Degree QUESTION

[Agaruvala]

I know someone who is an accountant, but I realy want to stay away from the accountant title and be more " company direction guy" who is not the book keeper but management as to what the company will do with it money. sorta kinda well..... more invester and not book keeper

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
I know someone who is an accountant, but I realy want to stay away from the accountant title and be more " company direction guy" who is not the book keeper but management as to what the company will do with it money. sorta kinda well..... more invester and not book keeper

This is why you talk to career counselors. Do you not have a career center on your campus?

 

[Agaruvala]

yes feldenak, I have been there and Im asking you guys who maybe might have or are working the in those fields to tell me what you see form your POV

 

[Albis]

most of my friends started out in investment banking on wall street.

the average starting salary is around 60-70k with signing bonuses around 10k and also there is a nice annual bonus

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
yes feldenak, I have been there and Im asking you guys who maybe might have or are working the in those fields to tell me what you see form your POV

Well, rather than throwing a bunch of sh!t on the wall and seeing what sticks (ie. ATOT), why don't you use your career center to contact some people in these fields directly and ask them. I'm not trying to be an ass (yet), but many times people get frustrated with their job hunt out of college b/c they didn't fully utilize their career center.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
I know someone who is an accountant, but I realy want to stay away from the accountant title and be more " company direction guy" who is not the book keeper but management as to what the company will do with it money. sorta kinda well..... more invester and not book keeper

accountants are not just H&R block book keepers. Lots of time, you will see an accountants do finance work for a company because that is what an accountant does best.

 

[Albis]

accounting does not mean bookkeeping in the academic world. most accounting majors are auditors and have their CPAs

 

[Agaruvala]

kk thanks for the insight

 

[JS80]

Accounting = Job Guarentee and Job Security

 

[Agaruvala]

Originally posted by: JS80
Accounting = Job Guarentee and Job Security

job security is big with me, but then again so is pay, I want to make around 80k atleast 3 years after Im out of masters program

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala

Originally posted by: JS80
Accounting = Job Guarentee and Job Security

job security is big with me, but then again so is pay, I want to make around 80k atleast 3 years after Im out of masters program

geesh....it does not work that way.....just b/c you get your masters or MBA does not mean you will get that big paycheck. If you are so concerend about money, get an accounting degree and get your CPA.


better yet, get a math degree and become an actuary.

 

[Agaruvala]

CPA. I have an accountant for my company and I would not want his job lol

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
CPA. I have an accountant for my company and I would not want his job lol

If you do not want to do work, you wont get money, it's that simple. CPA's get paid alot for a reason.

 

[Agaruvala]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
CPA. I have an accountant for my company and I would not want his job lol

If you do not want to do work, you wont get money, it's that simple. CPA's get paid alot for a reason.

kick back turbo I do work

 

[RaDragon]

http://www.aicpa.org/nolimits/job/paths/

As a CPA (or soon to be CPA), there are no limits to the career opportunities available to you...from public practice to business/industry to government and education.

Public Practice
Auditing
Assurance Services
Environmental Accounting
Forensic Accounting
Information Technology Services
International Accounting
Consulting Services
Personal Financial Planning
Tax Advisory Services
Business and Industry
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
Internal Auditing
Management Accounting
Non-Financial Positions
Tax Planning
Government
Not-For-Profit
Education

There's more to it than just "Bookkeeping"

 

[aswedc]

Magement, Marketing, HR: You get hired because of connections and luck, because anyone that understands people can do these jobs.

Accounting, finance, economics: You get hired because of the skills you know. Work hard, and you'll have a job.

Your choice.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
How is economics getting hotter and hotter? That degree has almost no practical application period. I would know. I'm a minor in it.

my friend got a job wiht a Big 5 with BA Econ, though

anyways, as far as the OP is concerned.. he must be no more than 16 years old. acts like he knows everything about the business world already, but wants something thats both easy and pays the most...

having a vision is good (ie 'i plan to go to grad school') ... but having a cocky (and ignorant) attitude wont get you anywhere but right into a brickwall.. just another kid who thinks he knows more than evreyone else

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: acemcmac
How is economics getting hotter and hotter? That degree has almost no practical application period. I would know. I'm a minor in it.

my friend got a job wiht a Big 5 with BA Econ, though

anyways, as far as the OP is concerned.. he must be no more than 16 years old. acts like he knows everything about the business world already, but wants something thats both easy and pays the most...

having a vision is good (ie 'i plan to go to grad school') ... but having a cocky (and ignorant) attitude wont get you anywhere but right into a brickwall.. just another kid who thinks he knows more than evreyone else

Nah, it's just the common business major attitude. They all think a business degree tanslates into easy money. Thank God for weeding out.

 

[Agaruvala]

LOl please , I don't think that way. I already own a company which I run daily. Im just looking into getting a degree. Iam not 16, stop that hate.