can you believe that bulls--t? Can you believe people believe that bulls--t?”. The cosmic joke was that Trump convinced a vast swathe of working-class white folks in the Midwest that he cared about their well-being, Cohen writes

How long should you stay at one company before you bounce to another? I feel like I've plateaued in terms of salary.

Have any of you thought about parking some of your emergency funds in a muni bond (tax exempt) etf? I have ~1yrs worth of cash in High yield checking/savings accounts (2% interest), but am in the top tax bracket and am worried about the tax drag. I know munis have performed abysmally with the fed tightening, but am wonder if most of the pain is priced in at this point. Thoughts?

For a writing sample: Is it better to use a motion that you won, or a motion that may reflect better writing/analysis, but that you lost? Does your answer change if the winning motion is more recent than the losing one?

I’m Delta Diamond for 2019 but unlikely to make it for 2020. Worth it to switch to Alaska? My travel is primarily west coast.

Random scribbles on a lonely Saturday -

They asked me - why her,
I wish they understood my words,
For how can I love anyone,
But her

I gave an coding assessment for Amazon sde 1. I was able to solve one question out of 2. Will I be considered for further process?

Does anybody find LevFin Debt work to be more enjoyable than M&A? Gotta choose my group by next week.

If my total income is below 1040 threshold but have capital gains on sale of property, so I still pay tax on capital gains?

Why does USDC supply chain send some to DU, while other OPs don’t. Wouldn’t we all benefit?

I recently (August 2021) took a job in-house in Houston after leaving a firm. My partner lives in LA but freelances so the decision was to take a good in-house job and then he would move to Houston and work remote. However, he’s started to get great directing and editing gigs in LA and now it seems impractical for him to move to Houston or even split time. I love my company but their HQ is in houston and they won’t allow remote work. Continued in comments…

Has anyone used Epona (dmsforlegal) before? Thoughts?

Need some advice re: vacation time. Big law first year in restructuring. Just found out our first years won’t be starting until at least Jan. 2021. I’ve been pretty busy this month - will likely bill close to 300, so I really need a vacation. The other juniors (they’re not first years) in my group have taken four day weekends, but I’d really like to take a week off next month. I also haven’t take a vacation since I started last September. Should I follow the other juniors, or just take the week?

What’s considered an acceptable realization rate? I’m currently sitting at 70%, but it would be around 85% excluding my contingency files.

Doing my first criminal defense pro bono, and wow, the NY prison system is bleak

Average billables for Foley and Lardner?

The clients that always nitpick the bill are the same clients that will ignore you all week and then respond at 2:30 on a Friday and say they’re available for a call at 5 pm. Change my mind.

Does anyone have any guidance on ways to grow social media presence and if that could help my practice? I’m recently barred but want to build a foundation for building my my brand and a future book

Should I send a Christmas gift to my partner? I’ve done cards in the past but. I was a poorly paid intern back then.

You are plaintiff. One of your defendants is a “doe.” You have to move for default judgment. Can you default a Jane Doe? Or do you just fail to prosecute the Doe and default the named defendant?

Do you bill for software processing time? Time it takes to locate and open the proper Word document and exhibits, etc.

That moment when your "smart" plan to boost your hours this month by working the Labor Day weekend (thus turning down all the fun plans your friends made) becomes sitting on your hands & feeling dumb because all the partners are too busy to delegate anything. The worst kind of "off" day is one you planned to /wanted to work, but there's no billable work...

Tax lawyers: what do you guys actually do?

How do you properly vet a law firm? I feel the associates I speak with talk up the firm and aren’t always candid.

can a employer enter into an agreement with the employer acknowledging that they were in a consensual relationship in the past and that the employer waives her “rights’ to sue (cont in comments)

I graduated law school at 29, started working at 29-30. I’m now 31 with 90-100K in savings… I feel behind because all my colleagues seem to have hundreds of thousands saved. I know it’s stupid to compare but I live very frugally because I just feel behind. Is this common? (I’m not considering the student debt I have.)

Any exception to hearsay rules to admit testimony of a decesed plaintiff where we did not have a chance to cross-examine? I know it can’t come in but wondering if any exceptions exist? Corroboration of a co-witness testimony? Any thoughts- thanks! (NY)

Looking for entry level gig economy sites and apps. I’ve tried a lot but I’m always looking for new ones I haven’t heard of yet maybe.

I don’t qualify for anything like Priori sadly. Just need entry level ones that aren’t competitive, maybe geared toward low tier school grads with bottom class rank.

I am out in LA. And west coasters here?

Crazy to think of switching from Lev Fin to M&A? Still on the more junior side so willing to retool. Tell me I’m crazy for flirting with the other department…