Just got a rousing pep talk from my partner about how being a partner in public accounting is the “greatest career anyone could ever dream of”. Feel like he’s still trying to talk himself into it, too.

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He probably figured it out after he got his first massive bag of cash after 15 years of being criminally underpaid for his time.

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Nobody dreams of being a partner. We simply tolerate the work/hours until the weight of the cash in the bank supersedes the pain of being in public accounting

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That's a typical sales pitch. Exactly what partners do. You can buy it or not. I have heard it in the two firms I have worked for.

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