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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My general view has always been -- if you want to stay in law, you should make moves early as it can take time to get into the govt, small firms etc and you don't want a resume gap as lawyers are very unforgiving about that. But if you want to leave law, collect your paycheck as long as you can. If you want to start a business, go into real estate, teaching etc - you're an industry switcher anyway and no one is going to care if you left biglaw 6 months earlier or later or had a gap. However that 6 months of senior associate pay, if saved, can give you a lot of options.[/quote]

There's a lot of fraternerizing in big law with almost brainwashing like stigma related to being laid off. Like its worse than death. Laid off associates are literally like [b]untouchables[/b]. Noone wants to look at them, let alone interview them. That said, I was terrified of being laid off, but after it happened, life went on. The other 99.9999% of the universe could care less. I switched careers, went into a medical supplies business, and am making much more then I thought possible. Folks, it's good to be the boss.  [/quote]

I think this notion that a laid-off or paased over associate is "damaged goods" is wrong, although I understand why people in that position would feel this way.  You simply have to recognize that no one is going to hire you just because you have a good resume and worked at a BigLaw firm.  It's not like getting a job as a summer associate, where your resume and sunny personality mattered most.  You have to demonstrate that you have specific skills that meet an unmet need of a specific employer at a particular time.  In that regard, the legal profession has become more like other employers.  Welcome to the real world.  It can be tough.[/quote]

Is this like not getting tenure as a college prof?[/quote]

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