Promoted

Well, the crazy commute hasn't hurt me.  I had my annual review yesterday and got the official word that I have been promoted from Associate to Counsel.  What does this mean???  That I need to start competing for partnership and work on marketing myself.  Hmmmm, I think being a mid-level associate forever sounds good ;-)  Seriously, Counsel is just a fancy title for Senior Associate.  Once upon a time, partnership occurred around your 8th year so it made sense to go from Associate to Partner.  Now, you're looking at not making partner until your 11th year or later for some so I think they figured they would give those of us who have been around 7+ years a fancy title.  They were so kind to update my bio with my snazzy new title before my review so I knew going into it that it couldn't be a horrible review ;-)

So there you have it, I didn't think I would stay at the firm for more than a year and I am now one of four from my summer class of 28 to make Counsel.  Go figure.