Most traditional firms, to make partner, you have to be personally responsible for a large amount of business. At Andersen, at one point, I heard the number wa

Most traditional firms, to make partner, you have to be personally responsible for a large amount of business. At Andersen, at one point, I heard the number was $10M/yr of revenue. It would be harder to figure out how much revenue is generated by an individual contributor (even if they are a superb coder). Also, partnership usually involves leadership decisions