Partners - what was the most stressful year of your career? The year before you made partner? Your first year of partnership? The year(s) you or your partner gave birth?

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For context, I’m a female senior associate trying to figure out if my life is ever going to get better or if it only gets worse from here.

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All of the above. The year before I made it was such a grind. My first year as a partner was basically like being a junior associate all over. The year we had a baby was overwhelming and made me wonder if I even wanted to go back to work. OP, it may be a rough few years ahead but if you want to make partner, you can do it. Or if you decide this isn’t for you, that’s fine, too. My advice is always to keep going and don’t quit until you’re quitting because you may find that you can push through even if it feels impossible in the moment.

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Year before I made partner was also the year my first kid was born. Nothing was ever that hard again.

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