Category: Mental Health
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Working at a Law Firm: How Big Is the Pebble in the Shoe?
Watching the recent video of Charles Martinet (voice of various Mario characters) talking about his new Mario Ambassador role made me want a fun job at a cool company, not an “assault my nervous system for a fee” sweatshop where my attention, precision, and personality are up for sale. I bet Nintendo gave him the…
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“I hope you’ll become partner one day”
One of my supervisors said this to me. He was one of the named partners of the firm. I’d been wanting to work with him. He called my communication skills a gift. Another partner told me about how he (the named partner) takes no BS but was impressed with my work. Wow! He values me!…
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How Being a Lawyer Affects Your Confidence Level
In casual conversation, I caught myself saying something to the effect of “you may be able to…” Being an attorney means CYA (covering your ass) and saying things like “and/or” or “likely” or “appears to” and all these weasel words that give you an out should someone call you out on it (which never happens…but…
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Working Late Until 2:40 AM
The firm laptop started its automatic shutdown process because it logs off automatically when it gets too late. I canceled out of the process. What was I doing at this godforsaken hour? There are people out there getting ready to go to the gym at this time! The in-house counsel wanted all these revisions to…