Going to be blunt here. How do I maximize my income as a public accountant. 2 years experience at a regional firm. Need to know how to squeeze every penny out of that.

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Switch firms every 2-3 years a couple of times early in your career then settle at a firm to make partner, that’s the long term play if you want to max out comp.

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are you hiring?

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Live like.....an accountant

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Thanks, was more looking for advice on increased income!

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Make senior, jump firms. Need at least 4 to 5 years of experience in PA to maximize industry pay.

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Build your internal network and get to PPMD for $$$$

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Partner, Principal, Managing Director

I had to google it, so it might save you a google lol

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I will say that The Big 4 Brigade that constantly says to NOT work at regionals and have no experience within them - only within Big 4 - are doing a lot of folks a disservice. Plenty of growth and comp opportunities outside of just working for the biggest.

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Go the big four try to get on a national team and or more consulting type work or just a niche that pays up

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Check out all the big 4 job boards and just due some due diligence in reading job descriptions. Tip- the more generic the posting is then the less likely it is to be specialty. Each b4 names their specialty practices differently which kinda helps from an application perspective bc people are often less familiar with them.

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You cant out earn bad spending habits.

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Job hop every 1.65 yearss

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If not on the partner path, stay until manager or SR manager and jump into a CAE/Controller or CFO role - ideally private about to go public or acquisition target. Negotiate ownership, stock, RSU and other buy out terms. Eventually move up to larger CFO roles

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You want to be "blunt"? Make sure your living expenses aren't too "high". Be sure to "weed" out unnecessary expenses. That's how I "roll". I can "toke" my financial success to being mindful how I spend my "green". I'm not a trail "blazer", I just read a lot on frugal living. I dont want to "puff" my chest; im not perfect and everyone needs to give themselves grace in their personal finance journey. Hope my post "sparks" some good ideas.

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So don’t be at a regional firm is my advice
It limits the client base

What is the max income for you? 200k? 1mil?

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