Starting at Big 4 two and a half years after grad - Page 2

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    tonypineda88
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    I was wondering if anyone here has experienced something similar?

    Most people start at Big 4 straight out of college, but I was busy with school and 2 jobs and didn’t participate in the networking events like I should have; plus I thought I would just get a job with them after college. Well I did, but it took two years of applications, networking, and working in industry/taking my CPA exam in the mean time. Now I got an offer to start 7 months from now (January 2017) with a small possibility of starting sooner, at a starting salary that’s 5000 less than I make now — and that’s 7 months from now, at which point I would’ve expected a raise in my current position.

    While I’m super excited to get this opportunity, I kind of feel under-appreciated and like I’m sort of taking a step back to get into the public accounting industry. I know it’s just money but I live in Los Angeles so money is pretty important lol. IDK, anyone have any words of wisdom, or went through something similar?

    I’m a senior analyst at a bank, going in as a Tax Associate at Big 4

    FAR: 4/15 80
    AUD: 11/15 77
    BEC: 4/16 80
    REG: 8/25/2016 so ready to be done!!!

    Lost motivation for the CPA exam for a few months after FAR, but ready to finish now!

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