How does one get out of accounting in this job market?

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Getting out is easy - just quit.

The real question is how do you get into another industry in this job market. What are you trying to break into.

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Ideally finance but open to operations roles as well. Don’t want to go back to school so get in debt

I married my director & start handing him all the bills. That’s how I got out 😂

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Hey, they want attention too lol

I tried getting into finance but ended up getting into an accounting manager position instead.

So not that way.

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Kept getting rejections (sometimes in the final interview round) from the finance roles, applied to a couple AM roles basically as a what-if, got an offer that was too good to pass up.

Maybe I’ll be able to move into a VP Finance role some day 😂

On the plus side, it’s financial reporting so not just debits/credits. I’ve also noticed the work is more interesting as I move up the ladder, but that might just be the adhd talking.

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I think you need to figure out which part of accounting you are best at, maybe it's data analysis, project management, or financial planning... And then applying those skills elsewhere, so either in like FinTech, just regular tech, or consulting.

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