The Big Firm Partners Aren't Getting the Funding They Need

We got more listener mail. We also have comments in the YouTube live. D. Hall said, after having retention issues and bleeding talent for five to six years, my big boss is finally open to training up finance and accounting professionals from no experience at all. Joseph said, man, love y'all's show. Do y'all have any advice on charting the course in my professional career in accounting? Oh, that's a good one.

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(00:00) - Thank you to our sponsor, Zoho
(00:27) - Preview: We need to make accountants aware of accounting career paths with real work life balance
(01:11) - Introduction and quick overview of Blake's week and FAA meltdown
(11:22) - What logic did the firm give David for letting him go?
(21:15) - Thank you to our sponsor, Zoho
(22:40) - Not enough firms are offering remote work
(25:38) - Accountants don't need help getting clients
(27:56) - Blake shares a story about his friend switching firms
(29:44) - Blake shares a chart from CPA Trendlines
(33:35) - What is the starting salary for a CPA at a medium to large firm?
(37:16) - Thank you to our sponsor, LiveFlow
(38:25) - Quick follow up on the story of a recent accounting graduate choosing the military over a Big 4 firm
(40:06) - What is Profit First? And what do you do?
(46:20) - Parkinson's Law
(49:53) - Thank you to our sponsor, Anchor
(52:39) - Jennifer's voicemail about her networking event for students
(56:19) - Going over some comments in our live chat
(01:02:47) - Linda's message about Illinois lowering the CPA hours requirement from 150 to 120 hours to sit for the exam
(01:06:26) - Bernard's feedback on the Ron Baker episode
(01:10:25) - David makes a new 2023 prediciton
(01:11:08) - Rusty's message about North Carolina's CPA license requirements
(01:13:54) - Wrap up and where to reach Blake and David
(01:15:14) - Classifieds
(01:15:16) - Client Hub
(01:15:53) - RightTool
(01:16:15) - Federal Tax Updates Podcast
(01:17:27) - How to advertise in these classifieds