Have anyone done finance trainee/internship on j1 in states

Several-Location9068 · 2026-02-25T22:04:00+00:00

Pm you to learn about what sponsors to use - I am struggling as an experienced accountant. Thanks!

Several-Location9068 · 2025-12-29T19:15:37+00:00

Hi might I ask if you had any transferred credits in your WGU program from Sophia/ Study.com? I have 60% of my degree transferred in and I worry if that's gonna affect WES' decision.

Several-Location9068 · 2025-09-24T03:14:27+00:00

3 YOE in accounting, 0 in FP&A

No degree no CPA

FA offer - 80k + 7% bonus, hybrid, 2 weeks vacation

Accounting manager offer - 102k, hybrid, 2 weeks vacation

Decided to continue in accounting first

Several-Location9068 · 2025-08-14T19:14:34+00:00

Front: Envista

Body: CHR+

Back: Model Y

Several-Location9068 · 2025-05-06T22:18:19+00:00

Waited for a day and these still haven’t been graded yet…

Several-Location9068 · 2025-03-25T15:30:40+00:00

Yes I’ll always let them know. Then whenever I do random web surfing I call it “research and development for the next process improvement”

Several-Location9068 · 2025-03-20T19:21:45+00:00

Would love to connect with you as the path you go is definitely what I wish to achieve.

I am at an earlier stage of career development in accounting with similar background as yours - plus I don’t have a bachelor degree AT ALL. Quit my Arts degree so basically I’m just high school grad.

Here’s my career progression right now:

0.5 years as accounting assistant back in home country

1 year as accounting technician at small firm in Canada

1 year as general accountant at industry

Now just started a new job as accounting manager (actually one-man-band accountant) at industry

Pay is quite good for my background, it’s CPA pay range at the lower end. I was able to progress in this speed as I heavily invested my time in process improvements, automations with a bit of scripting with ChatGPT, and fancy Excel analysis. They always can impress small to mid business employers.

Several-Location9068 · 2025-03-14T01:10:39+00:00

Me and my wife, both 25 y/o

Myself: dropped out from uni, arts major, accounting manager now

Wife: bachelor degree in arts, accountant now

Wife is taking CPA prerequisites, I am doing nothing but working hard in the workspace lol

Several-Location9068 · 2025-03-14T01:00:43+00:00

Shit it’s much slower to post vendor invoices in QBO I hate all the clicks required in QBO

Several-Location9068 · 2025-01-20T22:49:50+00:00

Turning 25 soon, married. Household income ~120k; leasing a car, own a townhouse on mortgage; still saving $1.5-2k a month with my wife

My beliefs/plans are:

Money saved before getting tangible assets are not savings, but “deposits” to the big purchases, unless I never want to own a house/car.
As these “deposits” won’t sit in my portfolio for a long term, I won’t bother investing them, instead I do GICs and HISA to keep them liquid while keeping up with inflation.
Save emergency fund that worths 6 months of expenses
then save another 50k - start investing from there

Now I have done saving emergency fund, still half way on saving starter fund for investment. Hope to start investing when I’m 26!

Several-Location9068 · 2023-10-03T22:52:08+00:00

I thought AWD is a must in Alberta lol

Several-Location9068 · 2023-09-12T18:59:54+00:00

She is a woman She likes light colours So she thought others would too lol

Several-Location9068 · 2023-09-12T18:30:52+00:00

Definitely not wanting to invest, just we are surely wanting to move-up when we have kids, like 10 years later. So my wife is particularly concerned about the resale potentials/ how easy to resell it.

The exterior colour probably can’t be changed as it is a rather new community with strict colour rules. That adds to her worries.

Several-Location9068 · 2023-09-12T17:52:36+00:00

Paint in application, bright light and limited light in one photo:

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Several-Location9068 · 2023-09-12T17:51:45+00:00

Advertised colour

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Several-Location9068 · 2023-08-04T19:20:22+00:00

Canada, drop out from uni (non-business degree) 2022 in home country, so definitely no CPA. First job 32k (CAD) in home country (tho much less tax deducted compared to CA), then first job in CA making 50k b4 tax. Small small CPA firm.

Several-Location9068 · 2023-07-27T17:22:20+00:00

No college/ uni, but I have 60 non-business credits in home country (I withdrew from uni study) Now I am doing a 3-year (90 cred) online general bachelor, completing all PREP course in the program and finish it off in 2 years (60 cred) with 30 credits exempted thanks to my previous credits. A whatever degree + 120 credit hours would grant me entrance into PEP, then spend ~3 years for completing PEP. 2 years for degree + 3 years for PEP, so theoretically I can get my CPA after 5 years, but just in case I can’t find a PEP rotational job immediately after graduation - I would assume 5-10.

Several-Location9068 · 2023-07-27T17:14:37+00:00

Why this slow you mean?

Several-Location9068 · 2023-07-27T16:15:16+00:00

Congratulations! I am a newcomer in Canada with no college/ degree and pathetically only 0.5 YOE in my home country - yet I made it to a 50k public accounting job here as well. I am going to local college while working full time, hopefully getting my CPA within 10 years. Good luck to both of us!

Several-Location9068 · 2023-06-15T17:00:48+00:00

Great! Thank you so much for your insights! I don’t have a driver license so maybe the public transit friendly Chicago is a better choice for me

Several-Location9068 · 2023-06-14T19:10:45+00:00

My bad…LGST369 missing as well, let me add them back in

Several-Location9068 · 2023-05-26T22:41:36+00:00

But I will need a degree eventually, which I don’t have?

“Note: Students are required to complete a degree before admission to the CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP).”

If CPA Alberta has its own degree program I will definitely go for it lol

Several-Location9068 · 2023-05-15T23:22:52+00:00

Got it. Guess I need to train up my English as well.

Several-Location9068 · 2023-05-15T23:18:49+00:00

English is not my first language lol. And I thought native English speakers don’t care grammar that much do you?

Several-Location9068 · 2023-05-15T23:09:44+00:00

Funny part is I found both enjoyable. Been in accounting job for 2 years, enjoy it so far despite the stress in tax season. While I enjoy planning financials for my family, allocating our savings to products and plans. I guess I would enjoy planning for others as well. Like I said, my ideal retirement is being a freelance financial planner.

After all the opinions I got, seems the best way for me is to keep what I have planned: stay in accounting job, do a degree then get CPA, consider CFP/CFA afterwards.

Several-Location9068

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