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Soooo I know it’s been quite a long time since I really updated so I figured I’d update. I’m here at work with my new laptop (oooo it’s such a wonderful thing) and I figured since I don’t have access to a network (and therefore nothing better to do with my time) I would update!
Its kinda long, and I ramble so
After pledging beta alpha psi I made lots of new friends but more importantly I realized I don’t want to be an accountant. Well, I don’t want to be a CPA (I’m already a pain in the ass I don’t think I need to be a Certified Pain in the Ass lol) no but really I don’t think the world of public accounting is for me. So with three semesters left, what the hell do I want? After thinking it over, I’ll give you the abbreviated version: I don’t want a career based on something I just happen to do well, or pick up easily (ie anything having to do with numbers). I also don’t want a career just because it pays well. (I’m not saying I don’t want a well paying job and to eventually make more than my father does because that would all be nice, but I don’t want to decide between career paths based on which one will be financially more lucrative). That being said, I’ve decided I’m going to do what I what, that is have the career of my dreams… MY dreams.
So I’m going to work for Disney. I’m not sure if I’m going to re-enroll in college post grad and do the college program to get used to it all, learn the housing area and such or just dive right in after I graduate but either way that’s what I want. I want to work in guest relations because I think I’d be damn good at it. I wont make millions, I wont even make hundreds of thousands but what do I care, I’ll be happy and that’s what really matters.
So what am I doing for the next three semesters? Well I have to finish college, that’s a given and (now that I’m not doing the super structured MBA program) I could take a semester off and actually do the college program and then graduate a semester later but I am 99% sure that if I go to Florida for 6 months I will NOT want to come back to school in Buffalo (in the cold, in the snow, I hate it enough as it is).
When I first decided I was headed to Disney I figured well, I can stay with accounting, go to Disney and if at some point in my life I’m just so tired of it all, I’ll have an accounting degree and I can settle into a nice bookkeeping job at some small company or something.
That was my great plan until about a week ago when I realized, god, I hate these classes. Actually its not so much that I hate the classes, it’s I hate the thought of working so hard for something I don’t want as badly as all the future CPAs who are sitting next to me in class. (it also probably doesn’t help that I have a way of surrounding myself with all the smart ones… we have BAP to thank in part of that).
I looked at the school of management degree requirements and after this semester there are 3 SOM classes that are required that I still haven’t taken (HR, law and strategic mgt). other than those three class, I would need to take the concentration classes (theres like 6 more accounting class left to take or something crazy). If I changed my concentration to marketing or human resources I can still graduate on time (that is spring of 07). On top of the three classes I have to take there are three more for HR and three for marketing. Theoretically I can take these nine classes, graduate on time and with two different concentrations. Or if I take HR over the summer I can take the other 5 classes in one semester and graduate a semester early or I can take the marketing classes all in one semester (6 classes total) and graduate a semester early. I have to talk this over with more people to get more opinions and such but I really think I’d be better off if I left accounting behind. I’ll still graduate with six accounting classes under my belt (18 credit hours) and a management degree from an accredited university. I think that’s ok.
So with this possibility of graduating a semester early I could feasibly go to Disney on the college program this coming semester (may-early January) come back and finish with a concentration in marketing, go back to Disney and be happy in Florida (woohoo). That excites me but also scares me. To just leave for six months and then come back for five months of Buffalo winter before going back… I don’t know, just doesn’t sound like the best thing. Besides, six upper level management classes in one semester is hard. And I really want to take the other MGB class, Power and Influence in Organizations (that’s in the HR concentration).
That’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to change my concentration from registered accounting and internal audit to human resources and marketing. I should probably tell my parents, perhaps my advisor. I wonder what will happen with Beta (I’m already a member but they are only for accounting, finance and MIS students...maybe I just wont tell them just yet).
It feels really good to know (at least a little) what I’m going to do with my life. What doesn’t feel so good is the ridiculous pressure that’s building up regarding 302 and 314 (that is intermediate accounting 2 and cost accounting). If I could just find the motivation to actually do the work then I wouldn’t feel so dumb/far behind which would result in increased motivation to study and do well…
I think I’m gonna go back to work now. Thanks for listening
Its kinda long, and I ramble so
After pledging beta alpha psi I made lots of new friends but more importantly I realized I don’t want to be an accountant. Well, I don’t want to be a CPA (I’m already a pain in the ass I don’t think I need to be a Certified Pain in the Ass lol) no but really I don’t think the world of public accounting is for me. So with three semesters left, what the hell do I want? After thinking it over, I’ll give you the abbreviated version: I don’t want a career based on something I just happen to do well, or pick up easily (ie anything having to do with numbers). I also don’t want a career just because it pays well. (I’m not saying I don’t want a well paying job and to eventually make more than my father does because that would all be nice, but I don’t want to decide between career paths based on which one will be financially more lucrative). That being said, I’ve decided I’m going to do what I what, that is have the career of my dreams… MY dreams.
So I’m going to work for Disney. I’m not sure if I’m going to re-enroll in college post grad and do the college program to get used to it all, learn the housing area and such or just dive right in after I graduate but either way that’s what I want. I want to work in guest relations because I think I’d be damn good at it. I wont make millions, I wont even make hundreds of thousands but what do I care, I’ll be happy and that’s what really matters.
So what am I doing for the next three semesters? Well I have to finish college, that’s a given and (now that I’m not doing the super structured MBA program) I could take a semester off and actually do the college program and then graduate a semester later but I am 99% sure that if I go to Florida for 6 months I will NOT want to come back to school in Buffalo (in the cold, in the snow, I hate it enough as it is).
When I first decided I was headed to Disney I figured well, I can stay with accounting, go to Disney and if at some point in my life I’m just so tired of it all, I’ll have an accounting degree and I can settle into a nice bookkeeping job at some small company or something.
That was my great plan until about a week ago when I realized, god, I hate these classes. Actually its not so much that I hate the classes, it’s I hate the thought of working so hard for something I don’t want as badly as all the future CPAs who are sitting next to me in class. (it also probably doesn’t help that I have a way of surrounding myself with all the smart ones… we have BAP to thank in part of that).
I looked at the school of management degree requirements and after this semester there are 3 SOM classes that are required that I still haven’t taken (HR, law and strategic mgt). other than those three class, I would need to take the concentration classes (theres like 6 more accounting class left to take or something crazy). If I changed my concentration to marketing or human resources I can still graduate on time (that is spring of 07). On top of the three classes I have to take there are three more for HR and three for marketing. Theoretically I can take these nine classes, graduate on time and with two different concentrations. Or if I take HR over the summer I can take the other 5 classes in one semester and graduate a semester early or I can take the marketing classes all in one semester (6 classes total) and graduate a semester early. I have to talk this over with more people to get more opinions and such but I really think I’d be better off if I left accounting behind. I’ll still graduate with six accounting classes under my belt (18 credit hours) and a management degree from an accredited university. I think that’s ok.
So with this possibility of graduating a semester early I could feasibly go to Disney on the college program this coming semester (may-early January) come back and finish with a concentration in marketing, go back to Disney and be happy in Florida (woohoo). That excites me but also scares me. To just leave for six months and then come back for five months of Buffalo winter before going back… I don’t know, just doesn’t sound like the best thing. Besides, six upper level management classes in one semester is hard. And I really want to take the other MGB class, Power and Influence in Organizations (that’s in the HR concentration).
That’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to change my concentration from registered accounting and internal audit to human resources and marketing. I should probably tell my parents, perhaps my advisor. I wonder what will happen with Beta (I’m already a member but they are only for accounting, finance and MIS students...maybe I just wont tell them just yet).
It feels really good to know (at least a little) what I’m going to do with my life. What doesn’t feel so good is the ridiculous pressure that’s building up regarding 302 and 314 (that is intermediate accounting 2 and cost accounting). If I could just find the motivation to actually do the work then I wouldn’t feel so dumb/far behind which would result in increased motivation to study and do well…
I think I’m gonna go back to work now. Thanks for listening