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I am a senior 1 at a big 4 firm and was wondering when would the best time for me to leave the firm is. It is not that I dislike my job, I am more just curious when leaving would be the most advantageous. I am not sure where to go or anything, but would like to know where I could go that would get me the most money and would be the most interesting.

[Anonymous]

The more years you have in public accounting, the more desirable you will be to other companies. I was at a small public accounting firm for two years, left as a staff associate, and got a job as a project manager. I had a friend who left after only 1 year of public accounting and she got a job as an accounting manager. Another friend left after 4 years and got a job as a controller. It really all depends, I have plenty of other friends who left public accounting after 2-3 years and still haven't found another good job.

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