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I have had first or second hand experience in the following professions, accounting, law, medicine, science, hr, IT. and Accounting, from the cost benefit standpoint, is the best one out of them. You do not need a graduate education, just need to pass the cpa to make a good living. In a normal economy, accountants with experience can still find jobs easily. In addition. accounting work is really not hard at all. You don't need to work that hard to do well in accounting. In public accounting you work long hours, but the work is easy,really easy. In corporate accounting in the right position,you work 40 hours a week, barely need to think and still make good money. There is no better career in my opininon for someone who do not want to work long hours to make a good living.
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creditfigaro wrote:
I don't hate accounting work at all. I love the subject matter, the experiences, the clients and the expertise.
What I hate is the not accounting work, or, maybe, the accounting not work.
It's f'ing BS that finding a job in this profession is as hard as it is. Part of the reason I chose the profession is because I felt I would have good control over the direction of my career, choices regarding what area of the profession to work, and freedom to dabble before finding what made me happy.
Now I'll take whatever will pay my bills. I applied for a job filling out and filing sales and use tax returns (barf). It's not even an associate position, but I am going for it because part of me believes "if they just give me a chance, they will value me like everyone else I've ever worked for."
Many of us are feeling swindled by the industry and are getting bitter.
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look at your CPA scores. you should be working at big 4, not 90 percent of these douche bags that get the job. Accounting is a sham.
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nycaccounting wrote:
| I have had first or second hand experience in the following professions, accounting, law, medicine, science, hr, IT. and Accounting, from the cost benefit standpoint, is the best one out of them. You do not need a graduate education, just need to pass the cpa to make a good living. In a normal economy, accountants with experience can still find jobs easily. In addition. accounting work is really not hard at all. You don't need to work that hard to do well in accounting. In public accounting you work long hours, but the work is easy,really easy. In corporate accounting in the right position,you work 40 hours a week, barely need to think and still make good money. There is no better career in my opininon for someone who do not want to work long hours to make a good living.
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That is the exact reason why a lot of smart, motivated people don't get accounting jobs. The work is a joke. I thought being a CPA, passing the exam and doing the actual accounting required skill and precision. In fact, it requires neither. Thats why its so hard to get a job in accounting especially in PA and B4. All you need is a flowery personally.
Going into accounting is the biggest mistake of my life thus far. I should have explored real professions like engineering and science. Atleast they value intelligence and achievements and way less people are competing for these jobs because they require real passion for the subject matter and not pure greed like the CPA people.
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You can always go back to school to do engineering or science, but be warned, it is many magnitudes more difficult to study and get a decent paying job.
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clips2007 wrote:
nycaccounting wrote:
| I have had first or second hand experience in the following professions, accounting, law, medicine, science, hr, IT. and Accounting, from the cost benefit standpoint, is the best one out of them. You do not need a graduate education, just need to pass the cpa to make a good living. In a normal economy, accountants with experience can still find jobs easily. In addition. accounting work is really not hard at all. You don't need to work that hard to do well in accounting. In public accounting you work long hours, but the work is easy,really easy. In corporate accounting in the right position,you work 40 hours a week, barely need to think and still make good money. There is no better career in my opininon for someone who do not want to work long hours to make a good living.
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That is the exact reason why a lot of smart, motivated people don't get accounting jobs. The work is a joke. I thought being a CPA, passing the exam and doing the actual accounting required skill and precision. In fact, it requires neither. Thats why its so hard to get a job in accounting especially in PA and B4. All you need is a flowery personally.
Going into accounting is the biggest mistake of my life thus far. I should have explored real professions like engineering and science. Atleast they value intelligence and achievements and way less people are competing for these jobs because they require real passion for the subject matter and not pure greed like the CPA people.
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Well said
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