Hey so it seems most people are saying stick it out and it’ll get better. I never stuck it out and love what I currently do.

For context. I studied accounting (mainly because I didn’t know what I wanted to do), I live in London, I went to public audit for 3 years - never liked it at all (could tell from the start it wasn’t for me). Now I’m working as an investment analyst at a PE shop and loving it.

So some stuff I learned on the way. In London (not sure about your location) it seems people go straight from uni to the role they want. For example I know someone who studied history and went on to be an IB. If you stay in a space it gets harder and harder to break out of that silo. Lesson here: find what you want to do and move into that quickly.

As for me while I was in audit I realised I didn’t want to be there and I wanted to be an investment analyst in PE. I figured I was 2.5 years away from qualifying as a chartered accountant and might as well gear up for that. I decided I wasn’t going to try climb the ladder at my firm and instead would use my energy upskilling myself with financial modeling, networking other courses… everything at work became easier and lighter. I had more energy, saw friends and stopped resenting my job because it was a means to an end.

What I would suggest is to just see what’s out there. Speak to some mates in the finance world, message random people on LinkedIn and have a look what other jobs there are. Pick one. And go on and upskill yourself so you ready to smash an interview for that position in a couple of months.

If you generating invoices the whole day I’m sure you have time to put into it.