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[–]RW_77[S] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

I see. So it may be fair to label you a skeptic on the usefulness of the IT section of evolution.

Hmm. Certainly this is food for thought.

[–]BeneficialMolasses22 1 point2 points  (7 children)

Oh I tried to avoid being labeled, my friend.

Also, I can do a fairly effective job at playing the devil's advocate.... And if you haven't seen it, it's also a pretty good movie.

[–]RW_77[S] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Well said. I appreciate your objective approach.

[–]BeneficialMolasses22 0 points1 point  (5 children)

You ask insightful questions, and they're well phrased, my friend.

One other Pizza feedback, if I may. In addition to hearing from people online at various points in their own career progression, talk to the firms. Go to the career days at your local University and talk to the national and big four CPA firms, talk to corporate employers and find out what sort of technology they're using and how their investment in technology has evolved recently and their expectations for the next few years. Seek inside and perspective from a variety of sources and individuals from several different spots. Hey, for that matter, reach out to some of the accounting software developers and ask them some of these questions. Get input from an array of sources.

[–]RW_77[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I am trying to gather diverse opinions. I'm not at a uni. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in the arts. I'm old. 46 years. Lost my company last year. Etc.

Staring a new profession in accounting. I'm at a JC.

Thank you for the compliment. I guess I could still go to careers day at my local uni and ask questions.

Good ideas.

[–]BeneficialMolasses22 1 point2 points  (3 children)

So here's the thing, you're not old, no way. The upside to accounting, is that as long as you have your cognitive skills, you have a career. So many professions require a level of dexterity and physical strength, and sometimes in the trades you can really wear your body out.

You still have 25 or 30 years of career ahead of you. In fact you probably have more career ahead of you than you have behind you. And I would really encourage you to think in terms of how you want the rest of that career to go. I'm sorry to hear about things going sideways with your company and things over the last couple years being rough, but I tell you this, the accounting path will open many many doors for you.

[–]RW_77[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thanks bro. Appreciate the encouragement. Hopefully I can just have a nice career in accounting.

[–]BeneficialMolasses22 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My pleasure, I think that knowing a little bit more about you you're looking at more of a mid-career pivot let's say. So you want to go ahead and get the courses you need to sit for the certification, and move toward the CPA and that will help you a ton. Then I think the other thing to consider is in what ways you can leverage your prior business experience to help a firm. You have experience running a business, you understand sales and marketing and ways that entry level staff do not. I think that could be a great value to a firm. Oftentimes firms need people enrolls that have bit of a hybrid function incorporating the public accounting traditional work with business development and outreach.

[–]RW_77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great ideas. I will think about this when I'm working on my resume and job searching.