So sick of working with Wall Street clients... SF big law: please tell me Silicon Valley is better culturally

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Lol. At least bankers are honest about being purely financially-motivated. The tech bros here still talk about saving the world ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„

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Yea...The CEOs down here make bankers look humble.

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Yeah, it's the same thing in terms of the person you're dealing with. You might get more interesting work in SV, but it's still gonna be high volume M&A and IPOs.

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Itโ€™s different but not better. The people who have made it here have egos bigger than anyone Iโ€™ve met. Definitely better weather though! Serious upside to that

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