Originally Posted by Unregistered

This is a common misconception, I left big 4 after 2.5 years and have about 6y work experience. While this is not the case for everyone, if you are bright, work hard and have some luck, the career track elsewhere is by no means slower than big 4. It’s competitive everywhere and you need to get the right role and companies.

For reference, my compensation is already above big4 sm, the one who stayed for 6 years is barely a manager