I'm working as a new manager in a number of jobs that I have not worked on before. I'm feeling a bit lost and stupid when the partner and the other manager is talking about things and I don't have any clue about it. How do I get over this feeling? Should I be doing more?

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Smile and fake it. And then go and research the topics.

What are the things you don’t know about, generally?

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This is the way.

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Does this feeling ever go away in public accounting?

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I’m in a similar situation. Just ask a lot of questions as you go along. After a season I’m hoping to get the work better

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If its something specific to the client....your bosses obviously know you're new on the team, so politely ask them to elaborate. Also spend some tome reviewing the PY file so that you have some background to start from. If its a certain audit area or transaction, its not a bad thing to say that you've not encountered a certain area before and ask for some explanation.

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In a professional environment, the partner and manager would take the time to transfer some of their knowledge to you. This may include directing you to some specific areas to review on your own. But you shouldn't have to take notes and go Google a bunch of topics. That's ridiculous.

Unfortunately, this kind of situation can be one where they are trying to burn you out--i.e. bringing you on a bunch of new clients where you can't leverage prior knowledge with a peer manager who is very familiar w/ the clients and is destined to outperform you assuming they continue to withhold knowledge from you.

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