Thank you so much for this video, which was super helpful! I was curious, do you think that a master's program is necessary for an undergrad with a non-technical background to transition into an entry level data analyst role? Or is it sufficient to get a certificate & build specific skills (like SQL) with a portfolio? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🙏🏻
I turned 25 a few months ago, and I've been recently getting bombarded with videos with people who've been there 2-10 years ago. (cuz that's all i click on now i guess) I should've listened to them earlier because I didn't realize how precious my time was, and I feel like an absolute fool. My adolescence was turbulent and insecure due to an insurmountable amount of reasons (I hear that a lot of people relate to this) and my young adult period was marred in self-hatred from all the comparisons I made against other people. Now that I'm out of school and trying to live, I just keep imagining how liberating it would have been if I had this amount of awareness of my life back then, when I had less responsibilities, more people around me and when everything felt new. Maybe I would've fought harder for the things that mattered back then and be more accountable for my actions, as I ultimately thought my actions wouldn't have made an impact anywhere. All my homies are going thru it too. With our collective anxiety over our age paired with how the world's been for the last couple years really amplified the panic across all facets of my life. I'm currently struggling with the meaning of my actions and my own expectations of myself, even more with family, friendships and relationships and how to use my time wisely so that in a few years I can look back and be okay with the decisions I made. As you were saying, I can probably put less pressure on myself, but damn... I can barely even handle the fact that I suddenly turned into an adult... How are you faring? Have you moved on worrying about what you were worried about 2 years ago?
I studied a bit of accounting as part of my political science degree and I'm planning to complete an accounting degree soon as well. This was really helpful and also encouraging (especially the endless opportunities part). Thank you!
Ridiculous. I definitely want my accountant to be a numbers person and be familiar with spreadsheets. I can do my own critical thinking once they give me the information that is relevant to my situation. Too many people are just taking online courses to get certified in a particular field then think they are experts at 20 yrs old.
This is a fantastic video - I am an Ex-EY (london) that just moved aboard (Aus) to start a new life - and having spent last few months to settled down and adjust to a new country - I was looking for information on exit opps for Big4s Grad and this video was the most informative and helpful I wanted to ask: how did you go about actually researching for different roles that are available? So what search method did you use to locate/hone in on your ideal job? I am only asking cos I have very similar hobbies to you (social media/youtube/making videos etc) and I also want to leave audit/finance completely (hopefully, within next 12m or so) but i am not sure where to start (other than going into M&A/Deals/Corp Fin etc but i really want to leave audit/finance behind) Thanks, S
Hello, which Software do you use to automate the process and get all the invoices, files and information from you client for an audit? Is there a software that provide automated confirmation in the UK? Thank you...
But when you go on a mission you don’t have to touch your salary because the client pay your expenses (food, hotel…) that’s one of the interesting parts in audit.
Can anyone offer me some perspective or advice? I am not sure if my experience is the same as others. I work at one of the Big 4, have an MBA in International Finance with 5 years of accounting experience. My whole Big 4 experience has been an absolute nightmare. Let me explain. I was working as a level 2 accountant at a major corporation. Then a Big 4 company reached out to me and actively recruited me for a Financial Analyst position. I ended up accepting the offer because the Big 4 company recruiter actively pursued me for the financial analysis position, and I figured the Big 4 was a reputable company where I can learn new applicable financial analytic skills for my career growth. However, from day 1 of starting at the Big 4 company I realized that the opportunity was 100% misrepresented. Essentially, the engagement I was put on was processing invoices repetitively. This engagement was a very low skill engagement with call center vibes, and 100% not what was being presented to me or what I was agreed to. After six months of processing invoices, I reached out to an experienced manager and explained my experience and what had transpired. She agreed with me that my concern was valid, and this should not have happened to me. Therefore, they looked for a financial analysis engagement where I would be able to learn and apply financial analytics which is what I was recruited for initially. The new project that they presented was "Real Property Valuation" and was presented as an engagement that would require traveling to different location where I could apply financial valuation skills such NPV and IRR, so I agreed to this new engagement. However, when I start this new engagement, I soon realized that this engagement had the very same nature of the Invoice Processing engagement with no traveling or financial analysis being applied or learned for the activities. Personally, I have never felt so mislead and violated as an employee in my life, and I am not inspired to do the work. Every job I have ever had, the job description has been pretty spot-on except for this Big 4 company. Now I am in a very tough situation where I have sacrificed my prior career for a situation full of deception hoping and I feel they hope I don't notice or say anything. I was really hoping to get more out of my experience at the Big 4, but I simply don't think they have what they were recruiting me for. Is this a normal Big 4 experience? Has anyone else had the same experience? What should I do? Serve 1 year there hoping that I can transfer to a different part of the company or start making my exit strategy? Any suggestion or advice would be appreciated.
Binge watching your videos, I'm an incoming freshman planning to pursue accountancy over another course that I like just because I think there's more opportunities. I was feeling overwhelmed at first that I'll be sacrificing my social life for the high income but you're videos are really motivating to keep on pursuing my goals. thank you!
of course, anything involving a lot of numbers of data can be automated or outsourced to cheap 3rd world labor. you need to be able to use critical thinking to form conclusions based on the evidence provided. it's almost like being a detective, can you visualize the story, using what is available to you.
