Midlevel corp associate interviewing for in house role, first legal hire. I think I may get an offer based on how the interviews are going. I’d like to talk to someone who is currently in house and did corporate previously. I’m concerned about missing firm life. All attorneys I talk to who are at firms say that I’ll miss deal work and it’s too early to go in house…in house people say they love their lives. Im at a big crossroads in my career and need an unbiased opinion, which is hard to find.

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I went from biglaw cap markets to in house securities/Corp gov as a 5-6th year. I enjoy not billing and never missed deal work. But I never cared about pResTiGe or working on BiG dEaLs. Depends what is important to you. ​

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A different perspective: I miss biglaw. Not the hours, that’s obviously better now. But I miss how on top everyone was of things, how resources were limitless, etc. I also liked how I could generally own my deals and push it along as how I saw fit. In-house, everything has to be checked by everyone and a lot of people just don’t care at all (but will want eyes on things as they want to show to upper management that they are important). I also don’t like my job and have a general counsel who is a crazy micromanager, so take this with a pinch of salt.

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The cart is wayyy before the horse here.

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I moved Inhouse after a I changed (big) law firms and found myself billing 300hrs/month as a fifth year associate. Quit there after three month albeit huge wage. It was never really my intention to move Inhouse but coincidentally I found a job posting in a big corporation for legal M&A deal work only. To be honest i love it. I can still work in my field but a looot slower. All my former colleagues are inviting me for lunches and events so i can still participate the prestigious lifestyle without selling my soul. Pay cut was substantial but my salary is still more than sufficient. But as said i was very lucky. I loved big law and deal work and I’m not sure if I would have enjoyed finding myself drafting employment agreements and litigating stuff - a thing that happens quite often when you move inhouse and become a general dogsbody.

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Look at who is giving you advice. Firm lawyers (who haven’t been in-house) are saying you’ll miss the firm. In-house lawyers (who have been in-house AND at a firm) are saying you won’t miss it. One side has better information for you in that equation.

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Thank you. That’s exactly the issue.

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