Ex-B4 managers, anyone took a lower position (e.g non-supervisory analyst) to get out of public accounting or to try out a different role? What was your experience? Anything you wouldn’t done differently?

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I left for a "senior advisor" role where I don't supervise anyone; I'm more or less my own team and work closely with senior management. After a year and a half I recently started looking at opportunities and feel like my current job makes getting a manager role very difficult. I feel like my current job is seen by recruiters as a step back from PwC manager while I consider it a lateral move for something different. If I had to do it again, I would still consider leaving for a non-manager role but would make sure that a promotion towards one at the company is likely short term

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