>somehow passed the CPA exam >now have Bachelors in Accounting

can't you just use turbotax?

>>1200399
But if I'm a CPA, employers are going to expect me to know this shit. That's my point, I'm a CPA and I feel like I'm still clueless about accounting. I'm not totally familiar with how banking works, stocks, bonds, etc. I just studied and did okay for standardized tests but I have no real world knowledge to draw from.

>>1200392
Well you know everything except application, that's what job training is for. Start applying retard, you're about to make shitloads

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>>1200392
>>somehow passed the CPA exam
Tell me your secrets,

Failed BEC
Passed BEC
Failed REG
Failed REG
>present studying for REG

Help me with this suffering

iktf bro

>working as a software engineer but feel like I barely know how to program

>>1200404
Tax accounting is not standard CPA work, yo. Tax accounting is basically "put this adjusted figure in this box according to the assets/liabilities/income you listed in schedule X/A/whatever, then go through this worksheet to determine your tax liability."

It's a somewhat insulated field that isn't directly driven by management or GAAP principles; I'm not a CPA, but my understanding is that CPA is more or less for investor and management insight, and additional training is needed if you want to be a tax specialist.

Another confounding idea is that every country has its own tax structure, so it's not like you're going to be able to do your company's tax in Germany if your specialty is taxes in the US (obviously, some countries are more similar than others, so maybe something like Canadian taxes would be workable/doable for a tax specialist in the US).

This is just what I've gleaned from my mother, who has been a corporate tax specialist for like 30+ years, and has no CPA.

Google impostors syndrome op

Yeah this is why I dropped out of school when I was studying accounting. Too much certification when really the business boils down to experience like any other. Getting educated/certified before you've made experience and connections seems like putting the cart before the horse to me.

>>1200564
It's fucking bullshit, there are countless job offers out there requiring 1-3 years experience but hardly any entry level jobs, and if there are entry level jobs, they pay less than stocking shelves at Costco.

Yet somehow 18-24 years ago my older brothers graduated HS and got jobs in accounting and became independent. What the fuck?

>>1200567
I absolutely aced an interview with a good employer, they told me they wanted to hire me but couldn't because I wasn't a good enough little goy and wasn't involved in the accounting club or extracurriculars. That's when I said fuck it, I need a field that cares about the actual work and not the countless little hoops you have to jump through to even begin working. I plan on going into a trade after NEETing it up for a little bit.

>>1200573
I guess I should consider killing myself then, sounds like it'll be impossible to find a decent 9-5 office job plugging in numbers in SAP with a simple BS in Accounting. That's all I want, a mediocre job while I practice on my graphic design shit on the side.

>>1200459
suicide is always an option

>>1200567
Your brothers have their own firms and won't get you a job? How do you grow up in a family dominated by accountants and not have any connections willing to take a shot on a fresh out of college CPA?

I know what you're saying because I suffered the same thing for years making barely above minimum wage with a bachelor's in accounting but it sounds like you started with a loaded deck.

>>1200675
they don't own firms, they just work for bigger companies. and their companies arent hiring atm

Not all accountants do tax.

As long as you know your basic accounting rules you can do most jobs

>>1200567
You know you can get basic AR jobs and shit that pay 15-20 an hour without a CPA while you're in school, it's what I did

>>1200564
This, you're better off finding an accountant and begging him to mentor/train you. People want experience because it's an important job.

Shit, finance is the same way. You better intern somewhere with a recognizable name or most places won't consider you.

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>>1200392
>>1200464
Tell me about it

>tfw theoretical physics postdoc researcher at CERN
>still don't know what the fuck a differential equation is

idk man

>>1200712
you cant be srs man

>>1200392
Why the fuck did you sit for all four CPA exams without being in an accounting position already? That's fucking retarded.

>>1200748
They pressure you in school to get the CPA before you even get a job nowadays

>>1200392

Congratulations on passing the CPA.

But if you feel you know nothing, don't feel too bad. It turns out there are many CPAs out there who are not only very good accountants, they're also remarkably stupid people.

Since you've passed your CPA, though, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to find work at one of the big accounting firms, if that is your goal.

Your lack of knowledge about stocks, bonds, banking, etc. is not surprising as that is not the purview of accountants so much as financiers and, to a lesser extent, economists.

>>1200749
>letting people pressure you

You're an omega tier cuck

I think it's because courses teach half gen eds, and the actual /biz/ shit is garbage like marketing, babby economics, etc. Even the accounting classes are tripe. Academic bullshit with no real world applicability.

Everything of value I've taught myself. Uni is just bullshit. All the job listings seem to require a degree, so I went... Only classes I learned shit in were finance, tax, and law. Thems some hard classes man.

But it's like 90% of our classes are irrelevant and they cram the accounting into like 8 courses.

>>1200658
Wow such great advice. I hope they lower your 401k match.

Loads of CPAs do community college courses to get real life training when they're doing their attestation hours. It's not a bad gig. Get real world experience (if the class is done right), then you join a small time CPA firm if you weren't already recruited to the B4.

>>1200464
Right there with ya. Bs in cs. Write db software. No fucking clue what a secondary key is. Op, its totally natural.

More of this inother fields?

>>1200464
Same here bro
>working as a policeman
> don't know shit about law just arrest some minority

>used to be staff on a cruise boat
>knew nothing about the sites on the river shore, would just make stuff up when passengers would ask me about them

>>1202444
I also didn't know how to tie any knots despite that being an essential function of being a deckhand

>That feel when pretty sure I failed FAR

FUCK I SPENT 250+ HOURS STUDYING FOR THAT AND I GET NOTHING IN RETURN

>>1200392
> work in multinational bak
> don't know how a bank actually works and how we make money, just know how to do my tasks
sometimes I feel like killing myself I don't even like what I do

>>1202466
>how we make money
loaning out customers' money for way more interest than you pay them, fees and surcharges, and probably also really sketchy Investments in derivatives

>>1202466
What tipe of tasks?

>>1202535
if request type x comes through --> Contact dept 1
if request type y comes through --> Contact dept 2
etc..

Usually it's about technical setup clients ask

>>1202541
Oh i see

>>1200392
I'm graduating a polytechnics with a programmers certification and no clue. Join the club my man,

>>1200392

sounds like you went to a shit school

>>1200392
I don't think anybody knows much about accounting. Just talk like you know what your doing cos' Somehow YOU DO... if you've passed the exams. Bachelors degree's don't mean shit as far as Im concerned.( Except the noble trades etc)

>>1200392
this is fucking halarious

accountant at a big4 here

you don't need to know anything as you're trained on the job. we hire interns who haven't taken any accounting courses

Higher education is a joke anyway. It is essentialy an IQ test for your future employers. I've never used my education for anything, always learned what I need to know at the workplace. Used to be engineers didn't go to college. Obviously there are exceptions to what I'm talking about, some things I'm sure you are better off learning at school.

I'm pretty much ACA qualified at a Big 4 firm (one exam to go) and I know fuck all.

>>1203974
Yet I didn't get hired even though the entire accounting/financial econ department gave me recommendations because I only had a 2.4 GPA...

>>1204895
>because I only had a 2.4 GPA.
2.4 is pretty low dude

in Canada, you need a minimum 3.0 to be able to write the accounting exams

>>1204895
Yea, low GPA's get fucked. Sorry, you should have tried harder. I wish I had too. I have a 3.4 overall and I'm afraid honeslty

>>1203993
>Used to be engineers didn't go to college.
We also didn't used to have half the technology we do today one decade ago

Stop talking out of your ass

>>1204895
When people say GPA's don't matter they mean as long as you have a 3.0+. Holy shit man that's like a D average no wonder you can't get a job. I could have slept through my accounting major and still pulled a C. (I couldn't find a good job even with a good GPA though so don't let it bother you much.)

>>1200712
Lmao

> somehow pass fiance and economics
> now I run the federal reserve
> still dont even know how a free market works

> kill me

>>1205148

That's right, but a lot of that technology actually makes the job easier and more streamlined. Taking a chance on someone untrained without formal training however is not only often illegal but really stupid in a situation where there are more workers than jobs anyway. Should engineers go to universities? Fuck if I know, I'm not an engineer. But I sure as hell know the current need for higher education is not a result of a genuine need within the market, but something that comes out of the government. Where I live you can't even get a job as a cashier without high school in many cases. That's insanity.

I'm on track for a phd, I want to actually get a job doing research, but the majority of the people I have studied with have no business being in a university. They just care about partying and wasting huge sums of their own and the taxpayers money. It's really tragic that we live in a society that gives people incentives to make such terrible decisions. Lot of folks come out of 10th grade and they can't even read and write properly! And somehow free community college is going to help them? Sure, it might help them pretty up their applications, but it's a net loss for the economy, and that means more of those people are going to end up without jobs as taxes increase.

>>1200392
dont worry. I work at a Chinese food resturaunt and I dont even know what a soysauce packet is. I just throw 10 fortune cookies in each bag and smile. You'll make it bro

>>1200459
Adderall, if that doesnt help you are probably stupid and should go to trade school

>>1205258

nice meme

>>1200392
I was under the assumption you needed a master's to sit for the exam.

>>1200392
Get a job with the government

>>1201730
you're doing a great job tho

>>1207980
>Get a job with the government

This

>>1207945
You can do the cpa exam even if you're a professional kneepad seller.

Yeah, I just graduated from pharmacy school and have no idea what the fuck to do in an actual pharmacy. Theres such a jump from theory to real life. Don't know shit about insurance why didn't they teach us this.

>>1200404
intern and in turn learn.

I'm a clever bitch, I am.

If you live in washington my mom could possibly hire you as an intern, she has her own firm.

>>1200404
Chemical engineer here, I know jack shit about planning a chemical plant. I could cook up some sweet meth in a flask, but large scale planning fucking eludes me.

>>1208178
I've been lied to this whole time. I knew you could take it but you couldn't get the actual certification unless you have 150+ credits.