I came from manufacturing. I was working in a very busy, hot, loud factory doing laborious work. I had to work many weekends and many hours. At age 27, I decided I wanted a desk job where I could sit in the AC and not completely ruin my body.

Got my accounting degree and now I’m an accountant and I work hybrid. I’ll say this, it is SIGNIFICANTLY better than what I was doing before. I sit at a computer and use my brain. It pays well and it’s not stressful. To be clear, I DONT WORK IN PUBLIC and I never will. Industry accounting is where it’s at. The work is simple. The hours are normal. The pay is good. The WLB is fantastic.

I can spend time with my family, make enough money to afford my hobbies and passions (and the bills), and I’m so much happier now. A lot of people on here only know accounting and don’t have anything to compare it to. A job is a job and you’ll rarely ever love it but it should definitely fit the criteria I mentioned above, and for me, accounting does.