I'm the solo GC of a growing start-up. I'm liking it so far but feel heavily under-utilized and somewhat unappreciated. There's a lot I could do but I don't seem to have the room to. CEO insists I only focus on a few things and turn a blind eye to a lot. More importantly, business sometimes acts like I'm doing something wrong by literally doing my job (even when business focused), as if i'd slow things down when I turn stuff out in hours. Is this common? Advice on how to handle? 1st inhouse gig.

Best books you read this year that aren’t about sales, marketing or prospecting?

Any recruiters on here who have never reached out about a job and then not followed up? Asking for an industry.

Anyone know a good degree evaluation service?

I have my first interview for a PMM role coming up on Tuesday at a tech startup. Would love some insight into a typical interview. What questions can I expect?

Anyone else exhausted from the last few weeks?

Can someone share the salary for a UX designer with 5 years of experience in Microsoft. I have cleared all rounds and I am not sure what do I ask as my expected salary going by microsoft standards

How does one share a Delta drink voucher? Can you just take a screenshot?

Feeling like it's only a matter of time before I have to tell the new marketing dept head that the snazzy jargon just makes him sound like a tryhard and alienates our customer base

Asking for a friend. Do you know if navigant has a “freeze” policy where candidates can’t reapply for a certain number of years if they don’t get in the first time?

Can someone refer me to the Automation testing role in SG. I am having 7 YOE in QA and Automation. Thanks in advance.

Any good recommended books on how to build a scalable product and team? I'm looking for recommendations for two areas: 1) in general laying the groundwork in a startup to have the tools and especially processes in place to scale, and 2) tactical focus on building a SaaS project. I've been promoted into a management role from Dev roots, so need to learn more PM processes to be an effective manager in day job, plus would like to start building my own SaaS solution.

Elsevier- MDM, AWS, Java Spring, SQL
Citicorp- Spring, Java,Struts, Angular
Confusion between these two. Same package for both. Please share your experiences, knowledge and views.
Thanks in Advance.🙂

Hello Guys,

IBM is Hiring in Huge. multiple openings for many profile
DM/comment your email. will share the link and steps. :)

Where are y’all doing New Years Eve Charlotte 🐠?

My background is in tech transactional. I joined a cybersecurity SaaS startup at the end of last year and now also handle more generalist matters in addition to all things commercial-related. I have a number of books on contracts that I’ve found super helpful over the years (The Tech Contracts Handbook, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Sign Here, etc.). Can anyone recommend books they’ve found helpful for L&E matters, privacy matters, product matters, or marketing/advertising matters?

In house interview- I am going to hopefully the final round of interview to meet the whole legal team. I was asked about my availability, and it will take 5 hours if in one day. Should I split to multiple days? Will it cause any issues? Anyone on both sides can speak from their experience? Thanks!

I’m entering salary negotiations at a Fortune 500 company and am looking for trustworthy resources for salary data that I can share with the company if they ask where I got my numbers. I know Glassdoor, but what else?

How far do you require depts be with negotiating commercial contract terms before your legal review? I’m talking routine low value and risk contracts (e.g., vendor services), where Legal terms won’t kill the deal. My clients blindly forward contracts. I say “are you sure this term is ok?” And often get “no.” They’re surprised because they never read them. Checking the temp to see what others experience, what might be normal. I feel contract training in my clients’ future...

Working Moms/Dads: Do in-house positions exist with flex time hours? I need to be able to leave work at 4pm to pick up my son from daycare, but i can get back online at home to resume any unfinished work at 8pm. Is this realistic to convey to any companies in an interview? Pandemic aside, is face time 9-7pm really important? Or should i just try to find a job with a salary that covers a nanny salary and accept that i will never see my son on weekdays (which would be sad for both of us)? TIA!

Outside counsel has been prepping company witnesses for a trial in August. It is my subject area so I am supervising outside counsel. I did not, however, choose the counsel. He is doing a really awful job. Co counsel is better, but not great either. Higher ups love the firm… I do not want to micromanage, but I have genuine concerns about outside counsel’s ability to try this case. Trials are rare, and I just don’t think these guys have actually tried many cases. Cont. below…

About to do my first interview for an in house job (coming from a midsize firm).
What are some questions typically asked, and good answers to those questions?
What are some good questions to ask?

Need a recommendation for a contract analytics service provider. Don’t need the lifecycle or repository bells and whistles, just need something I can feed 10k documents and it provides me with data points, preferably individually and in aggregate. Does something like this exist??

Anyone have insight into Plaid’s legal group? Interviewing for a product counsel role.

Would you say most in-house roles tend to hire from BigLaw?

Has anyone moved from antitrust private practice to a non-antitrust in-house role? If so, what kind of role?

Underrated tech companies to work for? E.g. not FAANG.

Anyone have insight into salary for associate counsel role at Google?

Has anyone heard of TechGC/DeputyGC? Thoughts on membership?

Hi Everyone! 

I'm currently recruiting for 2 in-house opportunities with a mission-driven FinTech startup based in Los Angeles. Both roles are remote, but the company is prioritizing CA based candidates. As such, you must be CA barred/or able to become RHIC.

The first role is for a Sr. Lending Counsel. The client is looking for someone with a strong financial services background to provide business and strategic counsel to internal business partners in support of (cont. below)

How long did it take you to find the right position the first time you went in-house? I am 5 months into it and regretting turning down the (lowball) offer I got a couple months ago.

Been interviewing for two months for an in-house position. Is this standard?

Considering taking a position with a small-cap in the US trying to build their legal department. The title is standard “counsel” although the work would be with the senior leadership team and reporting to the GC in Europe. How reasonable is it to ask for a bump in title - Senior counsel or Head of Legal, US? If it matters, I am a 6th year and have been told that I will be expected to hire a junior or paralegal as we build up.

NFW- I just had a good laugh. Earlier today I was on a video conference call reviewing a Private Label Agreement template with a larger company who wishes to brand label products we develop and manufacture. We came to a very one-sided provision and my sales VP stated “for this one, how can we just say ‘hell no’ ...nicely?” The other person on the call said we can replace the wording with just NFW (no f@$* way) and I said “I will have to add that to the defined terms section so it’s clear”