How many accountants would admit to having succumbed to parental bribery when embarking on their careers? Come on now, own up. Richard Johnston confesses that he struck a deal with his mother when he graduated from university with a degree in politics. Afraid he would drop out and become a hippie somewhere in Thailand, she offered to fund the airline tickets for his round-the-world travels on the strict condition that he would have a job waiting for him when he got back. And it was the accountancy firms that were most amenable to the idea of a delayed start.
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