I'm halfway through an Accounting degree but I'm having doubts it's for me

>there is statistically just a section of the population like us who don't have a passion for anything.

I dunno. I was passionate about music and history but I feel like all the things I'm interested in are "bullshit" majors/careers.

Nice copypasta. Your first post already seemed familiar.

Bachelor's is irrelevent to your future.

This is pasta

same situation but in different meme degree. Been following courses on freecodecamp and considering enrolling in a math degree soon

keep searching fren, dig through /sci /g and /biz archives on warosu to find anons in similar situation

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Fuck I’ve seen you here like a year ago, you abusive canadian plumber lol
Also nice trips so im gonna give you a benefit of the doubt youre not a larp

Do you have a good singing voice?

Oh actually i retract this is copypasta

Which degree?

>I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you genuinely are a Canadian plumber, and just posted the Canadian plumber pasta for luls
Jow Forums really is the dumbest board

That’s why you get a cpa so you can be worth shit.

Op there’s more to do than just financial accounting and other shit you can do with an accounting degree.

In the accounting sector you can do tax, private, auditing. You can start your own firm work for someone else. If your private accounting you can become a CFO. There is forensic accounting. Accountants are hired by the fbi to track the cash flows of drug dealers. You can work for the SEC or IRS. You could be catching fincancisl reporting fraud.

outside of accounting their is financial consulting, law, stock brokerage, and kinds of shit.

This is coming from an accounting major that plans on being a lawyer. Stick with the degree user their is all kinds of shit you can do with it.

Yeah, I guess. But I would never make it as a musician, I'm too introverted. I just liked recording/making the music of which there isn't much money in. It's a pipe dream.

Seriously wish I would've became a teacher though. Seems like an easy, comfy job. Even if it doesn't pay that much. Plus, you get summers off.

Mate I’ve been to networking events where guys from top financial and consulting firms (eg EY, goldman etc) were giving us presentations and some of them did like fucking theology in uni, or histrory etc. So literally take what really gets you going otherwise ure gonna be kind of suffering for a long long time and its not gonna be as productive cos ure not gonna really enjoy it and give it 100%

As long as you keep your skills up to date and don't make any major career mistakes you'll be able to live a comfortable middle-class existence and you'll have enough time and money on your hands to pursue things that you actually enjoy.

That's the upside to being an accountant.

Why would you want to be a teacher if you're introverted? And I understand music isn't usually realistic but where are you living roughly?

I know there's a lot to do in Accounting, I just don't think I even like it really.

I mean, it's not a bad path. I won't starve, there's jobs in it. But people in Accounting seem to work a ton of fucking hours and honestly I don't see myself enjoying any type of Accounting. I'd probably like it if I could get something comfy that I didn't have to work 24/7 in.

Yeah, I should've just been a teacher. I don't know. Fuck. I almost feel like nobody really likes their job, but at least that'd be an easier one. I'm already halfway through this degree though and already taken a bunch of the required classes for it and wasted a shitload of money.

I guess so. I just feel like I really won't have that much time to do things I really enjoy and will be wasting a shitload of time at a job I don't even really like.

I just really like history I guess. Englsih is cool too.

I'm introverted, but I wouldn't mind teaching. I wouldn't want to perform music in front of a crowd of people though, or be recorded, or whatever, because that's a whole different level.

I'm from the Midwest so yeah, music for certain isn't realistic here.

I don't know how it works in your country but you can go Accounting then get a Tributary legislation post studies and holy shit you can do some nasty stuff.

I'm a CPA in Big 4 tax. It's ok. Very visible ladder for progression.

Absolute retard. We do a lot of data analytics now. You're thinking of bookkeeping.

Where are you from in the Midwest? If you're in Ohio I know of a career path that might interest you

What do you mean?

right above ohio

You can continue learning more stuff, at least in my country people that studies Accounting also gets taught in auditing. What I meant is that Accounting is easily sinergized with other fields (legal, TI, goin for small companies,etc), all my teachers told me that the last one in getting fired is the accountant.

Also, If I were you I would end my accounting degree.

Michigan or Canada? It's too bad either way, but good luck to you.

OP im in same exact boat but I'm now in a masters program for accounting. never liked it, majored in it because it seemed practical and responsible.

only other thing i considered was programming but i dont think it matters because i dont have a real passion for that either and it would have also become grueling.

classes put me to sleep but i cram and get good grades.

i dont know how ill ever cope with wageslaving like this but theres not some other major i had passion for that i missed out on.

hopefully i will start my own business eventually

Accounting is #1 to be replaced by AI

> decent living
> decent mone
> didn't seem that hard

This is a recipe for mediocrity and meaninglessness in your life. Never choose make a major life decision for those reasons again.

Im with you man. Been programming since I was a kid, but its hard to work with other programmers (I'm not autistic, I'm a manager.) since they don't care and don't want to learn how to do things right. Plus business end is just a grind for more features. It totally sucks.

Im hoping I can find some market to serve on the internet, and carve out 3k in revenue on a month for some software I write.

If your smart and philosophically minded I highly recommend the math. Stay away if engineering/pragmatic focus.

Stop reading tech news you idiot, they're feeding you garbage. You have an internet understanding of what accounting is.

Yeah at the bottom level its pay roll and books, but accountants in corporate structure don't do that. Their job is to design metrics to measure performance, and optimize how the business operates, and advise management on investment decisions. Its more like a lawyer, but focused on financial and cost concerns.

big4 isnt gonna disappear tomorrow but things are changing. outsourcing to india/automation of as many tasks as possible to cut costs is happening whether you like it or not

this is the lowest of book keeping jobs. This is a meme.

Remember if tech journalists could predict anything about the future they could make a lot more money investing or participating in it. AI stealing anything but the most repetitive jobs is fud.

this isnt a tech media meme. the university of oxford is the one saying there is a 94% chance accountant and auditor positions will be automated. big4 are increasing their proportion of outsourced employees every year

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faggot you aren't thinking about this for yourself. Just think for a bit.

I have. I was going to be an accounting major until I realized the risk:reward wasn't worth it for me. I lost a bit over a quarter worth of credits but I still think it was worth it. I am too uncomfortable entering a field that provides no value and (outside of advisory) that employers are looking to eliminate as quickly as they can by any means necessary

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To play devils advocate, I'm in public accounting and enjoy it. Its challenging enough, fast paced and I like my coworkers. Pay is good and promotions are predictable and frequent. Give it a shot, accounting experience is always great to have on your resume

Also, big doubt to the automation of auditing, but again I'm playing devils advocate