/biz/ - Business & Finance

yoooo
i work industry so idk shit about taxes, or making money.

I plan on going, or maybe just study home and take cpa

>>23219953
I did. Easy and practically a guaranteed job after college if you aren't completely retarded. If you are smarter than most of the other accountants (not hard) you can be a CPA and start a real career and be making 6 figs 5 years out of school. Long hours, high stress, but but a pretty simple and reliable way to mid-high pay wagecucking. I quit after 7 years to NEET forever.

>>23220073
i'd say take at least a couple classes at your local community college on tax/audit if you're gonna do cpa. specifically personal income tax and small business tax.
you won't really need cost unless you want to do costing.

>>23220118
Never thought of that, was thinking either go take a MA or study home, community College is like 15 minds from my house so could try

>>23220112
How much did you make straight off the bat? Please tell of your experience. I'm studying in Japan and next year have to choose what to do. Also where do you live, I'm in Norway so pay is maybe not so good but what do you know?

You're like my future self

>>23220073
Not sure how much you've looked into it, but most states require a bachelors to even sit for the exam. Some even require 150 credit hours.

>>23220278
Not that much, but next year I'm done with business economics

>>23220271
I started at Big 4 at $50k, working in tax, in the US midwest. This was nearly 10 years ago, so it could be more now. While I worked in tax, my main responsibility was helping the audit teams in our office with the tax expense part of the audit, which is usually done by a tax team. Our main busy season was January - March (12/31 audit deadlines) during which we worked 6 (sometimes 7) days a week, 12-16 hours a day. A little less on the weekends, show up late, go home early kinda thing. We also got pretty busy each quarter, with quarterly filings, for a few weeks, although that was usually a little less intense. Since I did work for the tax department, I also had income tax clients that would keep me busy from late march through April 15th, and from August through October 15th. Even when it wasn't one of these "busy seasons" there was always a ton of shit to do, mandating 50-60 hour weeks. The people you work with are generally super motivated and the culture is all about putting in tons of hours. I had a manager bill 3000 hours in one year (that's only hours spent on client work, not on administration, mentoring, performance reviews, internal meetings, happy hours, etc.). I learned a lot and if I cared about being the best accountant, I guess it would have been the best place imaginable. The only thing I've ever really wanted though was to stop working, so I probably wasn't a good fit. I left after 2 years for a big promotion in a small firm, which I ended up being a partner in.

>>23220504
That sounds wonderful. Becoming a partner in a small firm where your opinion is well respected and your position is quite significant, which comes with the benefits of being a smaller firm; cozy.

That's quite good, I hope you thrive in your NEET years, sounds /comfy/. Thanks for your experience, much appreciated

>>23221244
Good luck to you!

>>23219953
I did but dropped out. Not because of job prospects or salary or anything like that (accounting is the most employed finance major), it just wasn't for me.

I studied finance but got an accounting job at a small company shorty after graduation. I’m a retard so I don’t know much about accounting but the job is pretty easy and I get paid 55k. I don’t have to work the crazy hours that big 4 accountants do. I’m hoping to move on from accounting into a more finance related field soon

>>23219953
I am.

>>23219953
>Do a few hours of work each day
>Fuck around for the rest
Easiest job on the planet desu no fucking wonder why every university accounting program is loaded with Stacy's

>>23219953
My brother did finance and accounting and got a masters and is currently an associate at some mergers and acquisition place at 24 earning £150k, top university though.

>>23219953
yes, its soul sucking and thank god for link