Summer Associates 2014: Thoughts, Anxieties, Experiences... Forum

[brotherdarkness]

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[bk1]

Slow day today. What time do you guys leave if you don't have anything to do? Walking out the door at 5 seems weird.

Plenty of SAs leave at 5 on a regular basis.

[brotherdarkness]

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[sap]

Got assignment at 3 due at 11A tomorrow. Went home when it started to get dark to work remotely. Remote access software doesn't work. Having minor panic attack.

[Danger Zone]

Got assignment at 3 due at 11A tomorrow. Went home when it started to get dark to work remotely. Remote access software doesn't work. Having minor panic attack.

Go to sleep, wake up early, and hit it hard.

[Valley of the Deer]

Got assignment at 3 due at 11A tomorrow. Went home when it started to get dark to work remotely. Remote access software doesn't work. Having minor panic attack.

Go to sleep, wake up early, and hit it hard.

This. Good luck!

[brotherdarkness]

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[Valley of the Deer]

Got assignment at 3 due at 11A tomorrow. Went home when it started to get dark to work remotely. Remote access software doesn't work. Having minor panic attack.

It's not even 10pm, you've got time. Get back to the office ASAP. Bring a Red Bull and a sleeping bag.

Actual advice or a joke?

[chem]

My SA seems to easy compared to these stories, which is making me anxious

[Danger Zone]

Got assignment at 3 due at 11A tomorrow. Went home when it started to get dark to work remotely. Remote access software doesn't work. Having minor panic attack.

It's not even 10pm, you've got time. Get back to the office ASAP. Bring a Red Bull and a sleeping bag.

[brotherdarkness]

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[jbagelboy]

Got assignment at 3 due at 11A tomorrow. Went home when it started to get dark to work remotely. Remote access software doesn't work. Having minor panic attack.

It's not even 10pm, you've got time. Get back to the office ASAP. Bring a Red Bull and a sleeping bag.

Actual advice or a joke?

I meant it as a joke. However, if it's a big research assignment and I wasn't confident I could finish it within the confines of the morning hours, I'd probably go back to the office.

ETA: Many of the junior associates at my firm told me that they pulled quite a few all-nighters (or were there until 5am) when they were summers, so my views are a bit skewed.

Geez, I really want to know where you work now.

[brotherdarkness]

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[Valley of the Deer]

Geez, I really want to know where you work now.

I'll note that, thus far, I haven't been required to stay late. I was helping on a matter the other night and it was clear that the senior associate I was working with would be there all night. I was sent home by 8pm. I don't think they want to make us grind over the summer, but if shit comes up we're expected to be part of the team.

Corp or lit?

(sorry if you've said this in a different thread--don't remember)

ETA: you seem to be taking it in stride, though. mad respect, brother.

[brotherdarkness]

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[Nelson]

My SA seems to easy compared to these stories, which is making me anxious

These stories all seem insanely intense compared to my experience. I think it just varies firm by firm.

[sap]

My SA seems to easy compared to these stories, which is making me anxious

These stories all seem insanely intense compared to my experience. I think it just varies firm by firm.

Even within firms, it seems to vary by partner. My office mate had left right at 5 every day so far, so.

[brotherdarkness]

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[Nelson]

BD outed as a WLRK summer.

[Valley of the Deer]

BD outed as a WLRK summer.

I would guess S&C from personality

[sap]

BD outed as a WLRK summer.

I would guess S&C from personality

Wherever it is, it sounds like the worst.

[brotherdarkness]

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[twenty 8]

Hard to believe a year has passed since I was an SA. I recall that Last Memorial Day weekend the office was a ghost town by noon Friday, ditto this year too.

As far as when to leave, they did what they could to get us SAs out by 6PM. The exception was if an SA was assigned to a case and was working with a partner (that started around the 4th week). I also recall that the first week or two was light but then it picked up and never ended. We were all offered during the 10th week and they gave us the option to stay on for extra weeks. At first I thought I was taking advantage of the situation but it turns out we were so busy that I worked right up until classes started. The formal written compensation packaged arrived about 6 weeks later. Since I didn’t have to relocate there was no stipend, but they paid for Barbri and exam fees. That’s my SA experience.

[Kikero]

Checking in after my first week. So far so good.

[wiz]

Survived week one. I think I consume approximately 12,000 calories per day. This whole firm 15 thing is not cool.