How many years do I need to be an SM before I am considered for partner at the big 4?
Or what is the average amount of time/age?

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Don’t think there is an average. There are a ton of factors at play. I’ve seen a SM make it in three years because he was able to win large clients and others take 15 years at SM.

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Not as crazy as 15!

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Big range but maybe 7 years or so on average

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It used to be shorter, but I agree that 7-8 is about average these days.

It’s was around six years when I started, but now I think it’s closer to eight. That said, I’ve seen people make it in three years, so it definitely varies with performance (and obviously business case).

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There’s no timeline for making partner since there are various factors that are use to determine who gets it. The main factor being the need of the firm to have a partner for a specific industry/group. …

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There's no timeliness. It's not guaranteed.

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Depends on how good you are with politics.

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There isn't a set time frame. The biggest factor will be if the firm has the book of business to support a new partner or not combined with how much of a book of business you have already built for yourself and brought to the firm. Typically there is some sort of program or path to follow that can take a few years to complete. Usually new partners have around 12 to 15 yoe in public acctg as a whole.

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Took me 10. Depends on SSL, firm performance, SL performance, SSL performance, lots of politics and, least of all, individual performance.

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