What is it like to practice debt finance in Houston? Are there a lot of law firms and clients out there? Bank teams and private credit funds?

What do we think about Joan?

Guys, I am looking for an opportunity in Testing. Have an experience of 22 years across Core Banking, Investment Banking and Non Banking domain as well. Currently i was working as a PM Delivery. If anyone has any info please share me personally.

Thanks in Advance.

Do we observe a holiday on 1st November?

Im interested in learning more about GCP, besides Google’s own resources, anybody has a preference for either A Cloud Guru or Cloud Academy for GCP material?

Hi everyone,
Does anyone know what will be salary day if I fail to submit my bank details before 28th.
It is before Jan 15th. But can anyone be specific.
I have to plan to pay my bills.

Best New Years trip for two

Girlfriend's firm got hit with that European cyber attack and they haven't been allowed to log in for two days. It's been pretty awesome so far. Like an adult snow day.

Brisbane hotels - Hilton or Sofitel?

Clinical Access Coordinators at AHN, what are you making?

Anyone hiring in NYC?
Willing to sponsor a work visa?

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Can I get some likes so I can dm

Have all calls happened? Was expecting a call but haven’t received yet (making me more anxious).

Your team not make it through to the conference finals? I know that feeling.

What moves are you hoping your team will make in the off-season?

I recently lateraled into Big Law. Most of my colleagues are homegrown. My shift did involve a big change in practice area, and there's work that I haven't done before that I now have to do.

But, sometimes I feel stupid here, even for work which I have done previously. It's like I'm unable to understand instructions the first time around. And I have seen my colleagues getting annoyed by that. It's like I've become dumb. In my defence, I could say they're giving half assed instructions.

Mostly just here to that it’s tough dealing with time differences for int’l clients... any tips on being appropriately responsive in the evening? I’m ET and the clients are all over Asia and Europe

How does one go about switching practice groups within the same firm? I was under the impression it’s better to lateral elsewhere but I do really like my firm, just not the work in this practice area. Want to switch from transactional to litigation.

Conventional wisdom on current firm counter-offering when mentioning you have a few offers? I have an offer at a large firm in Miami. Current large firm has no office there but mentioned they can likely let me be there in a remote basis. BCG and a few other law blog sites have advised against accepting current firm counter-offers, e.g., likely to leave, not loyal, off partner track, etc., but would love to hear everyone’s thoughts.

Moving from government to BigLaw as a 6th year. Since I'm coming in as a mid-level, I feel like this transition is different than a junior whom partners expect to know little. Any advice?

What was the hardest class year for you? I used to think first year was by far the hardest but now I’m a third year and I’m really feeling the pressure to step up. I work in finance and at this point I’m expected to handle closing documents, manage first years, draft some portions of major docs, etc. I feel like I’m always frazzled, constantly second guessing if I handled something correctly and anxious to answer calls from clients/OC. The worst part is I think people can tell I’m a mess....

Boston biglaw associates, do you pay for monthly parking and drive into the office? Or do you still ride the T?

I'm thinking of leaving firm life and applying to the NY SG's office. Anyone heard anything about it (work environment, prestige, etc.)?

Explain to me like I’m 5. Why does the monthly billable hours goal on things like Intellistat change month to month. I’m not hitting hours this year. Last month goal was 158. This months goal is 180.

Who is this Alexander Barnett guy in Florida? The FL Bar’s disciplinary action against him is beyond wild!

What should your realization rate be as a first year? I have not gotten any negative feedback but my realization rate seems...bad

Anyone else at a firm with a fiscal year starting November 1 in limbo with hours? I've hit my bonus hours but there's no way to hit the next bonus level in just a month so I'm just gonna give the firm like 180 free hours...

Has anyone else felt like they were blindly drinking the “kool aid” about their PG/firm’s culture? As a 5th year associate who has only ever worked in one firm and has no point of reference for different “cultures”, I sometimes wonder if I’ve been brainwashed.

Advice for interviewing at Greenberg Traurig, or big law in general?

Can you name a firm (preferably NY office) that lets its associates work from a different country with no issues? The mid-size firm I’m currently at has been very flexible during covid but I’m looking to change firm (biglaw). Since my family is abroad I find it extremely valuable to be able to do this (I did this even before covid for a couple of weeks, twice a year). I’ve heard firms like Latham and Paul Weiss don’t allow it for tax reasons.

What monetary goal/target are you telling yourself to hit before quitting big law?

Is esquire CLE legit? They have cheap CLE’s for Florida

How many billable hours in a month does it take for you to think you are billing a lot?

This partner I like and work for often gave me the most lukewarm review, very bummed

How do you stay motivated day-to-day when the work gets boring? I'm a first-year associate who was assigned a long-term project with no deadlines. I'm struggling to bill 8 hours/day on this incredibly repetitive project.