When in actuality, like you said, you went out, you did one thing, then you switched over consulting. There is, for our CPAs in Big 4 or in the other firms, there is just such a wide net of opportunities.īob the CPA: I think that something people don't realize is they're so afraid to make that first jump out of the Big 4 or audit or tax, and they think that's going to be their permanent place for the rest of their career. Or you could do pre-audit support, or you might do intern controller type work. I implemented NetSuite for TeleSign, for example. I really prefer the project-based work, and it could range from implementing new system. Just to give an example, the Rubicon Project, the ANIS company, Lions Gate Entertainment are a few, but I've worked for TeleSign Mobile Messenger and a lot of different types of projects, and personally, that's my kind of niche. And all along the way, I'd see all these different types of cultures and the type of people that go to each culture. Then after leaving Cornerstone, most of my time has been more on the consulting side, and I would, again, just go to different industry with different types of clients, different sizes. So I got into a high-growth company, and I say high-growth because that's a very specific type of culture. So it was kind of chaotic, but it was exciting, and looking back, that was a very fortunate situation. But I was speaking with recruiters and seeing what that job market looked like, and I had some positives and some negative experiences with the recruiters.īut I finally got into a job that was with Cornerstone OnDemand, and it was right before they were going public, and I was fortunate enough to work on their IPO and really part of a very fast-growing team.
So it was a little nerve-racking, but I planned it early enough, and I actually committed to that final busy season of PwC. So I jumped out to L.A., and I decided to leave public accounting at that point, and that was, again, my first job search out of public. Then, from my own personal decision, I wanted to move somewhere new and kind of warm. So it's a great scale within those few years. Within PwC, I worked on firm financial services to healthcare to concessions, retail sort of industry, so I've got a good mix of that industry experience, and in seeing from large to small, I was on public clients and private clients. So I spent three years with Price Waterhouse in Buffalo, New York. Yeah, I've had a huge mix, quite a variety of experiences. But first, can you tell us maybe a little bit of your career story, what your path has been, and kind of how that makes you qualified to share this advice with others? Today, we're going to be talking about leaving the Big 4 public accounting and kind of some of the options that are available afterward. You can get links to everything we talked about in today's episode at the Show Notes by visiting /203.
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