I an considered quite good-looking by conventional beauty standards.
At first, I observe people and pick who can be useful in the long run, preferably those who hold more power in the firm. Once my sights are set, I take most of my work from them and put in my level-best. That way, they have a positive impression of my intellectual acumen and trust me with more work.
Eventually, it leads to more and more small talks, wherein I try to push around and see how they respond. Understanding their body langauge also helps; there's some who would always maintain professional boundaries but not everyone has so stringent "ethical standards." Once these steps are successfully completed, I usually get what I want, ranging from: (i) recommendations to top-tier law firms (got PLENTY this way), (ii) positive feedback leading to callback (worked at a certain T1), (iii) gaining insider information of firms, (iv) other kind of help (A SA at a tier-one often helps me with college projects, since then I have been among the top scorers) and (v) lastly, but not the least, having them around as my "friends" which can mean plenty of things y'know :)
I wasn't like this before, but this is how law school and the super-competitive environment in a tier-one university forged me into, and I still try my best not to do anything outright unethical. Moreover, these strategies would never be successful unless you are actually good at your work. Thus, a combination of good looks, being great at work, and my "shady ways" helped me get quite ahead of others.
Thank you for reading this, have a nice day. Mwah <3
I've been interning at a certain T1 firm and have often come across partners and associates alike talk about "LI gossips". How common is it? One of them jokingly warned all interns not to make posts on LI about a funny office incident.
At first, I observe people and pick who can be useful in the long run, preferably those who hold more power in the firm. Once my sights are set, I take most of my work from them and put in my level-best. That way, they have a positive impression of my intellectual acumen and trust me with more work.
Eventually, it leads to more and more small talks, wherein I try to push around and see how they respond. Understanding their body langauge also helps; there's some who would always maintain professional boundaries but not everyone has so stringent "ethical standards." Once these steps are successfully completed, I usually get what I want, ranging from: (i) recommendations to top-tier law firms (got PLENTY this way), (ii) positive feedback leading to callback (worked at a certain T1), (iii) gaining insider information of firms, (iv) other kind of help (A SA at a tier-one often helps me with college projects, since then I have been among the top scorers) and (v) lastly, but not the least, having them around as my "friends" which can mean plenty of things y'know :)
I wasn't like this before, but this is how law school and the super-competitive environment in a tier-one university forged me into, and I still try my best not to do anything outright unethical. Moreover, these strategies would never be successful unless you are actually good at your work. Thus, a combination of good looks, being great at work, and my "shady ways" helped me get quite ahead of others.
Thank you for reading this, have a nice day. Mwah <3