One of the most popular panels at Columbia APALSA’s 5th Annual Conference: Not Your Model Minority, The “It” Factor: How Impressions Make a Difference featured:
- Jack Chen, Counsel at OnDeck Capital
- Lawrence Wee, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP; AABANY Board Member
- Steve Chung, Senior Vice President at NBCUniversal; AABANY Board Member
- Ellen Ching, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
Thanks to Columbia APALSA and Changhee Han for providing these photographs.
This isn’t just an Asian issue. This is an everyone issue. Don’t be passive and expect things to just happen to you. -Steve Chung
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I thought I was going to be an IP Litigation Associate, but that work dried up. I asked for white collar and corporate work. -Jack Chen
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Lot of laughs at The “It” Factor Negotiation Workshop. pic.twitter.com/mZtfdIdLHi
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They told me I was going to get eaten alive in the M&A Group. I joined the M&A Group. -Ellen Ching, new M&A Partner at Paul, Weiss
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It’s not comfortable the first, second, or hundredth time you lead a call. But you do it. -Ellen Ching
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According to Larry Wee, partners love to gossip about associates and start judging you from the moment they meet you.
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The worst call I can get: “I can’t get what [Associate] is saying. Can you take over?” -Larry Wee
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I went to law school a long time ago. Do you guys still have gunners? -Steve Chung
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Once you do an excellent job, people are going to want to talk to you. No one talks to the guy who makes your life harder. -Steve Chung
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Don’t ask a question if you haven’t thought about the answer first. -Ellen Ching
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Gunners are in-person verbal spam. Establish a relationship without being annoying. -Steve Chung
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Treat your boss like they’re your client. Treat your client like they’re human. People like when you take an interest in them. -Larry Wee
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Steve Chung just got out of his seat to give the best bad example of networking with Francis Chin. https://t.co/DpfgnNmrgx
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My favorite networking is the kind where I don’t what the person does until an hour later. -Steve Chung
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I go into networking events with the mindset, “How do I help this other person?” -Jack Chen
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There are a lot of tools out there, but you can’t think of people like tools. You have to be sincere. -Steve Chung
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Stereotypes are a starting point. People use them to mentally fill in the blanks. -Steve Chung
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The good mentees I’ve had come into our meetings with an agenda. -Steve Chung
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Don’t necessarily look for someone who looks like you for a mentor. Finding someone with a similar disposition is better. -Ellen Ching
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