Monkeys,
I just had a quick question for y'all due to a cross roads I have come to. I am currently with a Big 4 firm in their financial service area acting as a lowly auditor. On top of that I have about 20 months of intern experience with a large oil/gas company in their corporate accounting department. I have a masters of accounting from a school that is slightly less than a target school, and by slightly less, I mean these guys aren't even on the map. They have an excellent swim team which is why I ended up there in the first place. Accounting was not a first choice major, but our finance program was a joke and I knew that the accounting program was at least slightly reputable. I find my self in the position of hating this job, and I'm looking to get out. I find the work tedious, uninteresting, and dull. I'll stick it out for another year to meet that two year roll but I am already planning my exit now. The area I am in is not known for IB, PE, or consulting, so a move would be required and I have no connections with anyone in those areas. Those areas are the ones I am interested in and I know that I have to get out of accounting but I am not quite sure which road would be best, from my perspective I have a few different options.
1) MSF at UT following my two years in public accounting
2) Analyst position, most likely at a oil company to gain enough experience before getting an MBA
3) Seek a transfer to advisory within my firm after this busy season (tough because I am not in that office) than an MBA
I'll take any suggestion or ideas, I will appreciate any help give
Extra things: Few things to help, I had a 3.75+ GPA from that lowly school I mentioned, I do not have my CPA yet (no intention of really getting it, I don't like this work enough), average rating from my firm, and I'm only 23 if that is relevant.
With that GPA and your age, if you wanted a different career I would screen for an officer slot in the military. Very lucrative when you count in all of the allowances, base and retirement package.
Or read through some of the other posts, plenty of advice on how to build your resume and have a shot at breaking in.
3 Might be the best road to take. Even if the office of your Big 4 doesn't have advisory people in it consider moving to another Big 4's advisory group. Just curious, what kind of internship lasts 20 months?(1 yr and 8 months).
The company was located in my city and it stretched until I graduated as long as I wanted to hold down the position.
To OP, what did you end up doing?
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