Should I leave PA after 1 year with CPA license if I can get a Senior Accountant role? Any long term disadvantages? EDIT: Currently in audit and was gonna dip after senior promote anyways

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I'd stay longer than a year. There's no magic to it, but I generally say stay until manager. Your exit options are a lot better at manager. You can definitely succeed starting as a Senior in industry, but it's gonna take a lot longer to get past the manager level in industry than in PA. 1 year in PA doesn't seem like that much experience to be honest

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Ohh makes sense. Thanks for the advice!

I left PA at 2 years. I wanted to leave at 1 year but stayed one more year. I learned a lot more during my second year. But you do you...

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