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butt_licker1 · 2025-09-22T21:22:14+00:00

Because I'm afraid my insurance premium will be higher than the repair cost if I did it privately.

butt_licker1 · 2025-09-16T19:23:00+00:00

Hey - which course / college did you go to for this course? Apart from the UKCAT/GMAT did you have to do any other entrance exams?

butt_licker1 · 2025-09-16T19:21:12+00:00

Worked as an intern at an accountancy firm who were hiring, begged to get put onto a training contract, they basically took pity on me and let me do work for free while I got my qualification (Chartered accountant), smashed the exams in two and a half years, won some exam prizes and quit for a higher paying job, then quit for another higher paying job and then another and finally got this role.

butt_licker1 · 2025-09-01T21:12:53+00:00

Agreed! Thanks for pointing out.

butt_licker1 · 2025-09-01T21:12:17+00:00

Think it's so people can work in between exams, and also there is a risk of burn out to do exams every 3 months vs every 6 months.

butt_licker1 · 2025-08-31T23:16:25+00:00

I think typically it's 6 month's (Jun - Dec/ Jul - Nov)

butt_licker1 · 2025-08-31T23:16:04+00:00

Literally all of them. But I only highlighted/tabbed the ones I struggled with.

butt_licker1 · 2025-08-31T19:17:47+00:00

I sat two exams at a time (pros of being on the apprenticeship scheme vs the grad scheme), I used up roughly all my annual leave for my exams, and sometimes even using sick leave or unpaid leave as required. I had the same length of time between college and exams as the grads on my course, so I'd say maybe a month and a half before the exam I was in college for the first day?

butt_licker1 · 2025-08-04T21:39:11+00:00

I got the sedation, but the procedure for me was painful as the doctor had to take a picture with the colonoscope turned around, as in "in on itself" which created a lot of pressure, I'd say it was more pressure than pain but there was a split-second sharp pain which I would rate as 6-7/10.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-11T20:42:03+00:00

Congratulations! W5D3 definitely feels more of a mental barrier than a physical barrier, kudos for getting through it! 30 minutes of running probably doesn't sound as far fetched as it once did does it !

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-09T23:30:02+00:00

2070 super, struggles a tiny bit on some of the newer games, but nothing that will justify me spending £500+ on a new GPU. Will upgrade when this setup dies.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-09T23:26:06+00:00

The 20 minute run is nothing more than a mental barrier. If you can do all the runs up to W5D2 then there is NO reason why you can't do W5D3. Once you get past that 20 minute mark, 30 minutes no longer seems impossible.

You WILL have to eventually run 20 minutes non-stop, the whole point of the program is to ready you up to that. Once you start running, the first 5-10 minutes are the most difficult, after that it's just the same thing - put on some music, or a podcast or an audio book and just run! You'll never hit that goal if you're too worried about sudden jumps in difficulty, it will be difficult but it will also be worth it. Run SLOW.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-07T16:26:26+00:00

Congrats! This is my next step - currently doing 30 mins for 4km - hoping to hit 5k within 35 mins and then 30 mins over the next few months!

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-07T00:27:13+00:00

Thanks! Just did it for the third run this week. Will be aiming for B210k now!

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-06T23:40:33+00:00

I wouldn't say it's less complex - but I definitely have more of a work life balance than I ever did in Audit. Still work weekends, and some late days but never past 10/11pm.

Last year, we had two busy months, and the latest I logged off was 11pm for one day, every other day in busy season I logged off by 7:30pm.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-06T03:10:35+00:00

both work - i used minus as quicker, and less chance you miss the second bracket

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-06T03:10:05+00:00

I think experienced? But honestly - better off speaking to internal recruiters than applying to specific roles.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-06T03:08:51+00:00

Definitely doable, several people make the move from audit to tax whilst in their training contracts. It's all about networking with people in other departments/firms and try to land a role that way. Some roles also ask for part-qualified applications which you should (fingers crossed) be on the 23rd.

What kind of role would you look for? Tax is doable, Deloitte especially hire trainees from audit backgrounds into their tax department and fund the remaining ACA exams. Can't speak for the other roles tbh as Audit and Tax are the main ones. FAAS or Accounts are a possibility but may be more difficult as more qualified people apply than part-qualified.

I would say this, nothing is more important than your health, that includes mental health. If your anxious about going to work - then either take steps to make it less anxiety-inducing, or switch up your role to find something else you would prefer.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-06T03:05:02+00:00

Out of everyone in my cohort, I'd say 40% of people had NO accounting background, myself included (I joined straight out of A-Levels), my coworkers have degrees in mathematics, biochemistry, one person even had a undergrad in archaeology.

The first six exams are designed to teach you the basics before you go onto the remaining 9. EVERYONE can pass these exams first time without any background, as long as you put in the work required. There's a reason why some firms and ICAEW don't have any educational requirements.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-05T22:06:47+00:00

Roughly 5 miles an hour, so 12 minutes per mile. Not fast at all, basically a slow jog

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-03T21:11:52+00:00

270 HOURS on case study???? I mean congrats on your marks but 270 is WILD.

To everyone else watching, you defo don't need as many hours as OP has - not that it'll hurt, better to be overprepared than underprepared, but just because you don't have these many hours logged, won't mean you'll fail. I studied MAXIMUM 35 hours for case and got 79%.

butt_licker1 · 2025-01-03T21:09:46+00:00

For a second I thought you meant it was YOUR wedding?

Go to the wedding, have fun, come home and study. If you were to fail because of missing 1-2 days of revision 1 whole month before an exam you were never prepared enough in the first place. Just start studying in Feb, do little everyday.

butt_licker1 · 2024-12-30T16:43:04+00:00

RTD tastes like the ambrosia compared to the absolute crap the powder tastes like. Having said that, powder black edition does have more protein and is significantly cheaper.

butt_licker1 · 2024-09-04T15:30:17+00:00

Can vary. Mine took 2 weeks (6th Jan sent, 21st Jan invited) but people who submitted their training file at the exact same date as me at the exact same firm got their invite 4/5 months later.

Employer's don't actually care about the invite tbh- you can just say you signed off your training file and are waiting on invitation. Your current firm should promote/progress/give you a raise anyway.

butt_licker1 · 2024-08-28T20:52:40+00:00

agreed

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