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God bless this country if people like you, by some stroke of luck, make it to civil services.
Law Firms- they are more interested in advisory and structuring than litigation. So if you want a steady income from day one and don’t mind doing advisory, then this is for you
Litigation- no steady income for the first 4-5 years. Have to grind it out. But if everything goes well, you will catch up with your friends in law firms in 12 years
1 % lawyers - top
then IRS
then 99 % lawyers
1 % of lawyers - the elite IRS
99 % of lawyers
Be clear that switching jobs is also the toughest given the dearth of firms who want lawyers to do income tax. No company would hire you for your tax expertise as the litigation work is outsourced by the companies and inhouse work is taken care of the by the CA along with the litigation work.
Good luck !
tough hours better to start as an associate and transition into opening an independent tax practise