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laundry day
Sep. 27th, 2005 12:04 amThings have been hectic the last couple of weeks -- workload going up and I caught the true Ur-cold that hung on forever. I am finally feeling better and able to breathe through the night without attempting to hack up my lungs, and the conjunctivitis is practically gone now. Of course, minastir is now starting to feel sick.
Work is now hopping (lots of due diligence -- I appear to share some of Adele Mundy's talents in terms of finding information, which is both good and bad. Good insofar as it's billable hours, bad insofar as I'm.not.writing.patent.applications!)
Have received some interesting advice from one of the senior associates, that a law firm is like a pyramid scheme, and so there are two ways to make partner. The first way is to try to bill zillions of hours a week; the second way is to bring in clients. Which means going out, joining organizations, and schmoozing. Since I am at heart fundamentally a lazy wench, I like the second way a lot better. Have alumni & scientific clubs covered, must come up with more things I care enough about to join a club and/or spend precious non-work time at.
Work is now hopping (lots of due diligence -- I appear to share some of Adele Mundy's talents in terms of finding information, which is both good and bad. Good insofar as it's billable hours, bad insofar as I'm.not.writing.patent.applications!)
Have received some interesting advice from one of the senior associates, that a law firm is like a pyramid scheme, and so there are two ways to make partner. The first way is to try to bill zillions of hours a week; the second way is to bring in clients. Which means going out, joining organizations, and schmoozing. Since I am at heart fundamentally a lazy wench, I like the second way a lot better. Have alumni & scientific clubs covered, must come up with more things I care enough about to join a club and/or spend precious non-work time at.
