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[quote=Anonymous]I recently left government for Mid Law and I'm a mom and honestly have struggled with the demands of private law firm life.  I am barely able to bill 30 to 35 hours per week.  A part of it is the adjustment to the private sector (I realize now my government job was a cake walk) and hating being away from my child (and I want to have more kids).  But on top of the adjustments, some of my lack of billing has been because I am finding the Mid Law practice group I went into is not  a good fit for my skills.  They have struggled to find me work as my training is in work they don't do (or do a lot of).  My training at gov was in a more complicated area and I enjoyed that work.  An opportunity has opened at a Big Law firm doing work that is more complicated and more like my training.  It is more the work I'd like to do and think I could be more successful there because it would be a better fit.  However, I dread working any more than I am (mostly because I dread giving up any more time with my child), and I would have to bill closer to 40 hours per week there (and more when things are busy).  The money would be nice but it is not my motivation.  My motivation is to enjoy my work more and be more successful in terms of having more complicated skills.  But given my reservations about working longer hours am I crazy?

Just curious what others think...
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