Everybody in my university program is striving to become a Chartered Accountant.
"Accountants are and will be in high demand! It's going to be a great career! We'll all make boatloads of cash!"
...is typically what I hear.
So - my question is; is going for the accounting path something to consider? Don't get me wrong - I'm diehard entrepreneur and still strongly founded on its entailing beliefs. I guess what I need, is somebody to shed some light for me that accounting isn't all as great as it seems. TREP
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EDIT:
To clarify - I'm NOT pursuing accounting career. The work hours (60 - 90 hours per week of YOUR time) are a major turnoff and the actual work is not something I'd find myself passionate about.
Yesterday, I attended a CA Information Session (for my Co-Op program). Out of curiousity, I attended just to see what the hype behind the CA path is all about. The common goal for everybody in that room is a simple one: become a CA and make tons of money. Needless to say, the room was filled with young and ambitious future accountants, proclaiming that CA is the path to go. After the session, I was in discussion with some of the attendees. It was difficult for me to argue my reasoning why CA surely isn't the path to go. Of course, when you're debating against a whole bunch of young and ambitious future accountants, the odds aren't in your favour. One of the their main points was that accountants will be in high demand in the near future because baby boomer accountants are going to retire and resultingly, there is going to be an unfilled space of accountants.
So, that's why I posted up this thread. TREP
"Accountants are and will be in high demand! It's going to be a great career! We'll all make boatloads of cash!"
...is typically what I hear.
So - my question is; is going for the accounting path something to consider? Don't get me wrong - I'm diehard entrepreneur and still strongly founded on its entailing beliefs. I guess what I need, is somebody to shed some light for me that accounting isn't all as great as it seems. TREP
---
EDIT:
To clarify - I'm NOT pursuing accounting career. The work hours (60 - 90 hours per week of YOUR time) are a major turnoff and the actual work is not something I'd find myself passionate about.
Yesterday, I attended a CA Information Session (for my Co-Op program). Out of curiousity, I attended just to see what the hype behind the CA path is all about. The common goal for everybody in that room is a simple one: become a CA and make tons of money. Needless to say, the room was filled with young and ambitious future accountants, proclaiming that CA is the path to go. After the session, I was in discussion with some of the attendees. It was difficult for me to argue my reasoning why CA surely isn't the path to go. Of course, when you're debating against a whole bunch of young and ambitious future accountants, the odds aren't in your favour. One of the their main points was that accountants will be in high demand in the near future because baby boomer accountants are going to retire and resultingly, there is going to be an unfilled space of accountants.
So, that's why I posted up this thread. TREP
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