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Please advise. Need to choose between gen corp or TMT practice.
Are TMT ppl poorer than gen corp/ m&a peeps ?
If you are in a purely TMT advisory practice (and not a PE/VC/M&A/corp advisory practice that supports tech businesses) your work hours significantly lesser than a PE/VC/Corp lawyer. You are more of a subject matter expert than a generalist.
Telecom is bland, media is IP heavy, gaming has a bleak scope in india. Technology is essentially a bit of IP and Data
If the dpdp comes within the next 2 years, we will have to wait and watch how it is implemented. Unlikely the hype will live for long.
Behind the LinkedIn polish, it’s chaos. Partners play brand manager, SAs sit confused, and juniors are left chasing research prompts on issues no one even understands. Mood swings substitute strategy. Screaming replaces clarity.
You’re not building a fintech team by micromanaging doc formatting and hovering over track changes. And definitely not by flirting your way through team dinners.