Tech audit A2 here who wants to leave due to the extreme peaks / valleys of the job. Would it be best to: 1. Upskill in cloud and ERP systems to transition to tech consulting 2. Study for GMAT to get MBA at T25 school (then what?) 3. Stick it out until SA / M then switch to industry. I feel like my options are limited bc of ~ 1 YOE and the current tech market.

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Option 1 is a very difficult transition. Going from audit to consulting is not easy to do, especially without having your MBA. Option 2 is a good path to option 1, but that is a full career reset and then starting in consulting (which is fine with 1 yoe). Consulting is extremely competitive so it’s a hard path, even with a T25 mba. You can specialize or choose your mba school depending on what you want to do, options are pretty endless. Option 3 is a fan fave, but you’ll only be pigeonholing yourself. More YOE is good if you want to continue doing what your doing, but exit ops will be internal audit so if your not interested in that, then staying isn’t doing you any favors

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Super helpful SM1! Agreed, I’m dreading option 3 since it means I’ll be doing SOC / SOX work for many years to come. Seems like going option 2 to 1 is viable but not sure how attractive of a candidate I’ll be with limited work experience. Gotta start researching programs that are best fit

If you’re looking to leave due to extreme peaks and valleys, i’m not sure tech consulting or strategy (assuming that’s what you want from T25 MBA) is appropriate. Peaks and valleys would arguably be worse.

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My experience has been a very busy winter (sep-feb) and a slow spring. I’m assuming the consulting peaks / valleys cycle through more often than the YoY audit cycle but could be wrong here.

My favorite hobby is skiing so my current schedule is tough.

I went from an A2 in audit to a software implementation consulting role. I'd shoot out a bunch of resumes before going the MBA route

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I can potentially refer you to my company if you're interested. I'll DM you.

Can you switch to core audit at your firm? Seems easier that your options, you can leave after 2 YOE with better options.

1 is extremely difficult
2 could land you in a ton of debt and opportunity costs of not working. Nothing is guaranteed with MBAs unless you go to Stanford or Harvard
3 will just make matters worse if you hate IT audit

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