re: Which direction should I go in if I want to get out of public accounting?

You could always sell pics of your bhole on onlyfans.

Big city going through good times as there will be a shortage of Controllers, Accounting Managers, etc.

Like Houston when oil & gas is doing well.

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It’s a smaller firm.

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cool, the income disparity won't hit you so bad

Got calluses?

Do you have any international finance experience, or with mergers & acquisitions? If so, CFO should be in your plans. If not, get it.

That would be my path.

Private Accounting

Corporate internal audit or Feds

You can easily start at gs-11 with a CPA and gs-12 with a MBA

If you look at salaries, be sure to check which pay scale table you are looking at. Base is not the actual salary because locality is added. Also since you are not currently a fed employee, you can negotiate step

I hate to say this because I despise this agency, but jump on the sword for a couple years and work for the IRS, earn some stripes & learn how to really maneuver the system.

Then open up a boutique private firm and customers will flock to you knowing you’re an ex-IRS Agent.

I don’t know if it’s some urban legend or whatever, but I’ve always heard that ex-IRS guys have some sort of immunity for certai things, of course I’m sure you can’t be some outlaw, but for the most part, they don’t go after their “own”.

If I were in the accounting world, and young in my career, I think I would do that even though it’s like joining forces with the devil, but the experience might be worth its weight in gold.

Move to Texas, and go into private industry.

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Take a manager or controller job at a small company. Then with some experience there start applying for CFO jobs

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If you don’t like public, buckle up going this route. If the small company is growing or worth a shite, they’re going to work you like a dog.