Is it better to stay at a top big law firm (equivalent to the V10 in the US) but satellite office doing a very niche type of work that I don’t enjoy or move to a mid-sized or boutique with more work? Other big firms in my city are unfortunately not hiring.

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It's tough to do work you don't like for the long term.

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Do the niche work too long and you’ll be pigeonholed.

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That’s what I’m afraid of… I’m afraid people will think I moved down the ranks because I couldn’t handle the work or pace at a top firm but I truly dislike the work. No perfect solution unfortunately.

Go find the work you enjoy and do that. This career demands too much from you to do work you don’t like.

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That’s also what I thought… So far I am performing very well but obviously this is not sustainable to keep performing well at something we hate. Thank you.

Ask anyone outside of law what V10 or Am100 means? I hate to break it to you but there is so much more to life than these stupid rankings. I will take more meaningful work over any vault firm. Life truly is too short for it!

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