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To 6:36: You should try for BigLaw as well as medium-sized firms. Grades and school matter for laterals, but not nearly as much as they matter when hiring first years. And Big4 experience is seen as good, in many cases. If you look at the bios of tax associates at some of the big firms you'll see that some came from accounting firms and mid-ranked schools.
It is hard for me to give any credit to this post because the author is so clearly anti-Obama. Why is it necessary to cite all those examples of him changing his mind? Just tell us how his current tax plan will affect our salaries.
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"For anyone considering Big 4, try to get into international tax (or M&A) (i.e., areas where you will do consulting/planning) in NYC and just think of it as a clerkship since you'll be underpaid but will be learning twice as much as your colleagues in BIGLAW, which will pay off sooner or later, especially if you'd prefer to be a tax director of a fund rather than a drone at BIGLAW."
I don't have anything against accounting firms, but your comment about BigLaw is incorrect. I am a tax associate in a BigLaw firm and I and almost all of the other associates in the tax department are learning a ton, including international tax and M&A planning.