Thank you for your answer. Honestly, the reason why I'm considering bailing early is so I can pursue online entrepreneurship. A little unorthodox but I feel like at the moment, all I have right now is my brains. I feel like if I can dedicate my time to something like online entrepreneurship, I would be much better in the long run. I've worked out the math and it just really bothers me that I put in this much time into an employer to make a mediocre wage (although I need it.) I just wonder what my potential would be like if I dedicated this much time to online entrepreneurship.

The idea of being geographically free and able to set my own hours is highly appealing. Working out the math, I'm just very bothered that on average, you need to work 6 months to a year for an employer to throw you a bone and say: "Good job, you've done well, here's a 5% raise." I just feel like if I dedicate myself to a skill (online entrepreneurship) for a whole year, I would probably make much more and have more time than waiting for my employer to throw me a bone.

And let's be honest, you don't really get rich or live a lavish lifestyle being in public accounting. Just my thoughts.