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Just curious, how many people actually hate or dislike accounting but still do it anyway for a variety of reasons and benefits like job security, low unemployment rate, decent pay, etc.?
I really dont like accounting. I’d go so far as to say I hate it for some of the topics. Other topics not so bad. It takes everything I have to get my ass up and to study for the CPA and some days I’m like “ok this isn’t so bad” and other days I will not want to crack open a book for 3 days. The thought of doing certain accounting makes me want to just sleep. I’m not really complaining but it’s a good position to be in and problems are all relative. Some people would kill for my degree and job prospects but to me, I am in my late 20s and I have one last chance to pursue what I want to do.
There are many different areas of accounting but for the most interesting.. say IT Audit, it’s reasonable at best. I would never be like “I can’t wait to get up and do work”. And yet I can’t seem to ditch it due to the positive aspects of it. I feel like it would be a great thing to fall back on.
Working is less painful than studying though. I’m definitely smart enough to pass the CPA and the parts that I have interest and motivation in, I do ok because it has my full attention. But there are some parts like FAR where it will take everything and more for me to really study it.
Sometimes I think about going into something completely unrelated and going into an entry level position and starting over.. But the grass is always greener I guess…..
If money wasn’t an issue, I would work in the creative space. But very hard to find a decent job there. Ain’t that always the problem.
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