The tax side of the profession isn't so bad.  The other half of my life is auditing.  That's the part that aggravates me.  I have been around long enough to remember when peer review appeared on the scene.  At the time it kind of separated who was trying to do things right and who was just cranking stuff out to make some money.  These days peer review now has become more of "did you fill out the right checklist" and "did you have a 112th partner review done".  It's no longer about "are the numbers right".  They are slowly pushing small firms out of that line of work so that the big firms are the only firms left standing ----------- you know those big firms that perform audits on the Enrons of the world 😬