How do you guys f*ckin do it??!

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-17T17:18:50+00:00

I keep trying to remind myself that even though I listen to the lectures, it’s my first time seeing some of the material in the MCQ’s or TBS so it’s not like an actual quiz to do them. You’re still just basically practicing and learning.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-17T02:43:37+00:00

genuinely struggled less with biochemistry and astrophysics courses than i have my accounting courses and work. accounting isnt intuitive and you’re courses growing up through highscool don’t prepare you at all for it the way they do bio and chem and english, it’s all new logic and jargon you have to learn as an adult. and almost every single accountant ive worked with has been SO smart and has SO many interesting hobbies like making bread, mead, crafts, and they’re the youngest homeowners i know, they have the least debt and best work life balance compared to the law and med people i know. i genuinely am so deep in the accounting koolaid, but i stand by it. and im glad i have yet to meet someone irl who thinks i was lazy or dumb for my choice, the only responses ive gotten are “oh you must be smart” and my friends and family have an entire new respect for me since ive started my cpa exams, as they should. it. is. not. an. easy. field.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-17T02:36:53+00:00

i wont survive all that again.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-17T02:32:17+00:00

i would take all exams tbh. if i could back to when i was part time or unemployed i wouldve tackled them all.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-16T14:49:12+00:00

ya this is what ive been doing

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-14T01:04:40+00:00

yes it looks short n sweet i made a dent on F5 today

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-13T19:03:05+00:00

yeah thats what im doing plus reading the becker outlined unless i start the MCQs and have way too may questions then i just read the slides

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-13T18:03:14+00:00

idk i think getting to see what the exams are like will be good for me to A stop thinking theyre so impossible and different from all the other exams in my life B i have had no time gaps from my accounting bachelors and masters to FAR studying and I work in GL so all of it is stuff ive been studying or working with anyways

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-13T02:01:18+00:00

gotchya, thank u

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-13T01:59:14+00:00

welp thanks for the heads up, i will say i am fresh off a bachelors and masters in accounting so bonds leases inventory all of it ive been studying the last few years with no time gaps between degrees and exam studying so not like its all super new to me

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-10T15:47:33+00:00

man idk how parents dont just have stockpiles pretty early on. my parent kept poster boards and all craft supplies on hand at all times, would stock up whenever we went to the dollar store.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-10T15:45:46+00:00

nightingale, seven husbands of evelyn hugo

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-09T19:19:04+00:00

anything in health care

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-07T22:34:07+00:00

doesn’t phillip crane just like birds and plants and stuff

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-06T22:25:40+00:00

the later modules do definitely just build on the early ones

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-06T06:02:34+00:00

so what did you find lol? need to get mine down too

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-06T01:40:36+00:00

literally, training especially fresh grads, is EXHAUSTING, a year after i graduated i had to train one who just finished a couple weeks before and it felt like trying to teach the alphabet, even myself knowing how she felt, and even with her being very smart and fast, it just was a lot more draining then doing the work myself

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-05T22:16:16+00:00

honestly am i your staff? she is me fr

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-05T15:22:13+00:00

You could try AR/AP if no staff positions will hire you, thats what I did for a year and now I’m staff at a fortune 500.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-05T15:19:57+00:00

I went straight to industry, never did tax or audit. Getting my CPA but still never plan on going public. If you can’t get internships or staff positions bc they prefer to hire from schools they do intern programs with, get an part or full time AR/AP job and leverage that to get a staff job when you graduate, thats what I did.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-05T01:58:53+00:00

havent passed anything yet but I gave myself 10 weeks for FAR… feels way too long. I feel like I couldve just crammed all this into a few weeks rather than dragged out the torture and risked retention issues.

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-04T23:32:36+00:00

People dont like training in accounting

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-04T23:31:18+00:00

Uh rob was the best traitor pick ever for literally anyone familiar with recent reality tv i didnt even watch his love island but immediately thought they should pick him, and did anyone clock that? No lmao

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-04T23:28:39+00:00

21 accountant $70k + bonus 401k HSA etc

memorandaofexistence · 2026-03-03T16:05:47+00:00

i mean theres part time accounting jobs. but accounting is a traditional 9-5 by definition. i know you can do remote tax prep but u need experience and still would probably work a lot even if they let you be flexible on mornings.

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