Audit People: Anyone else ever have regrets studying in accounting? Been having these thoughts lately and haven't been able to move pass them. Worse part is I'm writing my CPA exam in September but I don't even know why I want this designation anymore. .

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You’re gonna finish it bc you’re not a quitter.

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An accounting degree and CPA will help make sure that you can always get a job, even if you don’t like the job.

The better than average job security is something I don’t regret

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All I care about is having a career that’ll allow me to achieve my financial goals. Namely, have a nice house, be able to retire without having to depend on the government, provide for my family, vacation in new exciting places. A CPA and a career in accounting gives me that.

Work is work. I mostly look for real meaning elsewhere in my life.

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I’m glad to have experience of B4 and the corporate culture. I also did less than a year in industry. These experiences have made me realize that I no longer want to be doing accounting/auditing for the rest of my life so now I’m in the process of going back to school for a career change.

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I moved in to a fp&a / finance role and actually enjoy my job now. The accounting knowledge is an important base for what I do, like being able to speak a language in another country, but I don’t actually have to do accounting. Have some hope that even if you do end up disliking the work, the knowledge will still be useful.

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Assurance manager -> TAS -> fp&a. Learned some skills on the side as well that I think helped

I may do some kind of coding boot camp or degree but I still feel like I want my CPA. I want to build all my strengths into something I'm great at long term. Currently gunning at the CPA despite my desire for something slightly different than accounting.

Kind of wish I had gotten into finance as I didn’t know much about IB in school. But I think I’m too old to work those hours at this point and I know I can still make a boat load of money here.

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