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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well I'm a first year associate so I guess I qualify as an eager puppy or something, but hell yes I love what I do. Litigation is very mentally satisfying. Yeah the hours are long, but who doesn't work long hours? No matter what profession you're in, people work hard. So I don't mind the long hours too much - I genuinely enjoy the challenge of my work.

And on a more shallow level, a lot about it satisfies my more egotistical side. I love the money I earn, the beautiful office I work in, and the great political connections that my firm has in Washington DC. This is a great place to start a career.[/quote]

This was fun to read. Come back in a couple years . . . let's see your soul then (I also was an eager beaver as a first year biglaw guy, then my soul died)[/quote]

NP here.  The first year's response made me giggle also, but it echos other first years I hear in my office.

I think my soul started dying at the end of my first year, so enjoy the next couple of months  :twisted: [/quote]

The real question for them will be, unfortunately, how long it takes them to realize that they are just another log on the fire to their employers, a consumable faceless quantity, easily used up, discarded, and replaced.

I was lucky to get to do some very varied and interesting things in 33 years (trial work (real trial work, trying cases, not Biglaw civil litigation paper churning), criminal and civil trials and appeals (including making Haagen Dazs continue to supply a distributor they wanted to axe for a few months pending final decision in the case - that was fun), being a pro tem judge in Seattle (civil and criminal district courts), doing arbitration and mediation, and then many years of agency practice including litigation and then program management & criminal enforcement) ... but I'm glad I got the chance when I did, the business is far different now and it's even harder to find a path like that, I think...

:shock: [/quote]

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