Am I the only who’s embarrassed when someone asks what do i do? Im an auditor btw

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If you are passionate about your job, it’s respected. If you make 6 figures, it’s respected. If you have a CPA, it’s respected. You can get all of that from being an auditor. If you’re not passionate about the day to day thing, you can be passionate about the people and the growth. I’ve grown a lot (in my perspective) as an auditor. You get to ask a lot of questions and understand processes from end to end as a job. You get to be right a lot too! Ofc, if you’re gonna say “but a lawyer/doctor can do these and has these things”...then that’s your problem to fix. Stop comparing. If you hate your job, then do something you’re proud of.

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I have ACA and i thought yh I would feel great about it. But nah not really. I am moving on though

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No reason to be insecure about your career. Success is measured in many ways and you referred to a few.

CPAs are among the most trusted and respected professions in the world. I get it that people like to make accountant jokes. But at the end of the day our profession 8s highly respected.

Money? My only friend who make more than me are other accountants. I have a sibling who is a physician. I make more than twice his income. I have friends who are lawyers and if they are partners our comp is similar. I have friends who are C level executives in private industry and I make more than all of them. One guy made a 7 million pop on options and an IPO but over the last 30 years I have earned more than him in the aggregate.

Bottom line, chin up and be proud!

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What size firm are you at out of curiosity?

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I Am more embarrassed about how much I make because when people hear I’m a CPA, they think I make zillions🙄

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Yeah because I can’t explain it

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Yeah. I have the worst job out of my entire social circle. Don’t know where I went wrong

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I wanna leave my job as an Auditor here too. How do I switch to get on the high paying track?? MBA?

😩 all my friends have sexy interesting jobs or manage their own businesses and I’m over here rolling a walkthrough EGA and doing tie-outs

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Immaterial - pass

meh i make more than all my friends

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supply chain, hr, sales, one other in accounting

Accounting is a respected profession. Why would you be embarrassed?

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You are clearly a very junior employee. If you’re so worried about immediate pay go jump into industry

Find more boring friends that make very little.

Problem solved

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Hmm. I’d like to see it as a problem and going to try and move on

I actually never felt that way when I was in public, since everyone around me was in accounting/tax. But when I left for industry and started working for a tech firm, whenever someone asks me what my role is and I tell them, most of them either lose interest or have no idea what accounting is, and some would even ask “isn’t that super boring?” So yeah I have also felt a little bit embarrassed and the profession devalued. Depends on how much you care and whether you are happy with the profession yourself.

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Yup. Accounting isn’t a sexy profession.

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Per review of all the others comments, it is deemed to be reasonable to voice out your feeling. As such, pass on further analysis.

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Lol fr! I make less than all my friends.... That would be fine if I didn't work more hours than they do.... And then I think, its fine, I'll catch up....but they just keep expanding that gap...

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What do your friends do?

I am and I work in tax.

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You’re doing it wrong

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Definitely don’t say you are an auditor. Say you are a CPA - not super sexy but better lol.

Idk. Auditor is pretty bad lol.

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