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  • LonelyRonPaul
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    Comes with the territory lol. I passed my last exam in Feb and I'm just about finished with my last class to get my license. But I still get the same repeated questions from the same people quite often. I would just be appreciative that they are supportive of you and that the line of questioning on testing and such will probably start going away once you can actually tell then “I'm a CPA now”.

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    in reply to: Are traffic violations considered criminal offenses? #1582264
    LonelyRonPaul
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    I would imagine they fussed about the misdemeanor but did they give you a hard time about the failing to stop and speeding tickets? I can't imagine they would care about those too much lol.

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    in reply to: Career crossroads #1579003
    LonelyRonPaul
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    @ragepsn29 Govt might be one of those things that's harder to break into later on down the road though. That's the only thing. Also, I only experienced govt from that accounting clerk position. It's very possible that I could've been exposed to more interesting work if I had stayed the path there.

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    in reply to: Career crossroads #1578977
    LonelyRonPaul
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    @ragepsn29 Yeah sorry, forgot to get back to your post! It was alright. It was an accounting clerk job at the village level, so quite a small department of 5 people in finance. Job security and benefits are definitely top notch. I started with 4 weeks PTO (No separate sick bank. Had to use PTO for that.) and about 15 holidays. Health and dental insurance were both good plans and my premium (single) was $50 a month for both total. Retirement was handled by the state of FL, where you could choose between defined contribution or pension plan. The match was decent I think. I was hourly so, barely worked over 40 except near year end. Personally, I found it boring and repetitive after a while. I just couldn't see myself doing that for my whole career. And of course pay is lower, but if you stick it out for your career, you can definitely make some big money and have incredible benefits to boot. It's definitely a great fit for some people and if you're interested, I say try it out to see what you think. It just wasn't for me.

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    in reply to: Career crossroads #1578922
    LonelyRonPaul
    Participant

    @Almond I can definitely tough it out! No more hurricanes haha, so that's fine with me.

    Palm Beach County is pretty nice. As always, there are areas in Riviera Beach, West Palm, Lake Worth to avoid completely. The Jupiter/Palm Beach Gardens area is quite good (that's where I am), I particularly liked Delray/Boynton as it is more affordable and you get more for your money. Boca is ritzy of course and expensive but there are affordable areas here and there.

    Broward and Miami Dade county are OK. The dumpy and shady areas become more and more pervasive as you move south of the PBC line. People become ruder. Drivers get even worse, if that's possible. Rush hour traffic is shit on 95. Turnpike is more reasonable. Downtown Miami and Miami Beach are really pretty but expensive to live. You can find a decent neighborhood for a reasonable price down there but it's gonna take some digging.

    You will also need a car in any of these areas lol. Public transportation is just not realistic at all.

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    in reply to: Career crossroads #1578905
    LonelyRonPaul
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    @Almond I'm ready for a change. I've lived here my whole life and I'm pretty tired of it. Cost of living is also getting out of control with no real increase in salaries to match. Housing is being put up about as fast as these builders can move and the prices are getting outrageous. I'm open to many major US markets with some exceptions. Really not interested in another area of Florida for now and almost zero interest in the Northeast as I have already had that cultural experience living in So Fla, lol.

    Chicago has peaked my interest lately. I really enjoyed my visit and I can see myself living there. The people were so much more friendly and not stuffy compared to down here. Cost of living actually seems really close to what it is down here, so I don't think it would be much of a shock. I know the winters suck but I'm finding that I hate the heat and humidity even more. I can definitely deal.

    I also have some friends around the DC area and LA who are trying to spark my interest. I'd be open to those as well.

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    in reply to: Career crossroads #1578848
    LonelyRonPaul
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    Oh for sure. I'm sure I would have an easier time getting into the audit side since I have the industry side experience already, but the corp finance path is feeling a little dry to me. I'm just curious to see if tax is an area I would be more interested in and it would be nice to have that experience in case I wanted to open my own firm one day.

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    in reply to: Career crossroads #1578737
    LonelyRonPaul
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    Maybe I should've included a TLDR 🙂

    28 years old, 2.5 yrs industry staff accountant and 2 yrs local govt experience. Will have CPA within 2 months and will start job searching around that time. Do you recommend I go the public accounting route while I'm young with no obligations or continue on as a senior accountant? Interested in relocating from South Fla.

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    in reply to: CPAs in Politics #1555129
    LonelyRonPaul
    Participant

    @Almond um YEP. People that actually understand you should try to shoot for break even or a surplus instead of just racking up more and more on the credit card 😐

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    in reply to: CPAs in Politics #1555014
    LonelyRonPaul
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    The green visor and portable 10 key calculator sitting at the podium just isn't a good look ;(

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    in reply to: California Ethics Requirement #1554004
    LonelyRonPaul
    Participant

    Thanks everyone!

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    in reply to: Public Accounting Experience #1554001
    LonelyRonPaul
    Participant

    The grass is not always necessarily greener my friend. I'm 28 and a staff accountant at a large public company (just got bought recently) and it definitely gets very boring sometimes. Same repetitive processes, same month close, same account recs over and over. It's definitely a 9-5 experience, so no long hours. Great work life balance. But I'll be damned if I'm not bored out of my skull a lot of the time due to lack of work. And this is with asking supervisors what else I can work on.

    Some people are fine with that and they would probably love a job like that haha. But being in this job for a little over two years has made me realize that I don't think I can do the standard corporate finance path of staff>senior>mgr>controller. I'll be laid off within a year due to this merger and I'm taking this opportunity now to explore my options in public since I never went that route. Even if it means longer hours. I find myself needing to be constantly challenged and I'm excited to try it out. Been very interested in trying out tax and possibly turning that experience into starting my own business in the future.

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    LonelyRonPaul
    Participant

    Well this seems totally legit!

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    in reply to: Roger Expired. New Course Suggestions? #1539964
    LonelyRonPaul
    Participant

    Did you exhaust the $50 per section 6 month extensions yet? I'm not sure of how far away you are in your studying but I was able to email their customer service after I used all my extensions and they gave me another slight extension for free. This was because REG was the last section I had to take and it was a few months away. If this is your situation, might be worth a shot.

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    in reply to: Times where you think you failed but actually passed #1536379
    LonelyRonPaul
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    It took me 5 total attempts to completely pass (2 tries for REG) and each time I thought I failed. I was only right one time. Was a pleasant surprise about every time. My opinion is, you always did better than you think.

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