From an outsiders perspective it seems like an incredibly cucked career. long hours, low wages, and very low entry level salaries. Not to mention the rush to outsource as many jobs as possible to india/phillipines with very little pushback from western workers and the uncertainty surrounding how AI will affect lower level jobs in the near future. on a positive note though, supposedly all of the boomer accountants are retiring soon and there will be more than enough work for competent hungry zoomers to slurp up.A few minutes of research on any accounting forums pretty much confirms that there are very real issues within the profession, but theoretically earning your CPA license provides a very real and concrete path towards being self employed. You get your degree and the extra credits required for the exams, you put your head down for a few years and take the abuse like a good little submissive wagie, and when you're somewhat experienced you can set up your own firm (assuming you aren't an introverted autist).Is that even a viable path though? Would the average person better off Learning 2 Code, pursuing something healthcare related like MD/BSN/RN, or becoming a tradie? I've been spending some time on r/accounting and I get the feeling that everyone on there is too buckbroken to realize their true potential outside of working for their jewish masters. If you even suggest going out on your own they'll tell you that you need 15 years of experience lmfao.
>>59252310>inb4 the law fag comes to shit up the thread with his stupid just be a lawyer schtickNO. that is a terrible gamble and your results are not reproducible. stop shilling for law schools, the average lawyer outside of biglaw is stuck making middle class wage with 200k in student loan debt.
>>59252310Accounting seems like it can be automated pretty easily with some kind of ai that can autofill pre formatted pay tax forms
>>59252310It's not bad, but I don't recommend it because of all the bullshit. If you want to start a business, it's definitely possible. But if you're an actually entrepreneurial person you would be better off quickly getting into some equally well-paying profession that doesn't require 150 credits, four grueling exams, and 5-10 years of 50+ hour weeks to start a firm in. The fact your goal is purely business ownership of any sort to the point you don't care about going into a profession you know is pretty sucky just because you can start your own firm leads me to believe this isn't the right path for you.
>>59252509>equally well-paying profession that doesn't require 150 credits, four grueling exams, and 5-10 years of 50+ hour weeks to start a firm inyeah for most prospective students that would be daunting but I already have 100+ college credits in an irrelevant major that I am no longer pursuing (no debt too), so I'd only need 25 accounting and business credits. I'm pretty confident that I could pass the CPA eventually.>5-10 years of 50+ hour weeks to start a firm in.this is the real bottleneck, grinding away for years making a shit wage before becoming competent enough to set out on my own. especially since virtually any other career seems like a greener pasture. like you said, I'm probably not gonna be cut out for it if I'm already looking towards the finished line before I've started my (hypothetical) career, but its at least worth thinking about. Are you a current accountant/cpa?
>>59252681bros... any accountants here? talk me out of a rash decision based on a shoddily thought up plan
CPA here... wagecucked at Deloitte for years... don't do it...
Starting my first job out of college this May, studying for my CPA exams until then. Hard but doable. Starting salary is 75k with 6k bonus, + other bonuses if I pass all CPA exams within my first year at the firm. Not a big 4 btw. Starting salaries vary widely, I highly suggest to look at job offers in your area from firms and see if there are even jobs worth getting a degree for. If so, start networking early.As for starting your own firm I cannot give any real advice, this is my eventual goal but I am new to the career and mostly just worried about experience for now. CPAs until then, hard but doable.
>>59253428is it truly that bad? what career would you recommend besides IT/CS?
Accountant in tax Consulting at big4 in Germany here. I unironically love the Soul crushing Work load, the office politics and the backstabbings, but im a workaholic schizo.70k EUR all in, which isnt terrible for europe
>>59252310it's a doomed career, AI will soon be doing majority of accounting
