Your first job in the industry vs. what you're doing now

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Risk Associate I —> Risk Associate II

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IT audit associate => senior software engineer

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Started as a web developer making css and content updates. Somewhere along the way did corporate investigations and computer forensics. Now I listen to requests and ask the team to make it happen....

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Honestly.... Mostly. I like being able to decide/approve the approach to tackle the challenge. I dislike being removed from the hands on work. There was something so satisfying in digging and digging and then having the aha! moment when pieces started to come together. I'm glad the team members get to experience that rush, but I miss it.

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Staff Accounting (public company) > Audit staff (external audit firm) > Risk Advisory Consultant, Senior consultant, and now Advisory Manager (risk consulting firm)

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Very cool... how long has it taken you to get from point A to point D in your career progression?

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I'd joined Genpact in 2017 and after 5 years I've now moved to Accenture with decent hike.

Now can you advise how much time it takes to come back to Genpact, and what are the chances that Genpact would meet the package?

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Here is the cycle I’m in:
Staff asks for training. Training is provided. Staff doesn’t do what they were trained to do. It’s infuriating when this close to a deadline.

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