Career choice : audit or consulting at big4 ?
Hey guys,
I’d like some advice on career choices, I feel completely lost and I fear that I will regret my choice later on if I make the wrong decision.
I’m a soon to graduate student and I’m torn between two career paths, I’ve received two offers from the big accounting firms, one is audit and the other is consulting (technology). Many people say that audit is a soul crushing career, others say that it’s a safe, secure career that pays a lot in the long run and one that would allow to get highly respected designations such as the CPA. On the plus side I know exactly what to expect from audit and there also are exit opportunities such as working in the industry, for banks or for the government. Whereas in consulting, I honestly don’t have a clue as to what their job is, every consultant I’ve talked to boasted on how the job was cool because they basically do something different every day and there’s never a routine (hard to believe) i don’t know anything about exit opportunities either, what do they do once they want to move out of the big4 firm ? I feel like audit might give long term skills whereas consulting appears to be some kind of shady, “bullshit” job that doesn’t require any skill and with no value creation. I also know that an auditor might become a consultant but the former might not become an auditor. Still I’ve heard a lot people complain about audit… Is it that terrible?
Please enlighten me !
Sincerely
dante01
I’d like some advice on career choices, I feel completely lost and I fear that I will regret my choice later on if I make the wrong decision.
I’m a soon to graduate student and I’m torn between two career paths, I’ve received two offers from the big accounting firms, one is audit and the other is consulting (technology). Many people say that audit is a soul crushing career, others say that it’s a safe, secure career that pays a lot in the long run and one that would allow to get highly respected designations such as the CPA. On the plus side I know exactly what to expect from audit and there also are exit opportunities such as working in the industry, for banks or for the government. Whereas in consulting, I honestly don’t have a clue as to what their job is, every consultant I’ve talked to boasted on how the job was cool because they basically do something different every day and there’s never a routine (hard to believe) i don’t know anything about exit opportunities either, what do they do once they want to move out of the big4 firm ? I feel like audit might give long term skills whereas consulting appears to be some kind of shady, “bullshit” job that doesn’t require any skill and with no value creation. I also know that an auditor might become a consultant but the former might not become an auditor. Still I’ve heard a lot people complain about audit… Is it that terrible?
Please enlighten me !
Sincerely
dante01