Does anyone have experience with leaving PA 3-5 years in to pursue an MBA? Any advice? What was your experiences?

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I had a buddy who she left audit after about two ish years > got a job as a financial analyst > while doing that got her mba .
She seems to be doing well now :)
She also didn’t go a tier one mba route but she also worked while achieving it 🤷‍♀️

My dad on the other hand is an engineer did a tier one mba claimed major waste of time wish that he had done something more technical

What’s your end goal ?

Personally I did my ms in tax I feel that was a good return

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It would only be for a top tier - and to pivot out of transaction services. Thats one of the bigger questions that I’m trying to answer - the why.

Interesting that your father didn’t benefit from it. I guess it doesn’t help if you stay in the same profession?

Perhaps he graduated mba from butler stayed in engineering
Maybe if he would have switched to finance world 🌍 🤷‍♀️ but he is def engineering math guy at heart ❤️ not a people person at all should have kept very technical

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