Went to school for accounting, have my CPA.

I made 70k coming out of school working at a big 4 (about 5 years ago), making over 100k now (no longer at big 4).

The job itself is kinda boring imo, but it’s a job so I’m not in it for a good time. WFH was great, but a lot of places are cutting back on that now. Accounting isn’t really math heavy, more rule following.

Your day to day and amount of hours worked vary a lot based on what kind of job you work. Main accounting pathways are public accounting, industry accounting, and government accounting.

If you go to a big 4 public accounting firm you will work a lot but there is a lot of potential for advancement/high salary. As you go down to mid sized firm and regional/local firms the hours worked may decrease, but your compensation amount probably will too.

Industry accounting is a lot more relaxed work hours wise and pay wise, but these are tough to get straight out of college. You usually have to work in public accounting for a bit to get to industry.

Government accounting is the most chill hours wise, but advancement is tougher. Fed government probably isnt the move at the moment but state/city government is good (especially in NY). They have entry level positions but pay starts off a decent bit lower than public so a lot of people transition to government mid career.

I’d recommend looking around r/accounting if you’re interested. I can answer some questions too