Partners, what was the hardest thing for you when you were preparing your partner case? Client relationship? Internal politics? Work life balance?

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Hardest thing was to realize that you are as good as any partner in the firm - because you grow up looking up to them and hence find it hard to reconcile that you have caught up

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All of the above plus sales and running multiple projects

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