Does anyone regret leaving big4?

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Boomerangs exist. call that whatever you want.

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This. Not only do they exist but boomerangs are common. A lot of times boomerangs are seen as bringing more to table to clients as compared to lifers by having other experience.

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I spent time on building my passive income. It gave me almost the same salary as a manager now. So depends on what u do after u left

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Actually.... This year I'm doing extremely good 100k cash besides full time job

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It’s definitely a grass is always greener type thing. There’s pros / cons to both sides. The key is to figure out which one has more pros for you personally. Seems obvious, but can be difficult to do in practice since there’s so many assumptions you have to make.

No, left to the top ten firm and it was way more chill… until after about a year of PE. So might jump down again depending on how things go over the next 6 months.

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