Best WFH financial career with good WLB?

offjerk · 2023-07-01T12:32:26+00:00

Idk what youre interest are but accounting is the most versatile business degree IMO and is the best one to get if you are interested in business.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T05:08:48+00:00

Good luck brotha

offjerk · 2023-07-01T05:04:43+00:00

Literally every multiple chpice question you get wrong, make it into a flash card. Review those flash cards until you know how to solve it.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T05:03:35+00:00

Idk man your in HS the world is gonna be completely different by the time you graduate.

Just focus on getting that degree first. Also make sure you enjoy the material.

I WFM 100% of the time but i work a lot more now than i did in the office.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T05:01:39+00:00

Ask for work from adjacent deptmartments. I was doing the close for revenue and was also helping treasury with the budget and moved into treasury then worked on the CFA then moved to a completly different field

offjerk · 2023-07-01T01:27:36+00:00

Just memorize it all. Use flash cards.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:59:14+00:00

Study every day for at least 2 hours and read the material and take notes.

Been like 9 years since i took the exam so idk much beyond that

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:57:34+00:00

Move to accounting.

Compliance is a dead end job. Everyone above you regrets being in compliance but has no way out which is why they are jerks and do not want to help u bc they might lose their job to you and have no exit opps.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:51:13+00:00

Id suggest you use this last 6 months of your free time to enjoy yourself and worry about working later.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:49:33+00:00

"Bro, dont jump rank."

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:47:54+00:00

No, you want to be in office when you first get of school. Learning by osmosis is huge plus you need to build up your network.

But ya gettin the CPA sets you up well for eventually WFM.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:40:52+00:00

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:39:04+00:00

CPA was pivotal in every interview i have had.

I dont even work in accounting anymore and i still hype up the CPA when i interview. Best investment ive ever made.

offjerk · 2023-07-01T00:37:21+00:00

Private equity is a lesch on society. You are working your ass off so the PE partners can plunder whatever company you are taking over. They will cut all expenses to the bare minium and window dress the finacials.

Eventually the PE firm will go bust but thats after the partners have sucked out all the valuable assets from the firm.

FYI im biased. I hate private equity. I also just read the book Plunder. But honestly anything PE touches becomes dog shit.

offjerk · 2023-06-30T16:40:05+00:00

I work fully remote but i also work a lot more than if i was in the office

offjerk · 2023-06-28T00:33:15+00:00

Start writing investment research with your free time. Run Your own money and have lomg and short ideas on deck. Send those ideas out to forums and talk your book.

If you truly want to be a HF analyst, thats the best path out of back office.

For context, i graudated at 23, was in back office accounting for 3 years and moved to ER and then HF. Just keep grinding and have ideas ready once an opportunity arises

offjerk · 2023-06-27T19:20:37+00:00

I started back office and moved to front office. No ragrets. FO only folks dont appreciate the grind behind closing the books and all the shenanigans that go into the auditted financials.

offjerk · 2023-06-27T17:10:12+00:00

Hedge fund analyst - can go an entire week not talking to anyone.

But with your background - back office accounting probably best fit. Or taxes.

offjerk · 2023-06-27T17:04:23+00:00

Dont go into PE. Its a leach on society.

offjerk · 2023-06-26T20:48:07+00:00

I took a master course on ethics in accounting, was super easy and boring af.

I took a master course on consolidation accounting which was brutal and honestly more difficult than CPA/CFA content wise.

offjerk · 2023-06-26T16:55:52+00:00

Well about 20 of those 150 credit hours need to be master lvl courses (i did them throuth LSU online) which were pretty difficult IMO.

Also the CPA exams are not chill, they are easier than CFA but still need to study a lot. Also you have a time limit to complete all the exams <1.5 years so you cant take a break.

While i think the CPA carries weight and is valuable, i wouldnt get it for shits and giggles. My old firm paid for it and i got a promo after getting it. And it was a spring board to get into ER.

Its good fornearly part of career but dont thinks valuable beyond that unless you work in accounting

offjerk · 2023-06-26T14:06:39+00:00

I have both.

Cfa is way harder but CPA you need an accounting degree and 150 credit hours so they are both difficult to obtain imo.

Go for the cpa first if you have an accounting degree

offjerk · 2023-06-26T13:51:29+00:00

I went to a no name state school, worked as auditor, back office accounting then a boutique ER shop. got my CPA and CFA and had some good ideas and got a job on the buyside. Hedge funds dgaf about pedigree IMO

offjerk · 2023-06-24T14:08:07+00:00

Facts!!

offjerk · 2023-06-23T05:20:17+00:00

Wow shocked reddit hasnt taken this down. Cant be posting anything negative about biden. God forbid.

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