If you left from Big 4 to a senior analyst position in industry, what do you miss if anything? Trying to convince myself to make the jump and never look back.

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The only thing I’ve missed since making a move last year was pretty much everyone you work with is between 23-34. The work sucked, but it was fun to be at the same life stage as the people you work with. I now work with lots of folks with 10 year olds and our lifestyles are just a bit different. Still 100% worth making the move

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I miss the flexibility in the summer when I was in between engagements and could easily take a whole month off/6 weeks leave of absence to travel and go home (my family is in a foreign country). It’s hard to do that in industry. Still I would never go back and do busy season though.

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I miss working with a lot of people around my age. In industry, the age range is much wider.

Also random "perks" from being at B4 like expensing coffee, lunch, happy hours (although none of this is happening currently) or the occasional travel.

No regrets though.

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