Anyone here who came from IT Audit and jumped to Assurance/Financial Audit? I majored in accounting but somehow landed in IT Audit and just realizing that I have no idea what Im doing most of the time. I know I might not survive Assurance hours but thinking if it’s worthwhile to jump ship?

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Why don’t you stay in IT Audit and do an assurance rotation? Tech risk makes significantly more money. You’d be taking a big pay cut

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If you want to do accounting/finance later, yes

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