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Phil Moscowitz posted:What is a BSD Big swinging dick. Means partner with massive book of business.
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I bought a couple bowties in my last Tie Bar shipment but haven't got around to learning how to tie them. BRB edit: trip report: this poo poo is impossible and I can tie a sick half windsor in seconds edit: okay it's been 45 minutes, I give up, I need an adult CmdrSmirnoff fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 05:15
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My grandfather died and all I got from his estate were two bowties
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Feb 9, 2014 05:31
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nm posted:Big swinging dick. Means partner with massive book of business. I thought that ”rainmaker” was the term in the legal industry, while ”big swinging dick” was use in investment/finance, as befits that more vulgar profession.
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Feb 9, 2014 13:59
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sullat posted:I thought that ”rainmaker” was the term in the legal industry, while ”big swinging dick” was use in investment/finance, as befits that more vulgar profession. Nah rainmaker is used in finance consulting and law. BSD is just less common in general IMO. E: also I think te funny that in eg the 1920s law was seen by wealthy families as a less money centric, more noble profession than eg business.
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Feb 9, 2014 14:56
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semicolonsrock posted:E: also I think te funny that in eg the 1920s law was seen by wealthy families as a less money centric, more noble profession than eg business. TenementFunster posted:just found out that after getting canned I was replaced by a licensed attorney working 31.5 hours a week making $12.50 an hour The forward march of
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Feb 9, 2014 15:59
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The 31.5 hours a week is the best part so they can classify them as part time and gently caress them completely on benefits.
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Feb 9, 2014 16:27
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There's been a large influx of veteran personal injury and immigration lawyers into family law lately. They're loving AWFUL at it.
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Feb 9, 2014 16:43
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Mr. Nice! posted:The 31.5 hours a week is the best part so they can classify them as part time and gently caress them completely on benefits. I'd be curious what this guy's billing requirements are, and whether he actually works 31.5 hours like an hourly employee or if he's expected to work more.
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Feb 9, 2014 17:24
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I would imagine trying to shaft an attorney out of benefits and forcing him to work for less than minimum wage (since he's not getting paid for the extra time) would be a bad idea.
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Feb 9, 2014 17:29
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^^^^^^^^^^^ You'd imagine, but baby attorneys are just so happy they have a job. They'll sue everyone else, but not their glorious job creators. CaptainScraps posted:There's been a large influx of veteran personal injury and immigration lawyers into family law lately. They're also coming to crim law. Terrible.
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Feb 9, 2014 18:17
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CaptainScraps posted:There's been a large influx of veteran personal injury and immigration lawyers into family law lately. nm posted:They're also coming to crim law. Terrible. My state just overhauled worker's comp to push the lawyers out of the system. Now they're spilling into family and criminal. Comp was already bottom-feeder territory, so we're not exactly getting the best and brightest. quepasa18 posted:I'd be curious what this guy's billing requirements are, and whether he actually works 31.5 hours like an hourly employee or if he's expected to work more. Independent contractor. joat mon fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 19:15
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Mr. Nice! posted:The 31.5 hours a week is the best part so they can classify them as part time and gently caress them completely on benefits. Joke's on them, ACA defines full time employment as 30 hours per week. This guy will be raking in the 'Bamacare dollars in no time flat.
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Feb 9, 2014 23:36
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I've signed up to go to Thailand to teach at the end of September, but I'm thinking about sending out Fall 2015 law school applications before I go. I'm also thinking about forking out thousands of dollars to pay for tutoring before the June 2014 LSAT. I took the LSAT in February 2013 and scored 167. My difficulties with the analytical reasoning/logic games section prevented me from getting a higher score last time. Ugh, I'm so stressed and confused about life...
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Feb 10, 2014 12:55
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This thread has talked you out of applying half a dozen times now. The only reason to go is if you want to keep feeling stressed and confused for the rest of your life.
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Feb 10, 2014 13:34
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Math Debater posted:I've signed up to go to Thailand to teach at the end of September, but I'm thinking about sending out Fall 2015 law school applications before I go. I'm also thinking about forking out thousands of dollars to pay for tutoring before the June 2014 LSAT. I took the LSAT in February 2013 and scored 167. My difficulties with the analytical reasoning/logic games section prevented me from getting a higher score last time. Have you ever looked into nursing school? For 2 years of nursing school you can land a 40k-ish base salary that usually gives you tons of overtime if you want it. For another 2 years of nurse anesthetist school you can land a 90k-ish base salary that can go up to 150k with overtime. Or you can go to law school and fight for a job where you bill 2000 hours a year in a Chicago firm that advertises 30k base starting and legal experience is required to get the job. The only problem with nursing is that you have to deal with actual poo poo.
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Feb 10, 2014 13:54
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Lote posted:Have you ever looked into nursing school? Or being an air traffic controller? fknlo posted:Hey folks, APPLY TO BE AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER HERE. Seriously, go do this. If you don't you're literally retarded. That's 20 to 28k to go to school (plus per diem) Actual pay is a good bit better. The Ferret King posted:
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Feb 10, 2014 14:11
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joat mon posted:Or being an air traffic controller? Don't you need to pass a background check to be an air traffic controller. And doesn't having a 6 figure debt pretty much make that impossible?
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Feb 10, 2014 15:05
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Math Debater posted:I've signed up to go to Thailand to teach at the end of September, but I'm thinking about sending out Fall 2015 law school applications before I go. I'm also thinking about forking out thousands of dollars to pay for tutoring before the June 2014 LSAT. I took the LSAT in February 2013 and scored 167. My difficulties with the analytical reasoning/logic games section prevented me from getting a higher score last time. Well you can put off applying (you should) and if you're actually serious about the LSAT you can teach yourself the test for way less than thousands of dollars. More importantly, even if you do get a decent LSAT score, you probably shouldn't go. Luckily you don't need to worry about that right now. Have fun in Thailand and enjoy job hunting when you get back.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:08
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Lote posted:Have you ever looked into nursing school? Just go into finance if you want to make money. If you want to do something you like, do something else you like, which could be law school, imo.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:30
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Lote posted:Have you ever looked into nursing school? Ha, what Chicago firm actually posted that?
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Feb 10, 2014 15:48
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mastershakeman posted:Ha, what Chicago firm actually posted that? It was in this thread a few months back. I think they posted it on Craigslist.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:51
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Nitrousoxide posted:Don't you need to pass a background check to be an air traffic controller. And doesn't having a 6 figure debt pretty much make that impossible? If that were true, no lawyers would ever be able to work for the government.
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Feb 10, 2014 16:38
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joat mon posted:Or being an air traffic controller? There must be some catch: Perhaps the job itself is stressful and awful in some way? Math Debater posted:I've signed up to go to Thailand to teach at the end of September, but I'm thinking about sending out Fall 2015 law school applications before I go. I'm also thinking about forking out thousands of dollars to pay for tutoring before the June 2014 LSAT. I took the LSAT in February 2013 and scored 167. My difficulties with the analytical reasoning/logic games section prevented me from getting a higher score last time. "I know you guys told me not to dip my balls in this scrap baler but I'm considering it again"
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Feb 10, 2014 17:08
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Debt is a problem on a background check when it indicates you're spendthrift, bad with money, that sort of thing - things that would make you more susceptible to bribes or more likely to land yourself in a really bad financial situation that you can't get out of any other way. Student loans, when you have a job aren't that sort of problem (because you have a job!) its when you have crushing debt and no job you're hosed. So if they want to hire you that's not really a problem.
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Feb 10, 2014 17:12
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Ainsley McTree posted:There must be some catch: Perhaps the job itself is stressful and awful in some way? Unlike law. And at least it is over at the end of the day, well unless you crash a plane.
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Feb 10, 2014 17:43
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nm posted:Unlike law. And at least it is over at the end of the day, well unless you crash a plane. If I understand air traffic control correctly, 90% of the job is making sure your daughter stays clean and doesn't date any meth dealers
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Feb 10, 2014 17:57
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Ainsley McTree posted:There must be some catch: Perhaps the job itself is stressful and awful in some way? ATC actually show some of the highest job satisfaction rates IIRC. Granted, it is hard because if you gently caress up poo poo crashes. e: i think your hours are capped strictly because you have to be "on" the entire time. semicolonsrock fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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Feb 10, 2014 19:11
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I was talking with someone about an air traffic controller job. She said she had two close friends who were, and that they said it was in fact quite brutal (in the first 5-10 years in particular), because scheduling is very strange. Apparently, you work this bizarre schedule where you don't just work a normal 8 hour day at the same time. Instead, your work shift creeps backward or forward each day (so that you might start at 8:00 a.m. the first day of the week, 5:00 a.m. the next day, 2:00 a.m. the day after that, etc.). Sounded positively strange. Now admittedly, if you could deal with that, I assume you would still be working fewer total hours than law.
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Feb 10, 2014 19:24
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Found it! My mistake it was $27,000 per year for those with 3 years experience. $10/hr was for recent JD grads. http://abovethelaw.com/2010/10/a-sign-of-improvement-in-the-chicago-legal-market/
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SlyFrog posted:I was talking with someone about an air traffic controller job. She said she had two close friends who were, and that they said it was in fact quite brutal (in the first 5-10 years in particular), because scheduling is very strange. Apparently, you work this bizarre schedule where you don't just work a normal 8 hour day at the same time. Instead, your work shift creeps backward or forward each day (so that you might start at 8:00 a.m. the first day of the week, 5:00 a.m. the next day, 2:00 a.m. the day after that, etc.). I think people calling it "easy" are underestimating the type of work you do. In law you might have a desk and inbox full of garbage and while it will take you forever to get through everything you can at least prioritize and some items are less urgent than others. In ATC everything that comes at you has a time limit and it's essential to keep hundreds of flights and bits of data separate and accounted for or people could literally be killed. It's the type of work and the worker you might be that makes it "easy." If you are a data minded person and don't mind when information never stops coming at you then you'll love ATC. If not you'll probably be burned out pretty quick. It's certainly not for everyone and its irresponsible to assume that someone who feels their strengths are law/law school would suddenly make a good ATC.
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Feb 11, 2014 01:02
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It seems like the kind of job where getting loaded the night before and coming in hung over with 5 hours of sleep and half-assing it wouldn't really be an option. AKA not for law school grads
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Feb 11, 2014 02:08
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Ainsley McTree posted:If I understand air traffic control correctly, 90% of the job is making sure your daughter stays clean and doesn't date any meth dealers
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Feb 11, 2014 03:48
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What the hell, Air Traffic Controller is still a job? Don't they know we have computers for that poo poo?
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Feb 11, 2014 03:52
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Can't be that hard a job if a bunch of scabs and newbies were able to handle everything after Reagan fired them all.
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Feb 11, 2014 03:55
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Math Debater posted:I've signed up to go to Thailand to teach at the end of September, but I'm thinking about sending out Fall 2015 law school applications before I go. I'm also thinking about forking out thousands of dollars to pay for tutoring before the June 2014 LSAT. I took the LSAT in February 2013 and scored 167. My difficulties with the analytical reasoning/logic games section prevented me from getting a higher score last time. Go to law school you miserable indecisive gently caress. You deserve it.
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Feb 11, 2014 04:15
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Update: Dungeons and Dragons and Law has been postponed a month. Tragedy. More time for people to RSVP though.
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Feb 11, 2014 14:59
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Found this today and felt the need to share. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/03/06/federal-judge-rejects-inscrutable-motion-cites-adam-sandlers-billy-madison/quote:Our first ever Law Blog Judge of the Day award goes to Judge Leif Clark of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.
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One of my closest friends is an ATC. He doesn't have a college degree, but his dad was an ATC and he grew around it, so when they dropped the B.A. requirement back in 2008 he dropped out of school and went into the family business. As others have said to be an ATC you need to be the sort of person who gets calmer (not more agitated) the more things are going on. And you need to be the sort of person who can memorize endless maps, numbers, codes, etc, and then spit them out back from memory flawlessly with lives on the line. My friend spent a solid year training in Oklahoma, memorizing aerial maps of his air territory (about three New England states) down to an acre resolution so that he can help guide blinded planes by visual only. Based on the stories he's told me, it sounds like the best ATCs aren't geniuses so much as they are savants, where their highly specific autism enables them to play high-stakes Flight Sim but with actual planes. If you have that bent, as he does, and if you don't mind zero control over your schedule and a rigid hierarchy (but then, this is the lawyer thread), then yeah, you can make good money with great benefits. If anyone is seriously considering it happy to try answer questions. Petey fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Feb 12, 2014 |
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Petey posted:My friend spent a solid year training in Oklahoma, memorizing aerial maps of his air territory (about three New England states) down to an acre resolution so that he can help guide blinded planes by visual only. So do they ever move around later in their career? Or are you basically chained to wherever you started out?
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