When Writeups Went Extinct

older man and younger man in meetingWhy it was so valuable and how to gain that knowledge now.

By Ed Mendlowitz
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Writeups are extinct. When I started in 1963, most small CPA firms primarily did writeups. After I started my practice in 1969, it became an embarrassment to say I did writeups. It connoted something beneath my “professional” status.

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I think a problem today is that writeups no longer exist for younger staff.