The hope is that after 8 years, I’ll be made a partner. Until then, the job description basically states that I will be worked to death.
[My greatest fear about the next 8 years is] turning 40 and not having a personal life. Finding out that I’ve gotten where I want to be, but there’s nobody in my life to give a sh*t about where I am or what I’ve done.
— An honest associate who agreed to be photographed by Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York and share his story about life in Biglaw.
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(Do you share the same fears? Feel free to sound off in the comments.)