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I am interested in understanding what is the value proposition of an associate. As I have come to understand the work of a first year associate is (per what I understand) the work that a long term intern does but with more legitimate responsibility and attention to detail. This also means that there is no real tangible value to an associate you could replace them verbatim and 3 months in any difference would fade out (This is an assumption I make because I have yet to work in the position of an associate).
What USP could an associate then have ?, I come to the conclusion of if the associate wishes to be better (which I presume is how you progress career faster and improve your chances of not getting fired) is to take more of the grunt work off of your senior associate or partner.
To what extent can I replicate this in my capacity as an Intern (which would streamline me as an associate ?), from my recent corporate internship a lot of the work is still "shush" "shush" because the intern is here for just a bit not like an associate.
Also just on a different tangent, in your position as a SA/PA what is a convincing portfolio from a fresher (I don't mean a CV) (I mean some tangible proof of competence) that would make you hire them. For an analogy consider the github link for a software engineer.
I don't come from an NLU and so scoring an opportunity is basically a free for all deathmatch (which I must admit is currently handing my ass to me). I would appreciate and be grateful if any recent associate, senior associate or partner would help me.
Also please no nepotism, I'm first generation so I'm here stuck with doing things the hard way.