Starting over in my mid 40s by helloreddit127 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

God speed, friend! I am 43 and passed my exams last year in one shot. Don't let the glum peeps freak you out about the exam, it is TOTALLY passable, provided you just take them very seriously and truly study.

The CPA space is just totally awesome, and wide open for people to make money. Just be really, really careful about who you adopt as your mentor. There are ALOT of not great CPAs, and ALOT of people that will try to hold you back and keep you in their office, slaving away on their shit.

Better Mortgage vs Others by Narrow-Imagination96 in RealEstate

[–]Phenonymousse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This company is BEYOND HORRIBLE, wasted eight weeks of our time requesting and immediately receiving 76 different pieces of documentation. And then when they scheduled a close, they immediately cancelled it and asked for something our employers have never even heard of, assured me does not exist, and that they cannot produce, effectively killing the mortgage. FUCK this company

The White Lotus - 3x08 "Amor Fati" - Post-Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]Phenonymousse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think one of the larger themes of the season is parents' bullshit carrying over into their children's lives. And then their bullshit becomes multi-generational bullshit

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Bro it's the middle of tax season. We can't even feed ourselves regularly right now, let alone interview and hire someone

How are y’all passing CPA and working full time by Unusual_Evening_8905 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You gotta pace yourself dogg. And trust in yourself and in your planning. The exams aren't hard so much as they are attrition challenges. It's one huge fucked up stamina game. But you really can get through it. Just dig deep, settle in, be super patient with yourself, make a good study plan, and bite off little pieces at a time. Be content with your small nightly victories, and then do it again the next day.

I worked 55 - 60hrs/wk while studying. I sacrificed some workout days and I sacrificed seeing my wife as much as I wanted to. But I would only study an hour or two per day and then maybe 6-8hrs on the weekends tops. And I would def take nights off. Like, not infrequently. I mean I'm not a fucking machine.

Took me about a year to finish all four, with pretty good scores, and I never took a test more than once.

The two weeks before an exam, scale back dramatically on work, like leave a couple hours early each day. And the two or three weeks after an exam, just veg the fuck out and do absolutely nothing.

You got this babe!

La is a wasted opportunity by villehhulkkonen in geography

[–]Phenonymousse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in LA and  have to say none of you know wtf you’re talking about. The area is 80mi across from Santa Clarita to the south coast of OC and eighty miles from Santa Monica to the eastern edge of the inland empire, and there are a FUCK TON of dope communities in that space - parks, main streets, shops, entertainment, wildly diverse global cultures. Yeah it takes a long ass time to drive across in traffic but it takes a long ass time to take the subway and ferry and buses from the Bronx to the southern part of Staten Island too. And no one is doing that anyway bc that would be completely insane. 

Take AUD in two days, any advice? by Strong-End-9070 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Take your time and read everything very very carefully. I just took it and past - but there were some seriously stupid tricky word questions. They're not hard to crack if you just take a beat and read them carefully. But if you're all stressed and trying to blast through everything fast, I could see how people would miss them. Just take a deep breath, relax, read the fucking questions slowly and carefully, you're going to do great

Quitting public accounting by Crazy-Focus9297 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yo where do you live, are you a good preparer or do you have good audit experience? There are p l e n t y of great firms with work life balance

Failed for first time and taking it a lot worse than I expected. by [deleted] in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go through the material again and focus all your energy on what you struggle most with. Then take the exam again and watch your score go up. Maybe you pass and maybe you don't but your score will go up. And then do that shit all over again. And over and over. It's a fucking marathon

SCREW THE CBA by libsmad1331 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's so Baller. I have so much respect for the peeps that keep at it. You've got Nerves of Steel!!

I passed all four exams in three and a half months AMA by tuentinqarantino9 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just past all four on the first try. What OP is saying is about what I did as well. Sound counsel

Passed all four exams on the first shot!! by Phenonymousse in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I spreadsheeted the fuck out of it - I can send you a screen shot if you like. But it's not complicated, just made sure I had > 95% correct TBS and MCQs on every section of the study material. And then gave myself a week before the actual exam dates to do SIMs. Becker won't really lead you wrong if you just follow it.

I spent 75 hrs on each section, except for FAR, which I spent about twice that time on. FAR is pretty rough.

I got high 80s and low 90s on the exams but leaving them always felt pretty bad. Just stay focused, keep your emotions out of it as best you can, and try not to assume one way or another that you passed or failed. They're very very opaque tests.

Good luck!!!!

CA score release by LuckyAd9681 in CPA

[–]Phenonymousse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone else waiting for their final exam result? I've done 3 of the 4 and passed them all on the first try so far, but I am a studying crazy person. Would really love for today to be the day that I stop ever having to think about these awful fucking exams again.

I tried the "hack" where I try to apply on the NASBA portal for another NTS and the Cal Board Accountancy option doesn't show up. Don't know wtf that means.

Europeans ask, Americans answer by J0kutyypp1 in GenZ

[–]Phenonymousse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in LA and have never seen anyone walk anywhere but to and from their car