I’ve been considering to stop pursuing the CPA certification and instead wanted to focus around more IT driven certifications like CISSP. I already have my CISA. I’m just not as committed to the accounting world as I used to be making it hard to study and put my full effort into the CPA. Has anyone ever felt the same that it was best to change paths if your not truly committed to the long road of the CPA?

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Yes it's very common to not want to be committed to accounting.

Have worked with several cyber team members that had their CPA and do nothing related to accounting.

Yeah, a CPA is only valuable if you’re actually planning to use it.

Accounting background interested in IT? And still want to work at RSM? DM me.

I did. Was a CPA, got burned out. Now working in IT.

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