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Career Advice - Accounting vs. Law
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<blockquote data-quote="xenodragon" data-source="post: 14719531" data-attributes="member: 29262"><p>So I have an accounting degree, and currently working on passing my CPA exam (I am 10 years out of college). I started out my working career at the Big 4 doing financial auditing. I did that for 3 years and switched into IT consulting/auditing. If you like accounting as you say, like really love it, you will do fine at the Big 4.</p><p></p><p>2 of my best friends are lawyers as well as my father-in-law. They work all hours of the day and weekends, all the time. They make a lot more money than I do, but law never slows down. At least in accounting you have a busy season Jan - April then you rest of the year is slower.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to focus on one thing at a time. Get your accounting degree, get your CPA, put in your 3 years at the Big 4, then decide where you want to go from there. Law is a big commitment. If you enjoy having any sort of life at all, do not go into Law. That and the market is saturated with lawyers trying to get jobs. So unless you are top 5-10% in your class, you wont find a good (high paying) job as a lawyer, and will just have a ton of student debt.</p><p></p><p>CPA carries almost as much weight as a law degree, and whatever firm you work out will pay for you to take it. Once you start working at one of the big 4 ask them if having a law degree will help your career. If they say yes, then they might be willing to pay for some of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xenodragon, post: 14719531, member: 29262"] So I have an accounting degree, and currently working on passing my CPA exam (I am 10 years out of college). I started out my working career at the Big 4 doing financial auditing. I did that for 3 years and switched into IT consulting/auditing. If you like accounting as you say, like really love it, you will do fine at the Big 4. 2 of my best friends are lawyers as well as my father-in-law. They work all hours of the day and weekends, all the time. They make a lot more money than I do, but law never slows down. At least in accounting you have a busy season Jan - April then you rest of the year is slower. My advice is to focus on one thing at a time. Get your accounting degree, get your CPA, put in your 3 years at the Big 4, then decide where you want to go from there. Law is a big commitment. If you enjoy having any sort of life at all, do not go into Law. That and the market is saturated with lawyers trying to get jobs. So unless you are top 5-10% in your class, you wont find a good (high paying) job as a lawyer, and will just have a ton of student debt. CPA carries almost as much weight as a law degree, and whatever firm you work out will pay for you to take it. Once you start working at one of the big 4 ask them if having a law degree will help your career. If they say yes, then they might be willing to pay for some of it. [/QUOTE]
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