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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to note how hilariously high the views are for this thread (versus not all that many people actually responding to OP).  There are obviously a lot of miserable biglaw associates lurking.[/quote]

Checking in.[/quote]

I think there are plenty of people like me here too.  Truly middle class people (our HHI's right around 100K) who have a certain fascination with the BigLaw phenomena.[/quote]

It's just about different desires for life.  Nothing is "right" or "wrong"

I left Biglaw five years ago as a seventh-year, being told that I was a "shoe-in" for partner, though really, you never know until you actually get partnership, and even then, you have to fight like hell to build your book of business.  I was miserable in Biglaw, and I had two kids who I never saw.  I went to a non-GS federal agency, and my husband also works at one.  We make about 350k/year, and that seems like bucketloads of money to us, even though we have student loans, childcare, etc.  We are able to go on vacations (not Aspen skiing or Europe first-class, but we have fun).  We drive six-year-old Subarus, not Lexus and BMW.  But we also can stagger our schedules so we can drop off and pick up our kids from school, have dinner together every night, etc.  To me, that's more important than fancy cars, private schools, and expensive vacations, but I completely understand why others would not want to make that tradeoff.   [/quote]

That sounds wonderful. [/quote]

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