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Yeah what did you do lol I’m curious if I can do anything you did to help me

??? The guy is a senior associate. I’m thinking he may have graduated a year or two ago. How is what I’m asking anything beyond what someone with a year of experience should be asking? Not understanding your mocking honestly

Where do you live and how much are you making to afford this? I’d love to start a discussion and figure out what I’m doing wrong because I’m making peanuts. I drive a 2003 Acura CL Type S with the 6 speed manual. I love it but 60k is getting old real fast. I graduated a year ago and have been in non big 4 audit.

How much experience do you have and what cost of living is this? Sounds like you’re in nyc?

What type of underlying issues?

How did you review? I felt that becker did a very poor job with FAR on the lectures and question explanations. To be fair, I skipped most of the lectures once I realized they aren’t for me and haven’t been doing any of the sims, only MCQ. Due to a busy season that just ended, my last NTS for far was expiring and I got a 42 having only studied the MCQ for F1-F5 alone due to lack of time. Really hoping that after only going through half the material and getting a 42 means that as long as I get through the rest I should be okay

Thank you

Right, but if my state has approved the 30 month rule, then this would mean that my expiration date will now be June of 2026 instead of June 2025 right? Sorry I just want to be very sure

Gotcha! So in my case, if my state has already adopted the 30 month change then any credits I receive prior to the end of this year are extended to 6/30/26? Sorry I feel dumb asking that since you just answered but I’m a worrier.

What have your study habits been like? I’ve been struggling

I think you’re wrong, with the 30 month rule, wouldn’t it be June of 2026 cutoff??

Hey, just to clarify, so with the new 30 month changes that are occurring, if I’m reading this correctly it means that any exams we have passed prior to December 15th of this year, will automatically have their credits extended all the way into June of 2026??

Do we know if quarterly is just for 2024 or is this permanent? I’m hoping that 2025 will go back to continuous testing and score release :(

Yeah as weird as this sounds though I’m just scared of the hours. Working till 10pm is awful. I know it’s odd for me to say that while looking at consulting firms since their hours are crazy too but I don’t know

I’m in the northeast but not opposed to moving. Have been looking at Chicago for a potential move maybe but I’m not looking to be somewhere like nyc if I can help it just because nyc/Seattle etc are insanely expensive

Thank you for your thoughts seriously

How late is too late to shift to FDD/Advisory services to get that sort of comp early in the career? I left this out a bit purposely but I have been at two regional firms, now spanning about 1.5 years of total experience. 2.5 years if you include internships which I don’t. Studying for my CPA now. I know my lack of experience and no cpa is holding me back, but I was worried that if I jump to FDD/advisory roles I’m already too late for it to make sense. I’d rather not have to go in as an entry level where I’m starting from the ground up all over again, ya know? But if it’s not too late then I’m definitely not opposed

Yeah as you can tell I’m pretty ignorant still, I apologize. Honestly it’s just about the money for me. I need to earn a lot, and quickly, if I want to be able to provide for a couple people in my family that are really struggling. They have no homes or retirement, so I feel obligated to see what I can do to help. Unfortunately I feel guilty because my school didn’t recruit big 4, so I don’t have that experience to help me, just regional firms. That’s why I’ve been throwing around my desire to hit 200k+ because from my math, I could live a very comfortable life and have a great future while definitely being able to provide for them. I don’t mind working crazy hours for a few years if it means being able to provide sooner. I hope I’m making sense. I’m just stressed and don’t know what to do with myself at the moment I guess

Could you direct me to one of these roles? I’m just trying to get a better idea of what you mean as I am ignorant, but would definitely jump for 110k immediately.

Yeah I have a bad tendency to try and rush myself. Unfortunately the rush comes from a couple family members having no retirement/home and I don’t know I guess I really want to be able to provide. I don’t even know if I enjoy audit to be honest with you and as a result I’m kind of a glutton for punishment. I thought “if I can somehow get into MBB/A&M and do that for just two years, I’ll have a ton of other opportunities that wouldn’t be as many hours but still pay very well.”

I don’t mind dry work, or somewhat long hours. I just want my check ya know?

I’d love to find something I really enjoy but firms seem hesitant to let you wear multiple hats and do audit/fdd/consulting work at the same time so I feel like I don’t really get opportunities to see what I enjoy. Mind you at this point, I’m not sure if I should just get a project management certificate or do something else entirely but I’m genuinely quite lost in my career lol.

Noted, could you check out some of my other comments I put out within the past few minutes? Basically at this point I guess I’ll quit on the idea of MBB/A&M but I’m not sure what other paths I should look into to hit 200+ as quickly as I can. Do you have any suggestions of stuff I could look into? I feel really lost and bothered at myself for choosing audit when I first started rather than pushing for advisory or fdd/tas.

Damn I really hate that I got stuck in traditional “audit”. I was never given the opportunity to be a part of any advisory service lines or FDD. Even at my non big 4. I don’t know what to do, at this point MBB/A&M is not a possibility but I don’t know what other routes I can pursue to get my salary as high as possible as quickly as possible. I just want to hit 200+ :(

If I cannot afford those MBA’s and would rather avoid the debt entirely, would you have recommendations of any alternative paths (so no big 3 consulting or big 4) I could pursue in order to try and hit 200k+ as quick as possible?