Is there any firm size or practice area where you can make $500-700k/year (as a partner) and not work biglaw hours? I’m frustrated by my in-house earning potential but am also unwilling to work biglaw hours and don’t need the $1mm+/year payoff for biglaw partnership.

Does anyone have any suggestions for work pants for petite pear shaped women? I have struggled to find one that fits well without having to do major alterations 😭

Any tips on transitioning from a senior designer to ui/visual designer? Should I take a course? Study ux and ui even though I want to focus on UI?

Hello, When do FIS pays quarterly bonus? In which all month's salary?

Does anyone have any recommendations for a multitouch attribution setup in HubSpot?

Can someone pls help with a referral in non tech roles?
I am in need of a job change and trying hard for it.
My background- 1+ yrs of experience in waste management company in Commercial and operations department.
I am a MBA- Marketing (2020) and B.com grad

What would you do in this situation?
We live in a small but growing town near Charlotte. The city’s housing market is booming and so is ours. There is LOT of new construction in our area and my house is 15yrs old but has lots of upgrades. My house has also appreciated well and my youngest is a rising junior so we were planning to downsize in 2-3 yrs when he goes to college so what I am trying to decide is whether to sell now to lock in the profit or wait for 2-3 yrs - continued in comments below

I have been working in Analytics( Python, Ml, Cloud) for 5 yrs now and in total 11 yrs exp.
Always been a technical person and for 2 yrs now into some mentoring and process management also.
I have done Btech and planning for higher degree this year.
Need your inputs how anyone in this tech stack have planned there career and appreciate any suggestions on how i can plan my career from now.

Current CTC :27LPA
Thanks

This might sound like a crazy question but never having worked in public before: Billable hours - if you’re very efficient at your job, do you stretch out the time and work slower to get to your billable hours or do you safe the client the money. In a Situation where you don’t have other projects to work on. Tell me the ins and outs of working billable hours for a complete newbie.

Hello,
Is anyone looking for an entry level HR employee? I’m looking to transition into a HR role. My work experience is comprised mainly of accounting and regulatory experience, and I keep getting overlooked for entry level roles due to lack of experience in HR.

Anyone have a financial advisor you’d recommend?

Hey fishes,please pour you thoughts/experiences about Bank of america WLB and internal hike.

Liberty Mutual Corp Strategy and Research, insights to career progression, salary, prestige vs Big 4 consulting? I don’t want to stay in Boston, not sure if the opp makes it worth staying

Tips on how to get a table at 4C, Carbone, Via Carota… and other spots that seem impossible nowadays!! Pls help.

I got approved for the SaT FDD rotation this summer, but tbh idk if I can make it until then. Audit is terrible right. But I think I might burn some bridges if I left. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Should I wait it out and do the rotation or just apply somewhere else.

Hi! I used to work at PwC and currently work at Friedman. I’ve been at Friedman for about a year and a half and I love it! We are hiring at an experienced associate and senior associate level! Cont..

Till wht year of experience companies hire for Senior software engineering and from which year they start hiring for Team Lead positions(approx).Is there any fixed distinction?

Are there any legislative drafting attorneys who can talk to me about what the day-to-day is like?

Shout out to the Kirkland associate who just asked my partner to turn comments by Friday. Solid flex.

I was appointed to represent a child in a substantiation hearing. Anyone in Delaware done one recently? Looking to pick someone’s brain about it.

Have you ever considered transferring to an abroad office?

What additional documents do I need to send our bankruptcy specialist who reviews non-con opinions? He scares me and I don’t wanna get scolded for not including something.

Where can I buy a solid office chair that is not too expensive?

I’m a new attorney and really struggling with billable hour requirements. It’s even harder when I’m typically in meetings/trial with more senior attorneys and not being able to bill for that time. Any suggestions?

For the litigators...do your state courts use electronic filing similar to ECF or do only some counties/parishes use electronic while others are stuck in the olden times. If not, what do you think the refusal to adapt comes from?

Anyone have a good response to RFP template/sample? Jury rigging something right now but, man, there has gotta be a better way.

Advice for tackling a backlog of assignments? Been absolutely swamped and the list gets longer every day. Have had active deals to prioritize and the partners understand but there is now a spreadsheet full of things I owe that are growing urgent and I need to refocus my efforts intelligently.

That time of year... friends in the office giving me funny/cool gifts. I’ll need to reciprocate but am just brain dead these days.

What are some of the best “office” gifts you’ve received in the past?

Does clerking for a judge actually help you become a better litigator or is it just a prestige thing and because firms like to see it?

Does anyone think their office will delay opening because of the delta variant?

10 billable hours this week so far… is this normal for a first year associate during this time of the year? (Transactional)

Just started as a first year at an ID firm in soflo. Had no idea what I was getting myself into or that 2400 hours was out of the ordinary. I expected to get grinded and paid “low” but now I’m scared that I won’t be able to get out of ID based off what I’ve been reading and make real money like I had hoped. Any advice on getting out/when if it’s too soon?

Tax lawyers: what do you guys actually do?

I’m interested in taking on a Pro Bono case through a nonprofit org, so should I disclose that I’m taking the case to my current employer (in house)? The case has no overlap with the field my company is in and I’ll be doing the work off the clock.

Anyone else have one cell for both work and personal? I do bc I didn’t like the idea of keeping track of two phones and didn’t want to pay for my personal one, but now I want a new iPhone and don’t want to wait for my firm phone upgrade.

How do you tow the fine line between sticking up for yourself and not talking back to a partner? For context, our firm has seemingly started making a paper trail for layoffs and I disagree with some of the emails that I have received. I want to respond in a way that covers my own ass. However, I don’t want to piss anyone off, especially if I have read the situation incorrectly.