Looking for some advice on transitioning out of public accounting. What manager level opportunities are out there that don’t involve technical accounting? It just drains my soul. Would love to hear people’s experiences after public accounting, what type of work you do now, how was the learning curve, how does the WLB compare? TYIA.

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I'd also like to get out of accounting so am curious to see the responses.

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