What’s with the Rolex? Seems to be a defining item for associates. I don’t feel the urge.

Would it be a faux pas to ask a recruiter to connect me with a recruiter for another area? Applied for a tax role and was turned down in favor of an internal candidate, but told to reach out if I found something I was interested in. I'm very interested in some data science roles, but wondering if the request would make me look undesirable. Ideally, I do want to pivot to data science.

Anyone volunteered with Techbridge before? I have some questions

I presented multiple ideas that I thought was a game changer and it keeps getting rejected. All these generic traditional ideas are being chosen and it sucks.. I want to make a difference in the advertising industry but I wonder, do you guys eventually accept how things are and stop suggesting ideas out the norm.

I want to practice privacy law at a medium/big sized firm. I have my CIPP/US, exposure to the field across three internships, and am clerking. NJ/NYC area.

Opinions on master plan communities? Which are the best and why? Which are diverse?

Hi folks, I'm really confused b/w Dallas and Austin terms of deciding where to buy my single-family home.
For people living in Austin, what are some top pros and cons of living in Austin compared to Dallas?
Appreciate your inputs...

Any Chubb owners thinking of selling him at a high? Debating about it, but who are good trade targets for Chubb?

Anyone aware of a promo for American airline status? I don't have status elsewhere to do the match program.

Hi! I’m interviewing for a customer success manager position and need to present a QBR. Anyone with experience mind looking over mine before I submit it this weekend? Looking for some critical feedback from people with experience completing and presenting them. Thank you!

Any junior copywriters need a partner? I have a freelance gig at Leo ending soon. I'm open to any city and any city.

What’s the best way to get into UX/UI design? I’m a traditional in-house senior graphic designer but at my job it’d be a helpful skill to know. Did you guys just do a boot camp or separate trainings? What worked for you?

Optum or global logic?
Which one i should join?
Yoe-2. 5 yrs

What are the pros and cons of buying a used vehicle instead of a new vehicle with around 0% interest. Let's assume it's a car that costs $25-$35k new. And let's also assume that I wouldn't buy new with an interest above 1%. And I wouldn't buy used more than 3-5 years old or more than 40-50k miles.

Help me think this through please.

With the unknowns throughout the pandemic, I am dealing with people at work all with differing opinions on the workplace who all feel their opinions are equally valid. Some days I feel like my title should be changed to VP of Cat Herding. I can’t even get a Does anyone else feel that way? What’s more, as complicated and difficult as the past 12 months have been, I think the next few months are going to get increasingly complicated. I’d love to hear how others are handling the stress.

I'm a Cloud Engineer w/ 8 YoE on a company sponsored visa in UK. Trying to switch jobs and so far after 125 applications for the last 3 months - only 3 interview calls which I didn't get. 46 not considered, 49 haven't replied or job listing expired. Awaiting response from 24 and 3 interviews scheduled.

Is this a bad time to switch or is it my profile or skillset? I updated my CV, did all I could to get shortlisted but isn't helping much.

Any tips? I'm losing my confidence day by day :(

I am planning to switch but since i am in bond with current org. If I leave without paying bond amount they will not give me experience certificate.
Can someone help me to know how important experience certificate is?

For those 2-3 year associates that have transitioned from a litigation to transactional practice, can you provide any tips? Particularly when lateraling to a new firm in a transactional group. I can see a lot of benefits of the lit experience but wondering how others have handled it.

I’ve seen a few posts of ppl trying to transition from lit to tech trans - why? What is your day to day like in TT and how does it compare to lit?

Does your firm let you take 28-30 December off? Many of my team members won’t be working those days and I decided last minute that I’d like to travel somewhere between Christmas and the New Year.

Is cap markets still slow for everyone? Or just at my V10 (NYC)

What are y’all gifting your SOs this bonus season?

Has anyone (successfully or unsuccessfully) asked their firm to speak with a client about a conflict waiver so that they could join a different firm?

New to investing here - anyone feel like they’ve been successfully investing while staying compliant with their firm’s anti-insider trading policy? How do you do it?

Any lawyers out there who write on the side? Trying to figure out what some realistic page/word goals might be for my novel.

Anyone have an idea of when bankruptcy work will pick back up? I’m losing my mind with how slow it is right now.

I’m struggling to keep track of everything in my inbox. What are your best email organizational tips?

We have openings for patent attorneys, with an emphasis on mid-levels. We're an IP firm with offices around the US and the world. DM me!

Any tips for comparing partnership level benefits at two big law firms? It is fairly easy to compare salaries and bonus structures, but not so easy to compare retirement plan type benefits. Any major road bumps to watch out for as to the latter when lateraling?

I'm a first year lit associate and I think I've made a big mistake. I actually hate litigation and want to make the switch into transactional work, particularly capital markets. Is it too late to make the switch? I can't believe that I had to make such a big life decision after what was basically a remote summer last year.

Senior litigation associate ready to give it up to switch to corporate, even as a junior. If only it was possible….

How much does industry experience matter when going in-house? I’d like to move in-house to a tech company, but haven’t done enough tech deals during my time in Biglaw. Does this hurt my chances? Am I better off lateraling to a tech firm to get experience and build my deal sheet more, and then applying in house?

Cooley is definitely getting a 1 out of 10 on the next vault survey. Punish them

As we head into a new month (with more billable hour targets to hit) just wanted to encourage y’all to keep pushing and stay strong, you got this! Unfortunately, because we work with so many other type A personalities, we don’t always hear about when we’re each having a tough time making it through the day/week/month. But if you’ve been struggling, just know that you’re not alone, and you’ll make it to the other side. Happy Friday!

Help. Followed partners from V50 to V50 couple years ago. Haven’t been able to generate business. Not getting enough work from other partners, but have received very positive feedback when I did. I’m now more senior. I’m sole breadwinner for family of 4. I feel I made a terrible mistake joining the partners. I feel my career is over. I feel that I am going to lose everything. I’m in a terrible mental state. Having terrible thoughts. Feeling alone and no one can help me. Is there any way out?

No matter how many hours I bill, I always feel like I’m failing in some way. Not organized enough, not efficient enough, not knowledgeable enough, always scrambling to keep up, never feeling like I have everything under control, always thinking about that day I wasted a couple hours and could’ve gotten more done if I’d just tried a little harder... I thought that feeling would go away as I got more senior, but it hasn’t. Is this a common feeling among other associates? And does it ever go away?

Any thoughts on Lowenstein Sandler’s M&A / Finance practices?