Law Clerk with an offer from a V5 and a V90-100.
Genuinely like the people at the lower ranked firm much more and think I’d fit in better. 200 fewer billables per year (granted for a non-market bonus). Total comp is within 10k of milbank in the early years. Total comp at the mid-level/senior ranks will be about 85% of Milbank.
Fairly specialized lit practice groups, the work is pretty similar at both firms, just doing it for middle market clients at the V100.
Am I dumb for wanting to take the V100 offer?