Stub year here. I just spent 3 hours with a partner going over my mark ups in multiple contracts. I spent another hour last week going over a memo I wrote for a different partner.

Until today, I felt way too overwhelmed and stressed about having no other associate buffer. Today I felt like I'm finally starting to get what I'm doing and felt more comfortable in my role for the first time in 3 months.

Here is to a minor step forward

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Lol it pays me 215k a year. Whom is it for?

Good work. Baby steps

So what? Where's the rest of the story?

I’m not seeing the point. Be grateful partners are taking that time to teach you.

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