Hi, can anyone share their experience of going from a big 4 to a smaller firm. I am looking for roles and simplus and neuraflash have exciting roles but I am a bit apprehensive about moving to a smaller company and its impact on my longer term career outlook

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I haven’t worked for a Big 4, but I’ve worked alongside them with clients that have multiple engagements. What surprised me is the relatively shallow depth of knowledge they had.

With large firms, you’re only on a couple very large projects, with smaller or boutique firms, we may be running 5-7 projects simultaneously. I feel like you learn a lot more, a lot quicker due to the diversity of Orgs, use-cases, budgets and solutions.

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Makes sense, appreciate this line of thought. Tried exiting to enterprise, the market plus the lack of remote roles has been a real issue. I will probably go through the experience of working at a small firm and see where it lands!

I learned 80% of what I know with salesforce at a boutique my first two years out of college. The last 4 years at large consultancies taught me how to manage enterprise projects, large teams, and higher stakes. A lot of good from both worlds but pay and career path prob better at large firms.

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