<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>Its been a year now in my 'career' of public accounting and i have to say that it is slowly driving me insane. I've decided that i do not like a desk job and i do not like working in this profession, which is a shame because i did enjoy learning accounting in college and i am pretty good at it.
The main problem is that it is just too boring. Even when working on a tough problem that interests me i find myself falling asleep and reluctant to finish it. Hell, i just showed up today and already i'm posting instead of finishing these financial statemens that are sitting right in front of me.
I've pinned down that i only like 3 things about my job: client interaction, things that involve analytical skills, and individual (1040's) tax returns. Most of my job in the off season, non Jan-April, involves auditing which i understand well, but find terribly boring. Tax season is nice because i get to work on 1040's, but they made me work 60 hours a week during that period, which sucks.
I've decided to switch careers, and have a few options available. Both involve getting my CPA (which i am close to doing, that stupid test is rediculously hard) so that is given no matter what i choose. The second step toward option 1 i started a few month ago, which was volunteering for my local fire department. After i have my CPA, a few years experience, and good volunteer work on my resume, option 1 is applying for a position in the FBI. I hear they like accountants, and i have a very clean background. Being an agent would, of course, be damn cool and i would be out of public accounting. The application processs is tough, though, and takes almost a year to get through, so i would have to endure working for this CPA firm for quite a while, which i dont really want to do.
Option 2 happened to come out of the blue. Volunteering for the fire department has been totally fun and i'm thinking of going career. You have to pass a screening test which is administered next month and then pass a physical test, which could be 2 months away. The desk job for the last year has put me a little out of shape, unfortunately, so i would have to train pretty hard. I was in athletics in highschool and active in clubs in college, but man does a desk job erase all that fast. The good thing about the fire department is that i could still get my CPA and apply for the FBI, and then atleast during the year long application process i could be doing something i like. The fire department doesnt pay as well as public accounting, though, so along with option 2 i would try and start my own little tax practice during the busy season for a little extra income.
In spite of the money, i think option 2 is the way to go. All i want is to like my job and not hate getting there in the morning! Is it too much to ask? Kim seems supportive no matter what path i take, but she is a little concerend about the money since we just bought that new place. I've signed up for the fire department test and even if i pass i can still drop out of applying, so it doesnt hurt to take it.
Life is full of tough decisions. In college the only thing i worried about was what beer to buy and what game to play when i got out of class.</div>
The main problem is that it is just too boring. Even when working on a tough problem that interests me i find myself falling asleep and reluctant to finish it. Hell, i just showed up today and already i'm posting instead of finishing these financial statemens that are sitting right in front of me.
I've pinned down that i only like 3 things about my job: client interaction, things that involve analytical skills, and individual (1040's) tax returns. Most of my job in the off season, non Jan-April, involves auditing which i understand well, but find terribly boring. Tax season is nice because i get to work on 1040's, but they made me work 60 hours a week during that period, which sucks.
I've decided to switch careers, and have a few options available. Both involve getting my CPA (which i am close to doing, that stupid test is rediculously hard) so that is given no matter what i choose. The second step toward option 1 i started a few month ago, which was volunteering for my local fire department. After i have my CPA, a few years experience, and good volunteer work on my resume, option 1 is applying for a position in the FBI. I hear they like accountants, and i have a very clean background. Being an agent would, of course, be damn cool and i would be out of public accounting. The application processs is tough, though, and takes almost a year to get through, so i would have to endure working for this CPA firm for quite a while, which i dont really want to do.
Option 2 happened to come out of the blue. Volunteering for the fire department has been totally fun and i'm thinking of going career. You have to pass a screening test which is administered next month and then pass a physical test, which could be 2 months away. The desk job for the last year has put me a little out of shape, unfortunately, so i would have to train pretty hard. I was in athletics in highschool and active in clubs in college, but man does a desk job erase all that fast. The good thing about the fire department is that i could still get my CPA and apply for the FBI, and then atleast during the year long application process i could be doing something i like. The fire department doesnt pay as well as public accounting, though, so along with option 2 i would try and start my own little tax practice during the busy season for a little extra income.
In spite of the money, i think option 2 is the way to go. All i want is to like my job and not hate getting there in the morning! Is it too much to ask? Kim seems supportive no matter what path i take, but she is a little concerend about the money since we just bought that new place. I've signed up for the fire department test and even if i pass i can still drop out of applying, so it doesnt hurt to take it.
Life is full of tough decisions. In college the only thing i worried about was what beer to buy and what game to play when i got out of class.</div>
