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pgviper · 11-29-2012, 02:47 PM

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Lol. Out for now. Check u guys later!

Take care bro.

I don't know if i'm a geek but i'm an engineer lol. Haven't seen any other engineers in this thread.

baxter3221 · 11-29-2012, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by badazzm

Audit sucks!! Haha. M&A should be much more interesting. Proly the same hours though. I thought I worked a lot in tax but when I found about out audit people!! Wheww!! They r like slaves. Lol. I am still in public but love it wayy more than big 4. 10-5 job. Only busy time is Feb-April, then Aug-Oct. That too, it's only like full 8 hours of work. 9-6. Never stayed over 6 in the past year I have been working here. Worked one sat. Beat that EY!! Haha

Audit hours for most people are terrible. I actually didn't work long hours while I was in audit, it was just god awful boring. I couldn't find motivation to do things when all your work is just double checking what someone else did and then it gets filed in a basement and no one ever sees it again. Just feels pointless.

In M&A the hours are much longer (I worked until 9:30pm last night which isn't even terrible, I've done 4am on back to back to back days before), but at least you feel like you're accomplishing something. Clients rely on your analysis to determine whether or not to acquire a company or how much to pay for the company. Plus the work is a lot more challenging and it's rewarding to see things you put together end up in a final report that gets issued.

Plus the money is better

baxter3221 · 11-29-2012, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pgviper

Take care bro.

I don't know if i'm a geek but i'm an engineer lol. Haven't seen any other engineers in this thread.

You're in a thread full of CPA's and you're worried about being the geek?

MrRetep · 11-29-2012, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pgviper

Take care bro.

I don't know if i'm a geek but i'm an engineer lol. Haven't seen any other engineers in this thread.

what kind of engineering? been thinking of getting into that field, means I would have to go back to school. But I'm young enough to where I can start over and be alright.

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You're in a thread full of CPA's and you're worried about being the geek?

Lol yes, I would consider you guys nerds

I want people I can talk gadgets with! I've been messing with arduino lately

baxter3221 · 11-29-2012, 03:05 PM

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Lol yes, I would consider you guys nerds

I want people I can talk gadgets with! I've been messing with arduino lately

Touche, nerds it is!

KwlAznKid · 11-29-2012, 03:07 PM

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Dude. cpa's and accountant do the same work bro. cpa is just a title. i do the same work when I wasn't a cpa at my first year in Ey and now in my third year at a different company. just gotta pass those bitch exams. all cpa does is lil boost in income. nothing knowledge wise.

lol cept you guys make a crap ton more $ than we do! haha

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Originally Posted by MrRetep

Sounds like fun. Maybe I should go back and finish up my schooling. lol

Ha! You suck!

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Lol. For Kwlkid - many directors in EY were not CPA yet they are making $350k/year. Don't have to be a cpa to get where you want to be. Just need the experience and drive to become something. cpa just looks better on resume. lol.

dang seriously? well i've decided to probably pursue the healthcare industry for now, i'm studying for my gmats so hopfully mba/mha in the near future

KwlAznKid · 11-29-2012, 03:08 PM

LOL this was pretty funny

pgviper · 11-29-2012, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MrRetep

what kind of engineering? been thinking of getting into that field, means I would have to go back to school. But I'm young enough to where I can start over and be alright.

Lol yes, I would consider you guys nerds

I want people I can talk gadgets with! I've been messing with arduino lately

I'm an electrical engineer. Arduino is great to start off with. Teaches you a lot of the basics to programming a microprocessor and there are tons of great projects on the internet to do.

If you enjoy programming the arduino, start teaching yourself C. It's necessary for any engineering and is really the bottleneck to most people in school.

pgviper · 11-29-2012, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by baxter3221

You're in a thread full of CPA's and you're worried about being the geek?

Usually engineers are viewed as those with no social skills that sit on a computer all day haha. Kinda funny how there are no engineers on here though.

pgviper · 11-29-2012, 03:19 PM

Gotta finish up some work for the rest of the day, then i'm out. I'm sure we will all be back tomorrow haha.

A guy can dream right ->the truth!!!

MrRetep · 11-29-2012, 03:23 PM

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I'm an electrical engineer. Arduino is great to start off with. Teaches you a lot of the basics to programming a microprocessor and there are tons of great projects on the internet to do.

If you enjoy programming the arduino, start teaching yourself C. It's necessary for any engineering and is really the bottleneck to most people in school.

Already pretty good with C. Programming comes naturally to me

I just like arduino for the robotics aspect of it. I wanna build cool shit when im bored. lol

I was thinking mechanical engineering, I wanna build race cars man!

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Gotta finish up some work for the rest of the day, then i'm out. I'm sure we will all be back tomorrow haha.

A guy can dream right ->the truth!!!

That is one sexy z06.

MrRetep · 11-29-2012, 03:24 PM

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LOL this was pretty funny

Ungrateful little shits!

pgviper · 11-29-2012, 03:28 PM

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Already pretty good with C. Programming comes naturally to me

I just like arduino for the robotics aspect of it. I wanna build cool shit when im bored. lol

I was thinking mechanical engineering, I wanna build race cars man!

That is one sexy z06.

THis may be a good spot to start then
http://www.sae.org/

And ya, that's my dream car lol. Hopefully I can afford it sooner than later.

silvergray545 · 11-29-2012, 04:00 PM

Didn't realize we had so many CPAs/Accountants in this thread. I'm kinda nervous to start! I have no idea what to expect!

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lol accounting? what firm?

Yeah lol. SS&G. Second largest firm in Cleveland. It's that resume builder I need.

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Lol I knw. This is for the kid in school not you KwlAznkid. If you r gonna be accountant then yep, starting with 60 hour workweek sounds right. I worked in EY for two years after getting out of school. The only way to get out and get a decent job is by working at least 2 or 5 years. Be a senior or manager. I ended up getting this laid back job at a law/accounting firm after I got EY on my resume. Here I would say I work about 1000-1200 hours a year compared to EY's 2600-3200. Good luck man. Lol.

I've heard horror stories about the big four. Like 70-80 hours a week during the internship. I feel like that's kind of intimidating to a student.

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Not bad! More hours means more money = more mods

Haha true. Only in this case, more hours = new car!

MrRetep · 11-29-2012, 04:16 PM

new car? what do you have in mind?

silvergray545 · 11-29-2012, 04:24 PM

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new car? what do you have in mind?

I haven't decided yet. Here are my choices:

1. E92 335i
2. E92 M3
3. E60 M5

baxter3221 · 11-29-2012, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

I've heard horror stories about the big four. Like 70-80 hours a week during the internship. I feel like that's kind of intimidating to a student.

I would be surprised if you have those kind of hours during an internship, maybe if you intern during busy season, but typically interns are treated well because they want you to come work for them. Then you'll work the insane hours.

I might have missed it, what is your focus; tax, audit?

silvergray545 · 11-29-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by baxter3221

I would be surprised if you have those kind of hours during an internship, maybe if you intern during busy season, but typically interns are treated well because they want you to come work for them. Then you'll work the insane hours.

I might have missed it, what is your focus; tax, audit?

Audit. I enjoyed my tax classes way more than my financial accounting classes but I can't spend my life in a cube doing tax returns. I'd go crazy. That's why I picked audit.

MrRetep · 11-29-2012, 04:42 PM

I've decided to start my own business. I need 60k up front. who wants in?

badazzm · 11-29-2012, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by baxter3221

I would be surprised if you have those kind of hours during an internship, maybe if you intern during busy season, but typically interns are treated well because they want you to come work for them. Then you'll work the insane hours.

I might have missed it, what is your focus; tax, audit?

Yep. Impossible to have those hours during internship in Big 4. No way in hell they will pay you that much overtime. Haha. I worked 50 hrs max only one week during 8 week internship at EY. Full time I have worked max 80 hours. Insane! So glad got it on my resume and moved on. Couldn't do 5 years. I would have gone bald.

badazzm · 11-29-2012, 04:44 PM

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I've decided to start my own business. I need 60k up front. who wants in?

Lol. I just sold some apple stocks that were worth pretty good but plan to keep the money for other things. I love my job right now. Ok starbucks time. Be bacck!

badazzm · 11-29-2012, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

I haven't decided yet. Here are my choices:

1. E92 335i
2. E92 M3
3. E60 M5

E92 m3 for sure man.

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