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[quote=Anonymous]Most important advice is do not build your life around a biglaw salary-- the golden handcuffs can be very real and you will be much better off financially, personally, and professionally, if you do not develop a lifestyle that needs that level of salary. I think it's a fine line between advocating for yourself in getting the work/partners you want, and being a prima donna/PITA. My regret is that I didn't push harder to do work I was more interested in because I thought I should focus on developing a reputation for being willing to do good work on what I was assigned, but I ended up developing an expertise in an area that was ok but not great and it became harder and harder to switch. I think the advice to "stick with it for a while" because "DH's colleagues" had better legal careers that way is somewhere between misinformed and dangerous. At some point senior associates start losing their marketability and just "sticking with it" is a bad strategy.[/quote]
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