Hi all. I am over 40 and passed the grueling CPA exams years ago but stayed in tech.

We are finally in a place where I can take a pay cut to get licensed. I need that CPA bad! Any suggestions? I don’t want to spend endless hours looking for work.

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Sooo you’re a director in tech
Wanted a career in accounting, why?

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Ok so spend a couple years learning tax at a micro firm or watch your “investment” go up in smoke if you try and delegate what you don’t know

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