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Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 14:10 | IP Logged  

I want to get into Big 4 advisory and work for a few years in that.  A top MSA would do the trick.  It would get my foot back into the door, get me certified with 150 credits, and look good for MBA admissions.  Not to mention I just want to challenge myself, see how well I can do in school when I actually try.  I'm actually anxious to go back to school.  I'm kinda nerdy, I get bored easily.

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I wish you well. Who knows maybe you will making up new IFRS rules for the world 1 day...
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Good luck with that.  I don't know anything about Big 4 advisory, but if you are nerdy and get bored easily, I don't see how you can stand public accounting, especially audit.  Most of the work is so tedious.  I get bored easily as well.  Even in tax, it's usually tedious, but every once in a while it does get interesting.  I must say that despite how much I hated having to go to school, especially during tax season, the intellectual stimulation (relatively speaking) of going to school and studying for the CPA exam sure beat some of the tedium of daily work.  But the high cost of school that forced me to live like a poor student got old really fast.  And I did not go to a top school.  The top schools, at least the MBA top 10, are much more expensive and require you to go full-time.
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Agreed, that's why I am not returning to Audit and am moving into business valuation.  Cost is not an issue with me.  I'd rather be happy at the job or school I want to be at, than have extra money.  I do it for the pure challenge and learning aspect of it (job or school).
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Ah, business valuation.  I actually got involved with a couple business valuations at my last job.  Much more interesting than the low level audit or tax compliance work.

So how do you plan to finance your next 2 degrees?  Let me tell you, living like a poor student to pay your bills really sucks after a while.  And many people who have even one professional school (business or law) degree from a top school have to borrow a ton and spend many years paying back those student loans in an average economy not as bad as the economy we're currently in.

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