Is getting into accounting advisory helpful for exit opportunities?

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If you like technical accounting (digging into the codification), yes. Personally that seems miserable.

I honestly believe most people are drawn to it because it's not audit, only to learn it's really not fun either lol. But they get to say they're in "advisory" or a "consultant," so that's cool I guess.

Maybe reach out to some people who work there and get their feedback. Hopefully someone you trust who can tell you all the good, bad, ugly.

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I moved to advisory from big 4 audit. Happy to share my experience. Just shoot me a message!

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