You should strive for a deal that allows you to go independent after a few years. They want to keep you dependent on them of course. I wonder if the practice of

You should strive for a deal that allows you to go independent after a few years. They want to keep you dependent on them of course. I wonder if the practice of law-firms should work for IT, at some point you get an offer for partnership. Otherwise even if you work for Google and all your income is spent on living, including family, then what safety is there for future. You should be working for somebody else in order that at some point you no longer have to work for somebody else.