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PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:32 pm
by 84651846190
if you're a litigation associate. It takes YEARS of consistently applying to almost any job in your area (assuming you're in a major market).

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:51 pm
by patogordo
so i should start applying to google now then

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:59 pm
by Desert Fox
Why go lit if you want In house.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:44 pm
by sherpaorlawschool
What if you're a labor & employment associate? Or is that a category unto itself?

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:54 pm
by FSK
patogordo wrote:so i should start applying to google now then
Wait Google is competitive? Shit

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:05 pm
by 20141023
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Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:16 pm
by patogordo
Regulus wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.
I'm in lit because I want to LIVE in the courtroom

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:29 pm
by 20141023
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Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:24 pm
by Anonymous User
That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:25 pm
by Desert Fox
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:31 pm
by patogordo
i get calls from headhunters seeking "patent agents" all the time

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:42 pm
by Anonymous User
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:42 pm
by patogordo
Anonymous User wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.
what about examiners? oh you said human being

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:46 pm
by Desert Fox
Anonymous User wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.
flame a patent prosecutor would never say this.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:51 pm
by Anonymous User
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.
flame a patent prosecutor would never say this.
There are a few of us patent prosecutors who have autism-free lives.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:49 pm
by patogordo
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.
df what's your exit strategy

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:50 pm
by Desert Fox
patogordo wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.
df what's your exit strategy
hang on for dear life until my debt is gone.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:51 pm
by patogordo
Desert Fox wrote:
patogordo wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.
df what's your exit strategy
hang on for dear life until my debt is gone.
yea but after. you gonna write children's books?

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:54 pm
by Desert Fox
i assume ill work at some sort of firm forever .

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:56 pm
by patogordo
i wanna be that 15th year of counsel that no one really knows what they do here

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:56 pm
by Desert Fox
patogordo wrote:i wanna be that 15th year of counsel that no one really knows what they do here
Yea that would be 180

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:18 pm
by Old Gregg
patogordo wrote:i wanna be that 15th year of counsel that no one really knows what they do here
thats oddly my goal too

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:43 pm
by Tiago Splitter
I worked with a 25th year associate last summer. Been with the firm the whole time. Dude's livin the dream I guess.

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:58 pm
by Anonymous User
Tiago Splitter wrote:I worked with a 25th year associate last summer. Been with the firm the whole time. Dude's livin the dream I guess.
How does that work? is your salary only adjusted for inflation? is it capped at 400k or something?

Re: PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:05 pm
by hephaestus
Anonymous User wrote:
Tiago Splitter wrote:I worked with a 25th year associate last summer. Been with the firm the whole time. Dude's livin the dream I guess.
How does that work? is your salary only adjusted for inflation? is it capped at 400k or something?
I would assume it is significantly less than 400. That's non-equity partner/counsel money.