Can the big 4 sort of be viewed as the "ivy league" of the accounting industry?

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Everyone at Wharton graduates with a degree in Economics with chosen concentrations, one of which is most definitely accounting. That wasn't my point though. It's a silly comparison because every industry has big names, but that doesn't mean there's any relation to "ivy league." I don't know how you guys at EY manage to get any work done carrying these giant chips on your shoulders

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Lowe's is the Princeton of retail home improvement!

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You mean big 3 Deloitte 1

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EY further cementing their position atop The "Saltiest Firm" list

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Don't bring all of us into this ridiculousness.

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We ain't humble. But we ain't as salty as y'all. Tim Ryan trying to change that tho

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I work with 2 people who are functionally illiterate, so...no

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I believe equity partners regardless of firm are ivy league and every other rank is not.

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Can we just say big4 is industry leaders among public accounting firms lol and move on

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EY1 - I wasn't going to ask, but what is "carrying a cheap"?

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I envy those humble folks at PwC. 😅

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Damn, you beat me to the Tim Ryan bitterness. You folks need a bowl just for firing him.

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Also known as the PwC bowl 😂

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Darn I went to an Ivy League school then to big four and hated it and decided to be happier elsewhere. But what I'm thinking now is I really should have gone and worked at Lowe's... darn it I messed up! 😂

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It's called a metaphor. Google what that means

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Exactly EY1. "Metaphor", they should look that up.

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Yes probably slightly easier to get into rsm but as a senior I can switch to big4 whenever I want.

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Nah, y'all do that enough on all the other threads

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Hey PwC 4, if I went to an ivy league and did not end up in the big 4 does that mean I've ruined everything?

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Probably think they are better than them. So who is carrying a cheap again?

Baker Tilly - its "you are"

Definitely depends on the metro area, pretty sure in Chicago a Booth School Grad or Kellog Grad is up there with any Ivy League Grad.

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