Has anyone left big 4 and joined start ups? What are your experiences? pros and cons?

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Tread carefully. I worked at a startup and it was worse than busy seasons at Deloitte. It is exciting in theory to be a part of something “new” where you can help establish processes and stuff, but man it’s brutal.

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