Why do so many Ivy League lawyers want to work in Finreg

[Anonymous]

I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

[Anonymous]

+1. Yup. And it’s disgusting…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

Not at all like my FinReg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

lol can’t beat that.
I work intense 9-5 for my 300k and think I have it good that I don’t work on weekends.

[Anonymous]

I’m not in finreg but it seems like being a finreg lawyer for the government is a great way to do interesting work, make pretty good money and have the option to go to private sector to make more at any time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

I also slogged for many years, I can review xyz within 45 min.
Take a 30 year old with less slog experience, it takes them 4 hours to do the same work.
Busy work is not necessarily good work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

I also slogged for many years, I can review xyz within 45 min.
Take a 30 year old with less slog experience, it takes them 4 hours to do the same work.
Busy work is not necessarily good work.

I mean yeah it's terrible work. I'm not arguing otherwise. But it pays well for almost no work so why would I turn that down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not in finreg but it seems like being a finreg lawyer for the government is a great way to do interesting work, make pretty good money and have the option to go to private sector to make more at any time

+1. Not all positions have private sector options (and a lot of people are not interested in that) but a lot do. I just regret not starting at my FinReg sooner to have that be more of an option. My ideal would have been to go into industry for a few years then come back to the agency with an enriched understanding. I’m probably a little too old for that plan but still super content with how my career has turned out.

The key I think is to get into an actual regulatory area where you are working directly on the substance of the industry as opposed to an agency support function like privacy or FOIA (unless that is your jam). Enforcement is (for me) too stressful and less proactive than I prefer. I don’t want to be punishing people - I want to be helping to set up the rules of the road so they work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

Sounds like your headed straight for the top lol. Well I guess it’s your loss if your career has been so negative. I only ever took jobs I really want to do and am excited about - has worked out pretty well for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

I also slogged for many years, I can review xyz within 45 min.
Take a 30 year old with less slog experience, it takes them 4 hours to do the same work.
Busy work is not necessarily good work.

I mean yeah it's terrible work. I'm not arguing otherwise. But it pays well for almost no work so why would I turn that down?

What are you doing? Updating SORNs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

I also slogged for many years, I can review xyz within 45 min.
Take a 30 year old with less slog experience, it takes them 4 hours to do the same work.
Busy work is not necessarily good work.

I mean yeah it's terrible work. I'm not arguing otherwise. But it pays well for almost no work so why would I turn that down?

What are you doing? Updating SORNs?

SEC broker dealer shit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

Sounds like your headed straight for the top lol. Well I guess it’s your loss if your career has been so negative. I only ever took jobs I really want to do and am excited about - has worked out pretty well for me.

Nah got the Ivy thing, stayed connected blah blah so outside of the govt job the network is pretty tight. Just coasting for the right thing bc why not collect the quarter million from Uncle Sam, do nothing, take long vacations before I’m back to actual work with clients.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest - easy money. I've never made easier money in my life and I've slogged thru a decade of biglaw etc. So yeah that's why. Yes the work sucks. Yes the people are dumb and/or unmotivated. But if someone is handing me 250k to do nothing/almost nothing, why would I say no?

I don't know if you are really a finreg lawyer but if you are, you should feel some guilt.

I'm a former fed, and the lawyers at my non-finreg agency were not slackers. I can't imagine bragging about being overpaid to do nothing.

When I interviewed for a job with a corporation, the hiring manager coincidentally had been childhood friends with the former political head of my agency. He said his friend had complained about the civil servants. I truthfully replied that I had a copy of a thank you note from his friend expressing appreciation for working late on a holiday to help him. I asked if my interviewer wanted a copy...surprise...he didn't.

Do your part. Manipulating the system for your own ends and then bragging about it gives ammo to the people currently seeking to burn the federal government down.

Sorry I don't feel guilt. I've paid my dues. I slogged for years and years in the private sector. Now I got the easy street job which I hate - not due to Doge, hated it since day 1 pre Trump. But hey keeping the seat warm and collecting my money while plotting my next career moves. So yeah I don't really care if I get letters appreciating my work or not, as long as the direct deposit hits. I also don't care if they burn down fed govt. I don't intend to stay forever so whatever.

I also slogged for many years, I can review xyz within 45 min.
Take a 30 year old with less slog experience, it takes them 4 hours to do the same work.
Busy work is not necessarily good work.

I mean yeah it's terrible work. I'm not arguing otherwise. But it pays well for almost no work so why would I turn that down?

What are you doing? Updating SORNs?

SEC broker dealer shit.

It takes a long time to get to $250K at the SEC so you must have either been at the SEC or biglaw for a very long time. For comparison, I am a lawyer with 15 years of experience (some biglaw, some SEC) and I currently make about $210K after this latest raise.