I recently accepted a job offer for an accounting manager position - first job outside of public accounting. The job is for a large dealership. I view it as a good opportunity to expand my career and experience and take me to other places later on in life (not sure where I want to end up exactly yet) but I'm a little worried it could lead me into being stuck in the dealership industry going forward. Is this worry legitimate?

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Is it at a the corporate level or is a regional type car dealership? But to be honest I haven’t heard of anyone with PA experience going to dealerships or something similar. No experience is bad experience but without knowing much about the role and the company it’s hard to really tell if you’re going to pigeonhole yourself. Regardless if this just another stepping stone for you until you figure what you want to do you will be fine, as long as the pay is good and this is something that interests you

Thank you for the advice and kind words!

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