I just had my 1 year anniversary in PA and I have one CPA exam passed. All of the people I work with are trying to motivate me to get them done ASAP. Am I better off powering through them and...cont.

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CPA first. If you don't finish it by senior it becomes so much harder. Do it now. You have the rest of your career to bill hours.

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Seems like you've gotten direct feedback/guidance from your office's leadership. You should do what they recommend rather than asking randoms on FB that don't know you or your office or your practice.

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If you've really been in public for a year you should know that your billable hours are way more important

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OP I work at EY

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Not worrying about hitting my charge hour goal for the year or should I focus on hitting the goal and wait until after busy season to the them done? I'm sitting for REG in two weeks and was thinking about taking BEC March 10th leaving me with FAR to finish after busy season. Thoughts?

^my exact thoughts but I've had multiple senior managers and partners saying that as long as I come within 50-100 hours of my goal it's not a big deal. I work for a firm that's a little smaller than yours though.

If you have partners telling you to focus more on the cpa instead then by all means do so

I've just never experienced something like that and find it a bit odd. But definitely generous of them

^That's pretty much what I've been told. What firm do you work for?

I could probably hit my goal if I work 10 hour days through March 10th, then go up to 80 hours a week through the end of busy season 🤔

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