Trying to leave big 4 audit as senior 1 cuz I'm burned out. I don't want a pure accounting role and I want something fairly interesting. What are my options?

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FBI Special Agent? Need CPA plus 3yrs exp, sounds like you’re probably qualified

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@SA1 FBI is on a hiring freeze ...

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Move over to Consulting.

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I became an analyst, nice to be familiar with my work but be forward looking instead. It's helping me learn some stuff I would have learned getting an MBA vs a MSA

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edited: After 6 years of being self-employed, I’m considering what opportunities I could have in corporate.

I’ve been looking and seems like my skills don’t transfer well or maybe I don’t have the corporate language?

i absolutely cannot afford to “start from the bottom”

I’m just feeling exhausted from having an online business run on social media. oof.

Do I need to hire a career coach?

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Will ECBA (Entry Certificate Business Analyst) certification by IIBA be helpful to me in my career ?

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