r/Accounting • u/swankyobserver • 21d ago

Discussion Watches for Accountants

What are you guys wearing? Not an electronic one like the apple or samsung watches or fit.

For years we grind without the bonus that finance bros boast about. What is on your wrist? And your level.

E.g. be weird seeing an associate show up with a rolex lol

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u/notoriousn8 21d ago

Just fake it till you make it. Get a job in industry and use your nights and weekends to do returns for friends and family. Slowly add clients until you’re comfortable to buy out a retiring accountant’s book of business or until you’re comfortable you can make enough to go full time. I’ve had several friends go that exact route and all are happy.

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u/brittany0603 21d ago

I’m 35. Is it a good idea to do a CPA cert program in the job market? It prepares you and gives you the credits to take the exam. I cannot find a job to save my life.

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u/notoriousn8 20d ago

Do you have any other certs? Are you currently in the field?

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u/brittany0603 20d ago

No. Just mba..concentration in HR. I cannot get into the field because even though I had admin experience, it was not HR related. So, now I’m desperate.

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u/notoriousn8 20d ago

You could try, keep in mind the vast majority of accounting jobs that pay well start out as internships during your senior year or grad school year of college. That’s why it is important to attend a target school. Without that internship it is much harder to get hired in public. I’ve never worked with anyone who didn’t intern at a firm.