u/obviously_nonobvious

Starting as a technical specialist at a BigLaw IP firm in a few weeks. My entire prior career has been in academia.

Would love to get advice on the biggest struggles individuals like me face, both from the perspective of IP practitioners that went the academic path and those that did not.

What should I know going in?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Specific areas I’m curious about: managing billable, deadline-driven work; how to build credibility with attorneys early on; what technical specialists wish they’d known about how firms actually operate; and how the academic-to-law-firm culture gap tends to manifest in practice.

What are some faux pas of which I should be aware?

I am wondering if anybody has any experience with the Radian Boston on Kingston Street in Chinatown. Would love to know about noise, apartment building management, and living in that area.