3 years experience in PA, I need guidance on where to go next, I was good in uni but in practice I’m too dumb for PA. I make a lot of mistakes, I have a slow processing speed, no team wants to work with me (which I understand, they need quick & sharp staff). I’m a hard worker, I really love this field, I put my job first (I know🤡) but I don’t have any self esteem left. So last week, I resigned from my audit role as things were becoming too much for me. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Sometimes jumping out of public to industry is easier, senior accountant roles aren’t as difficult as senior audit roles, so you’d be fine there

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You should definitely try in house. It’s a lot less demanding and you can really focus on one “client” (ie, your company). If you did well at university and made it to public accounting odds are you’re capable and just need to find the right environment

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Ask yourself what else u want to do. Find a new career.

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Go into industry or advisory. Industry is a lot more slow paced (except for quarter and year ends)

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Smaller firm, internal audit, industry staff roles. Honestly lots of options if you still like the work overall just pace was too much.

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