I've been working as an Account Manager for nearly a year now and I have to say, I enjoy this job more than I thought I would. How long has everyone else been an Account Manager? How do you like it so far?

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9 years, it’s fine. I was meant to work for Deloitte but didn’t have rich or smart parents, so I ended up in this industry instead.

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You're not missing much at Deloitte, trust me.

Source: Someone with rich parents/friends that went to an Ivy League and ended up at Deloitte & KPMG.

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2 years then I was laid off but I loved it

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11 years, and I like it well enough most days. I have enough senority now that I can delegate a lot of the trivial time suck tasks, but I'm starting to feel I've outgrown the role. Started taking on more Director level duties over the last year or two, but I think I really want to run my own department.

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