[wecandoit – CPA 2018]

I am wondering how many people in the accounting profession make 100K +

If you are one of those can you say how long it took you and whats your area of expertise please.

Thank you

Be merciful my Lord!

BEC - PASSED, Thank you LORD!
AUD - PASSED, LORD! you are able!
REG - 06/10/2016 - I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!
FAR - 08/21/2016

You only fail when you stop TRYING!!
This will be the year!!
All the glory to you, LORD

[Mole351]

took me about 15 years, but i took the non-traditional route and happened into accounting with a management degree.

started as a project accountant – but i would say accountant loosely as it didn't really apply to hard-core accounting – i tracked costs for EPA superfund sites. i had no concept of most of the “real” accounting rules.

5 years later moved into a more traditional accounting role with a large company. learned a ton of accounting through experience. then went back to school after another 5 years for the degree/courses to sit for the CPA. a lot of what i learned in the classes i already knew from experience (somewhat backwards) – but solidified a lot of concepts and filled gaps.

moved to another company 5 years after the previous company and had a family (hiccup in the CPA plans). wife just gave me “permission” last year to study/sit as was a good time with the kids. just got a promotion putting me over the $100k mark late last year which really wouldn't have been given to me without the understanding that i will get my cpa (and was half-way through at the time). I am the only person at a manager level or above in a large finance department who does not have a cpa. i think i was lucky, and was told a few years ago by a VP that the way to move up was to get a master's degree or cpa. most folks even at non-manager level have a cpa or are working toward one.

if i had it to do all over again i would have gone the accounting route in and straight out of school and would've tried to go into public accounting. live and learn i guess – I'm happy where i am…but took awhile. man i was clueless originally coming out of school.

FAR - 87 (5/15)
AUD - 93 (8/15)
REG - 86 (2/16)
BEC - 87 (5/16)

[wecandoit – CPA 2018]

@Mole351 – excellent comment. Those kind of posts give me life.
I am going to work my tail off learn as much as I can and who knows maybe in 5 years or less i will be so valuable and dependable that I will have that type of offer 🙂
Thank you for that awesome post

Be merciful my Lord!

BEC - PASSED, Thank you LORD!
AUD - PASSED, LORD! you are able!
REG - 06/10/2016 - I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!
FAR - 08/21/2016

You only fail when you stop TRYING!!
This will be the year!!
All the glory to you, LORD

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