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I remember early advice in my career to always work for a revenue center not a cost center.

This was really helpful as having something that makes a firm money seems more easy to measure impact than a cost center.

The natural incentives seem to jive better. Revenue centers are supposed to increase and are a function of margin. So more salaries and expenses should lead to more revenue. Cost centers are supposed to decrease or stay the same. So always a pressure to cut expenses.