<p>can someone tell me what accounting is like, i'm intersted in switching to a business major or get a concentration in accounting?</p>
<p>I want personal experience with accounting and what it's like the workload, and what are the job prospects? does anyone have any family members, friends, etc.? and how are they doing in accounting, is it something they like? Salary, Benefits, Work Hours?</p>
<p>i'm asking because i've switched my major many times taking courses, and i just want to know instead of wasting money if this has been good for you</p>
<p>I’ve taken accounting one and two and I think they’re great, personally. It’s not for everyone, and some people think it’s a dry subject, but I think it’s pretty interesting and gives you a much deeper understanding of the financial world. </p>
<p>My dad is a Partner at PwC (one of the big 4 accounting firms) and makes plenty of money. Don’t be worried about job opportunities if you want to do accounting. It’s a great major, and gives you a great background.</p>
<p>It’s not for everyone. You don’t exactly have to be an accounting major to work at one of the big four, since uc’s don’t have an accounting major. you will always find examples of successful people in the field, but that doesn’t mean every cpa makes over half a million a year.</p>
<p>I agree with GlennRyan1210, accounting is pretty interesting but it isn’t for many people. If your into just getting into accounting or business just for the amount of money than you’re doing this for the wrong cause. I’m a business major and accounting is required to transfer to UCLA (Business Economics) and UCB (Haas). From both my brothers’ experience who have MBA’s, they work in investment banking and they’re paid a little over half a million a year calculated from British Pounds. So I would have to say that the salary is reasonable.</p>
<p>you’re saying don’t do this for the money, but yet you say your brothers make nearly over half a million a year which is more than what doctors and lawyers make, am i missing something here? or are you saying your brothers had no background in business?</p>
<p>The point is, Accountants make good money. The Big Four starting pay is around 45-60k out of college. They have good job stability although they do work a lot of hours. If you get your CPA, then you will not have a problem finding a job, even in this economy. Accountants are generally known to be the most stable field of work.</p>
<p>That said, if you are going into accounting for the job prospects or money, you are making a mistake. You should go into accounting because you like accounting. It is not for everyone and you should take at least Accounting 1 and 2 (Financial and Managerial) before you decide you want to start a career in it. Some people find it interesting, many others like me find it very boring.</p>
<p>I used to be an accounting assistant mainly doing accounts payable and receivable. It was not for me because I could barely stay awake in my cubicle and would drink lots and lots of coffee everyday. Crunching and balancing numbers from 9 to 5 just wasn’t for me.</p>
<p>Reiterating: Accounting is by far the most stable field of business, but you need to at least do the first two classes to see if it is for you. And MakeBank24 is talking about iBanking which is a different field.</p>
<p>eptar32 - my brothers are in finance which is affiliated with business. I just put that out there about my brothers work because you said you’re a business major. They like what they do (flying, waking up early and getting 4-5 hours a sleep a day, playing with derivatives, creating math formulas to sell on the market, working 6 days a week, wearing suits) and the money is decent. But like I said it’s not about the money for them, it’s about the recognition in the business world and experience to eventually start their own firm. I hope to join them after I transfer and get an MBA.</p>
<p>Amazing - is right about accounting. I interned at KPMG previously and compared to my work at BofA (finance) and housing, accounting has a lot of math but the math is pretty easy. Workload is managable but the hours are long. I prefer banking rather than accounting since it’s definately not me.</p>