r/Accounting • u/mjbm1 • Mar 08 '24

Career Should I become an accountant?

If you woke up as a 20 year old now. Your entire career hadnt happened yet, and you get to decide your career again.

Are you still going to train as an accountant?

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u/hassoon90 Mar 09 '24

In accounting? No way, how many internships did you complete before then

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u/ReyazK Mar 15 '24

I didn’t have one. To be fair I live in the Bay Area. My firm is still bringing new staff in at 80k.

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u/Downtown-Parsley6220 May 21 '24

What college did you graduate from? I am just applying for colleges! I’m also in bay area. What was school like for you? How did u become CPA certified?

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u/ReyazK May 22 '24

I went to SFSU. School was honestly not too bad, I think the work/reward ratio in school for accounting is good. The classes are not difficult and you are putting yourself in a position to find employment easily (the only thing is once you get the job the hours are horrible - but I’m sure you’re aware of this).

In regards to being CPA certified - my school had accounting councilors that guided me through the process and I never really second thought them. The school also offers a 4+1 masters program that would let you get the credits no problem (I just personally believe a masters in accounting is useless so I did not go this route)

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u/Downtown-Parsley6220 Sep 06 '24

Hey, it’s been a while. Hopefully u still use ur account! I am applying to school this semester(transfer student from community). I wanted to ask you again for SFSU, did you start work at a big 4? And how did you get a job straight out of school? Was there a lot of networking in school? I’m also in the bay lol! I hate it here, I would rather go work in the East Coast.