“You need five years in Big Law before you can go in house.” That’s the lie that keeps lawyers trapped.

He was two years in.
Already burned out.
Already planning his escape.

He’d stopped gaming with his friends.
Stopped saying yes to dinner invites.
Stopped feeling like himself.

When he called me, he said,

“I want to go in-house, but everyone says I don’t have enough experience.”

I said,

“That’s a myth. Let’s find your way.”

We started with self-understanding:what he valued, what energized him, what kind of work he actually wanted to do.
Then we moved into exploration. Conversations. Curiosity.

One of those conversations was with a high-school friend who worked at a major video-game company.

Two weeks later that friend called back.

“Our department’s hiring. Want to interview?”

He said yes.
He got the job.

Now he works in the industry he loves,
with time to live his life again.

Because the truth is you don’t need five years in Big Law.
You just need the courage to stop waiting for permission.