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[doctoroflaw91]

Have absolutely nothing to do today despite talking to coordinators. Woo.

[Anonymous User]

We have a groupme for all the summer associates at my firm. There are 100+ summer associates.

[BigZuck]

Yesterday I passed another summer while walking to the elevator banks at 5:03

He said to me: "You're leaving? So early?"

No offer?

[jbagelboy]

Yesterday I passed another summer while walking to the elevator banks at 5:03

He said to me: "You're leaving? So early?"

No offer?

For him, maybe.

[Rahviveh]

Have any SUPERSTAR SAs emerged at your firm yet?

[BigZuck]

Have any SUPERSTAR SAs emerged at your firm yet?

If you can't spot the SUPERSTAR does that mean you're it?

[POTUSorSCOTUS]

Yesterday I passed another summer while walking to the elevator banks at 5:03

He said to me: "You're leaving? So early?"

No offer?

This person sounds like a bitch

[beepboopbeep]

Yesterday I passed another summer while walking to the elevator banks at 5:03

He said to me: "You're leaving? So early?"

No offer?

Out him to the other summers and get people to say the same thing to him no matter when this doucheknob leaves

[rpupkin]

Yesterday I passed another summer while walking to the elevator banks at 5:03

He said to me: "You're leaving? So early?"

No offer?

Out him to the other summers and get people to say the same thing to him no matter when this doucheknob leaves

In other words, be an even bigger douche and actually risk getting no offered.

[FSK]

My old job gave me a lot of substantive work, and my SA is turning out to be the bullshittiest of research. I know this is the game, but it's harder to put up with than I anticipated. :/

[El Pollito]

My old job gave me a lot of substantive work, and my SA is turning out to be the bullshittiest of research. I know this is the game, but it's harder to put up with than I anticipated. :/

why is your highly paid make work hard to put up with?

[TLSModBot]

My old job gave me a lot of substantive work, and my SA is turning out to be the bullshittiest of research. I know this is the game, but it's harder to put up with than I anticipated. :/

why is your highly paid make work hard to put up with?

You don't even understand. I'm expected to get like FIVE to SIX "billable" hours per day of make-up work with no deadlines and no consequences, and somehow find time for all of this in between the free lunches and unending happy hours and dinner events! How am I supposed to survive the brutal gauntlet that is being a summer associate?

[FSK]

I mean, I can do it to a very high quality with a smile on my face and a high degree of professionalism. But I see the writing on the wall...

[smaug]

I mean, I can do it to a very high quality with a smile on my face and a high degree of professionalism. But I see the writing on the wall...

what writing is that?

[FSK]

I mean, I can do it to a very high quality with a smile on my face and a high degree of professionalism. But I see the writing on the wall...

what writing is that?

Biglaw is awful and I'm headed that way like a freight train. The job I actually want requires biglaw experience, obv isn't even a guarantee then.

[smaug]

I mean, I can do it to a very high quality with a smile on my face and a high degree of professionalism. But I see the writing on the wall...

what writing is that?

Biglaw is awful and I'm headed that way like a freight train. The job I actually want requires biglaw experience.

I mean I'm not going to agree or disagree re: biglaw being awful, but (1) are you surprised (2) do you think your 2-3 weeks as an SA really give you an insight into that and (3) if your complaint is primarily that you're given make-work, do you expect to be doing the exact same things when you start?

[FSK]

I'm a little drunk and not being super rational, but point taken.

[beepboopbeep]

I think the more charitable way to put flaw's point is that if he's having a hard time with the cakewalk version of associate-dom, the real thing is going to suck even worse

It was phrased poorly in the initial post but I don't think that's a super objectionable thing to say

[FSK]

Putting things poorly in casual conversation is sort of my thing

[TLSModBot]

In all honesty the kool-aid at my firm is mad tempting. I've worked with lit associates for years and watched them slowly break themselves and flee biglaw, but the food, social events, and easy 'work' to date are just... Nice. Easy not to think about actual practice lifestyle down the road.

[El Pollito]

In all honesty the kool-aid at my firm is mad tempting. I've worked with lit associates for years and watched them slowly break themselves and flee biglaw, but the food, social events, and easy 'work' to date are just... Nice. Easy not to think about actual practice lifestyle down the road.

lit does suck. glad to be getting out.

[beepboopbeep]

In all honesty the kool-aid at my firm is mad tempting. I've worked with lit associates for years and watched them slowly break themselves and flee biglaw, but the food, social events, and easy 'work' to date are just... Nice. Easy not to think about actual practice lifestyle down the road.

The social events have been dope so far and the lifestyle/perk stuff for sure has its appeal, but I have a really hard time seeing this being sustainable if my SO were here. Not bad to get home after 8 when it's just me, but different story when someone's waiting. And I imagine an even shittier story when it's work keeping you there rather than getting drunk and shooting the shit with co-SAs.

Also totally shitpoasting til 1k tonight, idgaf

[TLSModBot]

In all honesty the kool-aid at my firm is mad tempting. I've worked with lit associates for years and watched them slowly break themselves and flee biglaw, but the food, social events, and easy 'work' to date are just... Nice. Easy not to think about actual practice lifestyle down the road.

lit does suck. glad to be getting out.

congrats on that BTW.

I'm trying to go corporate/regulatory but lit keeps calling to me.

[Robb]

In all honesty the kool-aid at my firm is mad tempting. I've worked with lit associates for years and watched them slowly break themselves and flee biglaw, but the food, social events, and easy 'work' to date are just... Nice. Easy not to think about actual practice lifestyle down the road.

voluntarily drowning in the kool-aid here because this is some mighty fine kool-aid

[rpupkin]

In all honesty the kool-aid at my firm is mad tempting. I've worked with lit associates for years and watched them slowly break themselves and flee biglaw, but the food, social events, and easy 'work' to date are just... Nice. Easy not to think about actual practice lifestyle down the road.

lit does suck. glad to be getting out.

Whoa! Where are you going?