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Starting soon at McK as an undergraduate hire, is it normal/inoffensive to state to my DLG that I’d be interested in pursuing relatively expeditious promotion timelines and am willing to do the work to achieve that goal? Or will it come off as arrogant/foolhardy (happy to hear from all MBB because I am guessing it might be similar)?McKinsey & Company Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group
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Nope but the lawyers get paid way more and it takes until around the sm level to catch up.
For promotions- No. Your education only matters getting you in the door, and from there it is on you. You may have a steeper learning curve, but that’s on you to adjust for. For exit opportunities- well, obviously you can’t run off and become an attorney without also going through law school, but other than that, no
25+ yrs in IT and a CPA. No, unless you want to go with a very short list of large companies that seem to have a preference for attorneys. It is all in what you know / how well you do the job. Have worked with brilliant CPA’s and very poor performing lawyers and vice versa. If you have the time/ money to get a law degree, great but definitely not mandatory
Nope. Each of the two (CPA vs JD/LLM) and the experience that comes from both have their own distinct advantages and disadvantages. As a CPA, you may be better understanding tax concepts as a whole, whereas a JD/LLM may be better at a technical understanding of the tax code and reading purchase agreement, etc. Ultimately depends on your performance and developing those skills you come in disadvantaged with