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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here -Very interesting thread.  So those of you who worked in big law, knowing what you now know - would you make the same choice as to this particularly life path/trajectory again?[/quote]

Do you mean financially or otherwise?

14:39 here -- career wise -- yes. Financially -- hell yes. Career wise -- I was one of the rare ones that loved it and had a good experience bc I had the right workaholic tendencies. Didn't make partner bc in the smaller support department I was in, a partner is only made like once a decade when someone else retires but I also wasn't going to be able to stay together. So I regret how it turned out and honestly having only been in gov't for 3 yrs and not being totally lazy yet, I'm contemplating trying to go back to another biglaw firm as a super-senior or counsel if I could. Sure partnership still wouldn't be a guarantee and would be unlikely, but if I could do what I like for say 3 more yrs -- that'd be worth it to me -- not to mention boosting the savings a LOT.

Financially -- see above. I'm sure people will say -- so what, 7 figures is nothing. But for me coming from a middle class (true middle class - not DCUM middle class of 300k) family where there was CONSTANT concern re paying for retirement, college, and how potential layoffs would be handled -- for me cracking 7 figures by myself in my 30s was a BIG deal. The way I see it, if I were to go back and get up to say $1.5 mil or $1.75 mil and it still didn't work out -- I could always take some of that NW and start a regular business (not hanging up a shingle but literally buying a franchise or something) and come out ahead.[/quote]

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