Age 24, just bought a firm and trying to forge my own path. Would love to be part of a community; all those I'm in now are with CPAs who have been in the business for a long time.
I’m a new CPA, I’m working at a dead end job and I don’t know where to go from here, I don’t have public accounting experience and I’m afraid to leave my job for a public accountant position but I would have to start over, if there any chance we could talk?
Becoming a CPA soon and I purposely will not be working with a big prestigious firm. That was the goal at first and now I just want to be happy. Currently working with a small CPA as an independent contractor and have had an amazing experience with them. My original plan was to move to a big firm once I became a CPA but decided I will continue to work with them even after. My goal is to have my own firm, not be miserable. Life is short!!
I'm interested in accounting as a career but definitely worried it will basically take my life away with the lack of WLB... I'm a new subscriber and would love to know tips on what to look for to grow your skillset but also avoid bad companies. Right now I get the impression that you have to go through the soul-sucking paths for experience and then rest more at something lower pay but better WLB
Excellent perspective, dude. I’ve built my own book at a three person firm with 2 older cpas. They’re retiring, so now, I’m running things how I want. Very interested in the online community 😄
Another great video - I'd love to be part of the community! This will be my first year entirely independent without an employer to provide supplemental income. Let's Go TY23!
Hi Logan , thank you for posting this! After supporting hundreds of such firm starts up close, I can say that the water are not as deep or cold as they seem. From getting clients to building the right tech stack, setting up automation, and generating healthy cash flow with good margins from the outset - it will be hard but worth it. Having a mentor who has done the zero-to-one can profoundly help the journey, and having peers with you who are in a similar stage can make a world of difference. I believe this could be an amazing community. I hope you open it 🙂
Would love a community to follow. I am 32 and own my own firm in northern N.Y. Built it from scratch too, in 5 years went from making $8k on the side to full time with an employee at $220k. We need more firms. I am doing the Thomson Reuters practice forward program and I hope that moves me from $220k to $750k in 3 years. I know other CPAs it worked for.
Just a reminder...this is for financial accountants...tax accountants....blah, blah, blah. I am a federal Cost Accountant. So this does not apply to me. I have to explain why 1+1 is not equally 2. Which means, I ask questions to other areas on their financial transactions. Plain and simple. Well...maybe not that simple, but managerial and cost accounting are totally different beasts.
Just found your channel and I'm loving your videos! I'm a CPA in Canada and work as a manager in a mid-sized firm. This is my 11th tax season and it is just starting here (and goes until April 30th). To say that I'm less than an excited about it is an understatement. After going through SEVERE burnout last year, I'm finally feeling better only to now be going into another grueling tax season. I love the work but the hours and expectations are completely unreasonable.
