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April 23, 2006
In the midst of this--the wedding planning (and upcoming--only days away), the honeymoon getaway-from-it-all, the move to a beautiful new apartment, and everything that comes with the stars aligning in a particularly wonderful and also stressful way--I have found myself in a tricky position. This is the sort of thing that critics of blogs would likely seize upon and say, "This, this is the perfect example of the blogger: self-centered, and self-pitying over things of which the rest would be glad." And I won't lie: they'd be right. But that said, I find myself in the need to let off a bit of steam about the good fortune that seems to have befallen me. After my first year in law school, I worked for a firm whose main practice was entertainment law, and music in particular; it was my dream job. The named partner is the guy I want to be, representing the very musicians that got me interested in, and actually employed in, the industry. And last week he called me up, and essentially asked if I wanted to come work for him. I want to work for him--I've wanted to work for him since the day I met him, and before, when I only knew him as a name to be reckoned with, a powerful man in an industry of self-important, and powerful-seeming men. He's well-liked, well-respected, a good lawyer and a good guy. But of course, at the moment my sense of loyalty is getting the better of me, and I feel bad for giving Big Firm a trip in the lurch; I have projects right now that I don't feel good about leaving behind, and I have people who depend on me regularly. I can't worry about them, I know that, I have to worry about me. But I still can't help but feel that in pursuing my own happiness, I might be dropping people I like, real friends, in the dust. And of course, these projects will wait while I'm gone after the wedding, but they'll be looming when I get back, and there will be no way to simply pass them off. This isn't really going anywhere, but this is the one way I know that I can blow off a bit of steam, and maybe get some input from folks who can think about this in ways I can't.This was , and it appeared on April 23, 2006 7:11 PM.
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Bail from big firm and take your dream job. No-one’s gonna blame you and your friends and fellow associates will probably envy you.
Posted by: Frankenstein at April 24, 2006 9:26 AM
You’re not going to just leave your current firm without a period of transition to get other colleagues onto your current projects, right? It’s not like you’re going to just disappear and leave your colleagues totally high and dry. Take the dream job.
Posted by: Andrew at April 24, 2006 1:18 PM
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