Career switch for a Public Accountant (Auditor)

KPMG / Acctg
bCId74

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bCId74
Jan 2 5 Comments

Hi all,

Happy new year!

I’m an Big4 Auditor (US equivalent: Public Accountant) who finds this job extremely boring and non-value adding to anyone’s life. 😁

I am thinking of switching my career to more interesting and well-earning areas recently. But I don’t have any clue to which area and how to do that. What are the pre-requisites to switch to Tech jobs? Is it even possible?

I have recently started to take a Data Science bootcamp. No solid plan. Just because everyone talks about it. My first impression is that: I feel like I have skills in coding and I might develop it. Statistics part is a bit confusing. But that’s mostly because I don’t have any previous experience in the relevant area. But I am still getting it with some more effort.

Any suggestions, advices are appreciated.

Thanks a lot!

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  • Insurance Company
    acct2021

    Insurance Company

    acct2021
    Get into tech consulting if you can! The easiest but also the most costly way is through grad school / mba. Though, if you want to get into tech tech, i have seen people successfully teach themselves how to code
    Jan 3 1
    • Insurance Company
      acct2021

      Insurance Company

      acct2021
      SelftaughtSoftwareEngineer.com
      Jan 3
  • Dixon Hughes Goodman
    dhg_bro

    Dixon Hughes Goodman

    dhg_bro
    Following.

    You can try to move into consulting or exit to a CFO/controller role (if you’re manager +) but I’ll let others who know more about tech answer the specific question.
    Jan 2 2
    • KPMG / Acctg
      bCId74

      Go to company page KPMG Acctg

      bCId74
      OP
      I’m a new manager. But wouldn’t be a controller role the same debits and credits? Which is boring as hell. 😕

      Consulting is such a broad term. Not sure where to land?

      Thanks for the answer!
      Jan 2
    • Dixon Hughes Goodman
      dhg_bro

      Dixon Hughes Goodman

      dhg_bro
      Bro idk what you’re doing that’s literally debits and credits lol. Esp as a manager…
      Jan 4