Opinions on having my own side bookkeeping business while working in B4 Advisory? And yes, I know it’s clearly against the rules... lol but just looking to make some extra $ to pay off these loans 😫

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My salary purchases 40 hours per week of my undivided attention. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But PwC does not own my life nor dictate what I do with the rest of my time.

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You don’t tell no one and no one would know

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One way I try to rationalize it to myself is that I’m clearly not stealing clients from Deloitte as they definitely don’t care to deal with small businesses...

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And we have a winner

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I hear you bro good luck with your plans may God be with you.

Meh, i always have side stuff going on. I figure they dont pay me enough to fund a decent lifestyle so i gotta do what i gotta do

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Yeah, no tax return prep but somewhat related yes

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