I feel underpaid, underappreciated, and hopeless with my audit career. I started thinking this is my life career and I'll stay till partner. My hourly rate currently is much lower than when interning

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How did you come into public accounting not knowing this already? And if you did know, either make a change or stop bitching.

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Interning is always more dollars an hour when you have normal busy season hours. That's a very common thing.

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Stop whining you JUST started your career. It gets better over time. If you noticed the big 4 aren't hiring many ivy leaguers....who get closer to the six figures you are covering so much. #realisticexpectations

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Did u get cpa. Then get out

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