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More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
describe how biglaw kills
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P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
The banking industry has the same problem. The combination of hours and pressure is what gets you.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Your high-school friend group sounds atypical.ballouttacontrol wrote:2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Accidental anonAnonymous User wrote:I wouldn't say that's atypical... OP has been relatively lucky.Hikikomorist wrote:Your high-school friend group sounds atypical.ballouttacontrol wrote:2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
also yea I've had at least 6 high school classmates die of either (1) overdose or (2) drunk driving accidents. but I went to a big high school
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Jesus Christ. I went to a fairly big high school and knew a lot of people. But still, only know one person that died (OD). BigLaw mortality rate does seem insane compared to the average life.beenoparte125 wrote:Accidental anonAnonymous User wrote:I wouldn't say that's atypical... OP has been relatively lucky.Hikikomorist wrote:Your high-school friend group sounds atypical.ballouttacontrol wrote:2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
edit: Actually, is 2600 considered big? if not, nvm
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Yeah, didn't realize this was referring to classmates and not friends. No idea how many classmates from high school have died.beenoparte125 wrote:Accidental anonAnonymous User wrote:I wouldn't say that's atypical... OP has been relatively lucky.Hikikomorist wrote:Your high-school friend group sounds atypical.ballouttacontrol wrote:2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Drunk driving was a big one, plus I went to a huge high school. This is not to minimize OPs experience, though. It's all terrible.sadpandayolo wrote:Jesus Christ. I went to a fairly big high school and knew a lot of people. But still, only know one person that died (OD). BigLaw mortality rate does seem insane compared to the average life.beenoparte125 wrote:Accidental anonAnonymous User wrote:I wouldn't say that's atypical... OP has been relatively lucky.Hikikomorist wrote:Your high-school friend group sounds atypical.ballouttacontrol wrote:2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
DFs been in the game for a while though, right? talking to the slightly more senior attorneys at my firm, it seems pretty norm that they know someone has died in biglaw...beenoparte125 wrote:Drunk driving was a big one, plus I went to a huge high school. This is not to minimize OPs experience, though. It's all terrible.sadpandayolo wrote:Jesus Christ. I went to a fairly big high school and knew a lot of people. But still, only know one person that died (OD). BigLaw mortality rate does seem insane compared to the average life.beenoparte125 wrote:Accidental anonAnonymous User wrote:I wouldn't say that's atypical... OP has been relatively lucky.Hikikomorist wrote:Your high-school friend group sounds atypical.ballouttacontrol wrote:2 doesnt seem like that bad of a mortality rate. you havent had more than 2 other classmates get hot OD get killed in DUIs etc? i had like 5x that many die during high schholDesert Fox wrote:P sure he shot himself. Someone at my old firm jumped off the roof.
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Accidental anon[/quote]
Jesus Christ. I went to a fairly big high school and knew a lot of people. But still, only know one person that died (OD). BigLaw mortality rate does seem insane compared to the average life.[/quote]
Drunk driving was a big one, plus I went to a huge high school. This is not to minimize OPs experience, though. It's all terrible.[/quote]
DFs been in the game for a while though, right? talking to the slightly more senior attorneys at my firm, it seems pretty norm that they know someone has died in biglaw...[/quote]
Pardon my ignorance, but do firms typically offer services to combat this or is it taboo to even bring it up?
Jesus Christ. I went to a fairly big high school and knew a lot of people. But still, only know one person that died (OD). BigLaw mortality rate does seem insane compared to the average life.[/quote]
Drunk driving was a big one, plus I went to a huge high school. This is not to minimize OPs experience, though. It's all terrible.[/quote]
DFs been in the game for a while though, right? talking to the slightly more senior attorneys at my firm, it seems pretty norm that they know someone has died in biglaw...[/quote]
Pardon my ignorance, but do firms typically offer services to combat this or is it taboo to even bring it up?
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
I think we have a psychiatrist on site once in a while? I remember HR talking about something like that but not sure if it exists or, if it does, if many people know about it.beenoparte125 wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but do firms typically offer services to combat this or is it taboo to even bring it up?
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
We have aprogram through the bar association.sadpandayolo wrote:I think we have a psychiatrist on site once in a while? I remember HR talking about something like that but not sure if it exists or, if it does, if many people know about it.beenoparte125 wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but do firms typically offer services to combat this or is it taboo to even bring it up?
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- Deserving Porcupine
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Re: More of my classmates have been killed by biglaw than drugs cars terrorism etc
Bear in mind as well that mortality rates of folks in their late teens are generally much higher than those of people in their late twenties-thirties. Just saying, comparing deaths of high school classmates is not really an apples to apples comparison. A more apt comparison might be mortality among your non-law school college friends greater than three years out... I'm betting it's pretty close to 0.
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I don't know what it is about this job, but it definitely leads to despair and feeling trapped and lost, regardless of your situation (especially if you have a ton of debt)
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