Comments on: A road paved with t-accounts http://www.accountingelf.com/paved-with-t-accounts/ a look at the CPA exam and recruiting Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:34:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Veronica http://www.accountingelf.com/paved-with-t-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Veronica Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:55:02 +0000 http://www.accountingelf.com/?p=112#comment-466 this is exactly how i feel! "The problem is, it’s business itself that I’m passionate, not any particular craft or trade. " haha! On a side-note, have you heard of any seniors who graduated with an accounting degree, and went on(straight after grraduating) to clinch a job that is more of what one with a business degree would do? e.g. Banking, running of businesses, etc. this is exactly how i feel! “The problem is, it’s business itself that I’m passionate, not any particular craft or trade. ” haha!

On a side-note, have you heard of any seniors who graduated with an accounting degree, and went on(straight after grraduating) to clinch a job that is more of what one with a business degree would do? e.g. Banking, running of businesses, etc.

]]> By: Krupo http://www.accountingelf.com/paved-with-t-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Krupo Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:05:48 +0000 http://www.accountingelf.com/?p=112#comment-102 I'd say about 15% chance you'll stay in public accounting (just pulling a number out), though it's probably not a bad estimate for what percentage end up staying. But I would also say that you've picked the perfect field to be in when you feel that way about business - this way you learn about how a bunch of different businesses, what works and what doesn't, and you become that Valuable Asset in the future. Whether you start your own shop, or join someone to be the financial/accounting smarts behind someone else's idea, you'll definitely have options - and yeah, that's one of the big things that appealed to me when getting into this line of work. I’d say about 15% chance you’ll stay in public accounting (just pulling a number out), though it’s probably not a bad estimate for what percentage end up staying.

But I would also say that you’ve picked the perfect field to be in when you feel that way about business – this way you learn about how a bunch of different businesses, what works and what doesn’t, and you become that Valuable Asset in the future.

Whether you start your own shop, or join someone to be the financial/accounting smarts behind someone else’s idea, you’ll definitely have options – and yeah, that’s one of the big things that appealed to me when getting into this line of work.

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