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Which means the majority career of a law graduate isn’t spent as an associate - it’s spent being a PARTNER. I don’t know why people don’t know this.
Your dreams of easy lateral movement are only possible up till you’re a Senior Associate. After that - it’s REALLY TOUGH, which sucks because at 32 if you’re in any other career - you’re just getting started?
At a counsel level you probably have a process flow going and that you are used to and can keep it going once you (eventually) "level up" to partner.
At a new workplace you will take time to settle in and it is unlikely that the processes you are used to following will work with the your juniors who will most probably be used to something else.