pyaldo
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Hello all. New to this thread and looking for some
advice.
I am aware there is a similar post on this thread, but I
would like to re-ignite the discussion as the last one
started in 2010... I cannot find sufficient information
online to help me make a decision, so I imagine others
are having the same issue... My situation is described
below.. but feel free to add any general knowledge.
Looking to gain as many opinions as possible.
Currently a 22 year old Bachelors of accounting student
in a great accounting program. 1 year left of my BA.
Starting a tax internship at #5 accounting firm in a
couple of months. I am very interested in tax as I find
it extremely useful as general business knowledge.
After my BA, I am either going to go into the MST
program; my school has one of the best... Or bail and go
to law school to pursue tax attorney.
Ultimate goal is to work for myself, whether in a
consulting practice or going into some line of business.
My #1 attraction to law school is not law, but some idea
in my head that if I have a JD, I can tell others to f*k
off and will have some power that I cant get otherwise. I
also like the idea of attorney-client privilege and
having more leverage against the IRS.
Not interested in the things many people may be: Employee
benefits, salary, climbing the ladder, etc. Risk taker at heart... not
looking to settle into a lifetime of 9-5. I plan on going either route to
work hard for X years, with the goal of sucking up as much
knowledge as humanly possible. Would love to work in a capacity
that involves strategic consulting.
The thing that scares me about law school is that I am more
business minded/practical than I am interested in "law" and theory,
and would hate to end up feeling like I wasted my time learning b.s
and paying for it, and being 35 years old before I am able to set
myself free.
What bothers me about not going...is the idea of sitting
around filling out 1040s for years as a tax accountant,
while all the big stuff goes to some guy sitting next to
me who is no smarter but has j.d after his name.
Am I missing something in my perspective? Totally wrong?
Also fully aware of the debt, lost years of cash flow,
etc. Even though I am weighing all of that heavily, as a
person who is very investment/ROI minded, it is not part
of the "grey" area that is keeping me up at night trying
to figure all of this out. If that was the only
factor it would be a pretty easy choice.
Thank you all in advance for contributing. It means a lot
to me
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