I genuinely thought the way jobs work is that you see an available job and apply for it, and it sort of works that way right out of law school, but afterwards it’s all a jumble of networks and asking people and lunches.
https://twitter.com/J_Dot_J/status/1387192384656711689
Which, like, if you don’t like any of those things is an issue, but you’ve got to find a way to do it.
And here we are on Twitter.
And here we are on Twitter.
On this point, I know the legal market in Houston pretty well. It’s big, but honestly if you just find one person with a good network you can wangle an invite to coffee with any significant person in the field you want. There just aren’t that many lawyers.
https://twitter.com/taylorcyoung/status/1387222488522756099
The Houston appellate bar is, what, 50 practice leader types and then some schlubs? (Hi!). It’s tiny.
No, 50 is wrong. 15 more like. More schlubs (I say that lovingly)
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