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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts?  It seems to me like there might be some overlap. [/quote]

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls. [/quote]

Yes, it all makes sense now.[/quote]

+1  Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because &lt;drum roll please&gt; . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area.  There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle".  Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.[/quote]

This, plus a lot of the trolling here uses the same tired vernacular from the old law school websites.[/quote]

And many of us who are lawyers have put big law behind us years ago.  We can't go back and get a do-over to try and make partner (and why would we?).  If you're in big law as an associate, "enjoy" it while it lasts (and it won't - you're not special).  If you're a big law partner, focus on your business (notice, I didn't say "job") - you don't need to come here and brag about how much you make (we already know).

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Doesn’t it has to last for *some* associates, though?  I mean, people are special and do make partner...[/quote]

Not in today's economy it won't.  The "some associates" you noted are 1-out-of-50-or-100.  With those odds, it's very unwise to think you're the special one.  To hearken back to my big law days, the people who made partner fell into the following categories: (i) those who have the right corporate connections (i.e. mom/dad/uncle/aunt, etc... the CEO of a major company, on lots of boards, etc...), (ii) those who had the right political connections (i.e. name the political family), (iii) the absolute best of the best lawyers (i.e. former Supreme Court clerks), (iv) the very rare associate who has the charm to bring in business, or has friends who founded profitable tech companies, and (v) those associates who are indispensable to a rainmaker.  Everyone else gets scraps.[/quote]

Eh, sounds like I have a shot.  If I don’t make it, the money was nice while it lasted.[/quote]

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