Delete if not allowed but I thought there may be many accountants on this sub. I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching on going back to school and starting a new career, currently have a BS in animal science with a minor in business and am a zookeeper. I’ve come to hate my job, mostly due to management and fundamental issues that are too long to go into here. I wake up and loathe going into work and need to get out of this toxic environment. I’m 32 so this is the time to change I think. I’m lucky enough to have my first two years paid for at a local community college (there are only a few degree options though) and accounting has caught my eye. After reading into it I think it’s something I would really enjoy. After getting my associates I plan to transfer to a 4 year online program and get my bachelors. My question is if you’re an accountant do you love it? I know it had a fairly high income potential (something my job does not) but I was hoping to get some practical knowledge from people in the job. Currently I make ~51k gross. Is it reasonable to expect to make that entering the field? A big issue I have right now is it takes about 10-20 years before I could move up to management and more pay, is it a quicker process in the accounting world? These are super general questions but I appreciate any advice!
Submitted November 10, 2018 at 07:02AM by zygodactyl86 https://ift.tt/2QxZgB8
