Question for funds folks, since no one is around to answer any questions and I can't seem to find this answer anywhere. Why can't a placement agent combine or integrate the offering of interests in the sponsor's fund with the contemporaneous offering of interests in another fund? Is it based on reputational risk or from a sales perspective in case someone rejects both funds, any other issues? Thanks!

How do you represent pure strategy asks in your book? I’ve only ever shown the creative and write ups for the strategy that informed it. Approaches?

I live in a building with new construction (constant jackhammering) going on next door. Is there anything I can do? I primarily WFH and I can’t even take a call without everyone asking about the background noise.

Guess my pay.

I have 15+ years of experience.
I am an individual contributor. I do not manage people.
I have never been a manager.
My job title is "software engineer".
I have worked at multiple FANG-level companies. Currently at a FANG.
I work between 30 and 35 hours a week.
I am remote and can work from anywhere in the US.

For precision I will use my 2021 W-2 gross and include my company's 401k match.

Comment with a number and I'll tell you if my pay was above or below the number.

Hi all, any recliner sofa brand recommendations? Ideally a 3-seater and leather. Thank you :)

Does anyone sell into SLED (client sales) accounts? Curious about how it’s different than main stream enterprise accounts. I honestly know nothing about this area and I’m exploring opportunities. This topic came up. Thanks!

Met this guy through friends a few years back. He made me feel really special, told me he was going through a bad patch with his gf at that point. Things happened between us in a couple of months and

Just wondering that at AHM, we are told to move to base cities. Is it compulsory? Looks like an hybrid model is expected from 3 Jan so moving can happen in block leave. Please let me know your thoughts.

What’s your dream client-side gig?

What is ICI entity in Accenture? Can someone please elaborate?

Hi guys,
Can anyone suggest, how is the market or job opportunities for data analyst or data scientist for fresher? For a person who is working in sales and willing to change his career path.

Even if you have ZERO interest in the job, anyone else apply for open jobs on LinkedIn for which you know 100% you're immensely qualified/even overqualified—that is, the place would frankly be lucky to have someone of your experience/portfolio/reputation—all just for one reason: to see if you even get a f$@!*ng response? Or if yet again, you won't get through the ATS robo-gatekeeper?

Has anyone traveled around the Schengen area with a US passport? I have a flight from Paris to Madrid and am kind of nervous I’ll be denied at the gate

Getting remarried next November and trying to think of honeymoon destinations. We wanted to go to Greece but I understand it’s the off-season and there might not be much going on. Same with Italy. We’ve done the Maldives and he’s been to Bali, so those are out. Ideally we’d like to relax somewhere sunny and warm, but we just can’t think of where to go. Any ideas?

Sometimes people ask why I love being an engineer. I always say that technological innovation is amazing! If we can use technology to make our lives easier, then why not?

Do you actively include pieces of the mission statement in your marketing?

So when Twitter breaks, does everyone move to Discord or Reddit? If it's Discord, I need to know which server to join

Anyone looking for a first year litigation associate in San Francisco Bay Area? Prefer big law but open to minimum base of 150k, please. Thank you for the leads in advance! C/o 2021

I have my annual review and salary negotiations coming up next month. I am a third year doing general litigation in a big firm in LA. I am currently in the $100,000-$125,000 range billing 2100. I exceeded my hours last year by 50 hours. Am I reaching too high if my expectation is to be in the $130,000-$150,000 range? Any advice on negotiation higher a billable for higher salary? Thank you!

PSA: The past tense for lead is led. Please, for the love of god, stop using lead as the past tense for lead.

What’s the best real estate shop in Dallas? Not including Winstead or Jackson Walker.

Other than Gibson Dunn, which V20ish firms have strong employment practices?

Diligence of organizational documents. What do you look for?

Anyone else been cut out by their entire immediate family? Not financially, but emotionally. This has been extremely hard for me - I am the only one in my immediate family that has children and still, no one seems to cares.

Anyone at Orrick interested in referring someone??

What's your biggest struggle as a junior lawyer?

How many billable hours do you aim for per month? Thinking of lateraling to a firm with no official hours target and wondering what I should be aiming for - is 170/mo (2000 per year) acceptable? Don’t want to burn out but also don’t want to get fired lol. I also understand there’s little control over how much I’ll work but just wondering what y’all think is good enough.

For those who have lateraled, how much did you end up billing in your last week?

Based on the responses on the other thread that think $1M is not enough to quit big law, how much do you personally think is enough to quit big law (but not necessarily retire)? No right or wrong answers I suppose but just curious…

Surprise all associate call at 11 today. Wonder what this could possibly be about. We were told last week that associate pay cuts were not happening but could later. I guess later is one week, lol.

Are written reviews always positive, or can you generally tell the direction of your in-person review from the tenor of the written review?

We’ve just had performance reviews, and it turns out that every junior/mid associate in my practice group (including me) that I have spoken to has individually been told that they’re performing above their level and that they are amazing etc. Is this normal / is this a retention tactic? A number of juniors are considering moving laterally, in case it adds any context, just seems weird to all be told the same thing when it can’t be true for everyone...

Im paying $500+/month for firm's health insurance and I havent gone to the doctors or received any medical care. Is there a cheaper option that people use? Im single, so no spouse's plan. I really feel like I dont need it...

I’m feeling so anxious. Never had a problem with anxiety prior to starting biglaw. Running 5 deals at once (m&a midlevel) and don’t know how much more I can take.

Just graduated and took the bar. Will be starting in the litigation practice group at a Big Law firm in the fall. I want to use my time off to set myself up for success. Any books I should read? Skills I should learn (e.g., excel)? Other advice? Thank you all.

How do you handle difficult partners to work for? Like the ones who will tell you to research a b and c issues in an area you have no experience and then ask why your summary doesn’t include x y and z? I don’t have capacity to be his research assistant when I already have a full plate but don’t know how to tell him that

Someone needs to explain to me why I need to urgently (like yesterday) explain a matter to the people running the specific part of the deal (noting to them that OC’s request is nonsense because Y) only to be copied two days later - “my colleague X will provide”.