Need help: I got an in house counsel offer for a venture fund. I’m a 4th year. 275 50 bonus 50 options every year. Full benefits covered work anywhere. I’m panicking this is dead end and I’ll never move on and I should stay in biglaw. Am I crazy? Am I stuck in biglaw mindset?

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Don’t take it but send me the recruiters info and put in a good word for me

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Thats a really good offer for a 4th year.

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VERY good offer

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Are u in a venture fund practice now? Sounds like an awesome move. I would do it, that’s why I want to know if I could make this move from general corporate. Also nothing is really a dead end. The company might be a dead end, but then you can take that experience and bring to the next fund or go back to big law or make your own fund!

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So much of this is accurate.

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Take it, then recruit me

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Don’t befall to the biglaw battered wife syndrome… it sounds like an incredible gig. You just gotta bite the bullet and do what’s best for you. These opportunities are not going to come around again when the market is no longer this hot

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This objectively superior to big law in pretty much every way. How did you snag this?

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Honest question - what is “dead end” about this offer?

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How do you get options in a venture fund

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This sounds incredible. If you don’t want it, there are plenty of people waiting in the wings to take it. What about it makes you think it is dead end?

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Honestly, this sounds amazing and I know people who went back to big law after a VC inhouse fund counsel gig.

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No carry?

Very good offer. Better than a lot I’ve seen.

That’s VERY good. By any measure.

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