Talk me out of leaving EY as a cyber security consultant and joining a security startup as an information security manager.

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I'm not going to talk you out of it. You went through interviews and received an offer from elsewhere. You clearly have reasons to leave the firm. Depending on your team, you've probably seen a lot of people leaving EY right now. Don't be stuck as the last one out the door.

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I left EY Cyber - time to move on.

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Ey2, would love to hear your reasons and where you went.

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So one thing about being a senior consultant in cyber - there is opportunity to get experience and exposure to other cyber disciplines. For example, if you are a senior consultant in cyber doing PAM or security engineering, it is possible at EY to move into roles doing penetration testing or incident response or security operations. Once you move up the ladder (regardless of whether it is at EY or another firm), those new experiences will no longer be available to you because as a manager you’ll be expected to have that level of knowledge already. I’m kind of in the same boat - I would love to go for a manager position, but I want more of a foundation in other cyber disciplines before I move up. Not everybody is in the same exact situation as I am, but you asked us to talk you out of it, so here is a reason not to take that position.

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IT Audits... that will definitely do it to you. Good luck out there OP! At the very least, cyber is generally pretty lucrative wherever you end up!

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I’m leaving EY cyber as well. Too much BS. Move to a startup and get some real work done.

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Be sure to pick the correct startup 🙏

Hire me next manager

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A lot of people are leaving and most for more money. The firm not giving raises and cyber work and demand staying the same just isn’t aligning with everyone. I’m giving them until October to see if they will make this up to us but if not, I’m out as well.

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P much every person ive talked to it has been more money. Cant blame them i guess.

But tbh the total stoppage of removals from the firm while i know many people who lost their jobs.. i still give props.

There’s going to be realignment of competencies in EY Cyber that they will roll off in a few weeks. I heard that some folks were already “realigned” by the leaders, even before the folks (including myself) know where it would be. Then we will be presented the illusion of choice. So I’d say, do what you must for yourself.

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Ey6, your crystal ball needs to be polished. Sure theres new stuff coming out but stop puttomg out garbage information. The technical career path is still so far off it isnt even worth mentioning.

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