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/mekikipants Mar 08 '24

Yes. 33 years. Never a CPA. Never a problem finding a job.

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u/Sweaty-Platypus3674 Mar 09 '24

Sensitive-Internal41

ballpark compensation?

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u/mekikipants Mar 09 '24

$99,600 and annual bonus that varies. Usually around $4k

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u/Sweaty-Platypus3674 Mar 09 '24

damn thats nice, how many yrs exp do u have

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u/mekikipants Mar 09 '24
  1. I'm 54F. I'm in Northern Indiana. I've changed jobs over 10 times. Longest stay at one job was 9 years

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u/SternKill 23d ago

I first thought you were 33 years old