[SeattleAccountant]

OT:When you were little, how would you answer question of who do you want to be when grown up?

I bet neither one of us said “A CPA”!

Had a great chuckle reading this junk article today, hope it brings smile to other exhausted CPA candidates!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348168/I-want-DOG-I-grow-Hilarious-proof-kids-really-say-funniest-things.html

Becker Class of Jan - Aug 2013: FARB DONE!!!!
CPA license pending 🙂

[barelystayingsane]

Have you seen this video? 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v_alwa4V_Y

[SeattleAccountant]

Haha, lots of turnover and burnout! Nasty emails to angry coworkers, fight with auditors! And, job that takes forever …to save company whole $3 dollars …sitting in stinky & stuffy office. That's classic!

Becker Class of Jan - Aug 2013: FARB DONE!!!!
CPA license pending 🙂

[littlenumberrobot]

I LOVE that one of the kids. Good article too Seattle!

Oh and to add I wanted to be a lawyer most of my childhood because I saw how much money they made during my parents' divorce. LOL Then somehow (actually don't recall) I headed into the business direction once I hit HS. My dad said accounting would be the best so I could eventually do anything in business and here I am today!

CA CPA - All because of the journey listed below
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FAR - 53('10), 8/25/12 79 PASSED!
REG - 66('11), 69('12), 12/06/12 77 PASSED!!
BEC - 58('10), 74('12), 01/05/13 77 PASSED!!!
AUD - 43('11), 66('12), 69('13), 74('13) 7/29/13 85 PASSED!!!!!

(Combinations of Roger, Yaeger, Wiley Book, Wiley TB, & NINJA Notes)

Ethics 90%

[Anonymous]

Surprisingly, I wanted to be an accountant at a young age, but only because my abuela (grandmother) was an accountant…never wanted to be a CPA….though my dad would use the title as though it were some easily attainable item…..my pops had no idea lol

[Anonymous]

Ok so this is really strange…but my grandmother and I have always been close and when I was younger she would constantly watch QVC, Home Shopping Network, etc. …and I suppose that's what caused me to want to be a shoe model lol

To be fair, I went through phases with different ideas of what I wanted to be when I grew up. Landscape architect, singer, TV chef on food network lol

[neika822]

I'd go back and forth so much! I remember trying to open up little “stores” in my room… so I'd invite my family in to buy videos or books. Once I put a chair up on my bed and pretended I was a judge. Oh boy… I used to always want to “invent” something, too. My brother got me a science kit (microscope, slides, etc…) when I was around 7 or 8, and my friend came over and I told her, “Ok, you find the cure for cancer, I'll work on the cure for AIDS.” Because, obviously, it's that simple… I really wanted to be a graphic designer for a few years.

In high school, I wanted to be a nurse. And then my dad and a few teachers I had senior year changed my mind. I took accounting my senior year of high school, so that was always on my mind. As a freshman in college, I wanted to major in marketing (thank God I didn't), but then headed the accounting route my sophomore year. I've been fairly happy with my decision!

R - *77*(02/'13)-Becker & NINJA
A - 71('11); *87*(04/'13)-Becker & NINJA
F - *76*(08/'13)-Becker & NINJA - "server upgrade" survivor
B - 60('11); *82*(10/'13) -Becker & NINA

DONE, DONE, AND DONE.

CPA in Massachusetts; issued 01/24/14

[I just love this]

I was seriously right about to post that same video, because the title reminded me of it.

REG- Waiting 7/1/13
BEC- Waiting 7/23/13
AUD- Studying 8/12/13
FAR- Signed up 10/1/13
Studying with CPAExcel and Wiley Test Bank.

[Anonymous]

I'll tell you what I DIDN'T want to be: A compliance officer in the financial industry. (As I sit here ticking off year 16 of this particular career… )

I DID however want to be an astronaut. As close as I got to that is some of the stupid things my people do make me see stars.

[ParanoidAndroid]

A professional football (soccer) player….

CPA for life...

[Kenada]

I wanted to be a Vet. I totally loved being with animals and still do.

Unfortunately just as I graduated High School my father was bankrupt and we lost all my university funds.

I had to start working odd jobs to earn money to pay for accounting certifications since it was what I was able to barely afford at the time. I worked myself into a Firm job at a minimum wage and was able to then pay to study for my Bachelors in Accounting as well as obtain the work experience I needed to move on to better paid jobs in Finance.

FAR 05/27/14; 786/110 - Done !

[IwannaBaCPA]

NOT an accountant – that is FOR SURE!

A millionaire.

BEC: 79 - April 2011
FAR: 78 - May 2011
AUD: 81 - May 2012
REG: 79 - October 2012
Ethics: Passed - March 2013
I am finally DONE!

[LoveEventing]

I still want to be a horse trainer when I grow up….

BEC - 68, 76
AUD - 90, 91
FAR - 63, 83
REG - 55, 79

FINALLY DONE!

[Anonymous]

I wanted to be the Queen of England most days, but then other days I wanted to be a writer. The only reason I'm a CPA is because I was better at accounting than writing and the Queen job was sort of taken!

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