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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are not a lawyer, steer clear of the SEC.

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Everyone, from HR to IT and everyone in between, gets the pay bump.  Not sure why people should steer clear of that.  Accountants make the same as lawyers, even though private sector salaries are usually lower, so not sure why they would avoid it either.[/quote]

I wasn’t referring to the salary. It’s just if you’re not a lawyer, you will have no clout at the SEC.[/quote]

Depend on the office.  Accountants do ok in the Office of the Chief Accountant.  I don’t think HR or IT people have any less clout at the SEC than they do elsewhere.  They have clout in their spheres and not elsewhere.

The SEC has more lawyers and more legal focused offices, but that’s just the nature of the work.  There aren’t legions of program officers like in some places.

Finally, although you weren’t talking about money, I was.  Even if you are right that non-lawyers have less clout, the significantly increased pay salves a lot of wounds.  Most people aren’t going to “steer clear” of a big pay bump because of less clout.[/quote]

I'm going to second this and say that economists do very well at the SEC.  DERA is truly the darling of the SEC and they seem to be treated very well.  Accountants in Corp Fin also do very well from what I've seen.  Not only that, it's truly the best of all available opportunities to make that kind of money and have work life balance.[/quote]

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