One avenue you could pursue is to become a financial advisor/consultant. I know a lot of people who said that the job isn't that great but at least you could get a Series 7 license which could be marketable. Good luck!

 

Business consultants do make bank, but the hours of the ones who I have worked with on projects are insane. Always on travel except weekends, putting in 10-12 hours and rarely taking breaks and just work work work. But for the $$ they get paid they should be working that hard

Financial consultants are you referring to like investments?/customers/lifecycle savings?

the one I mentioned above is for business projects, strategy. etc.

Financial probably is easiar.

 

my brother's working on that path, as a matter of fact. good option there as well

I also looked into the financial consultant/advisor thing for myself awhile back. basically, you start off as a minimum wage b!tch, get your series 7 license, and work your way up to baller status. it seemed pretty hard, and involves alot of aggressive sales when you see an opportunity arise

 

I-banking

 

Well I am 50+ and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up! I'm not even sure I want to grow up anymore.

But in the interim do something you like. The best way to ruin a good hobby is to make that hobby your job, usually. That's not always the case, but when your hobby is your job you no longer get to do it cause you want to, now you HAVE TO.

I have done real estate mortgages since the 80's cause it gives me lots of freedom, it's not boring, you can make lots of $$$ and you usually have lots of off time and you can usually cut out early or take a day off if you need to.

A degree is an impediment to doing a good job with mortgages IF you are on the front end side. Now if you want to be on the back end side then a degree will help, but that leads you back to an accounting type of job (the absolute worst thing that could happen to a person of my temperment).

Being a real estate agent sux. I have been a R.E. Broker since 1974. Lots of hours, at the beck and call of all your customers, very irregular income and most agents are supported by their S.O.s if that tells you anything about the "most common" income levels there. There are exceptions to every rule, my wife and I were exceptions, but I see very few do it for long or make much money at it.

So look deep inside yourself and be very honest about your strengths, weaknesses, what you won't do, don't want to do, and would really like to do (yeah, I know, be a beach bum in Cayman) and then decide what jobs play to your strengths. Nothing says you need to stay at a job until retirement, but everytime you start over you are starting at the bottom. Find something that won't require a do-over to make you happy.

 

Well, the practice of accounting isn't like your highshool class. What you're thinking of is BOOKEEPING, not accounting.

depending on what area you work in it can be fairly cool. You get to travel a lot, see the insides and "secrets" of a lot of companies. On top of that, there is always work to be done.

Now that it has been mentioned, I'm actually in the financial management business (high net worth asset management). It's a lot different than accounting, but it's very hard to get started in. Either way, do something that interests you.

 

I have an accounting degree. I would have made more money and had more fun as a pimp though.


Little known secret you can go to school for 18 months to become an air traffic controller, no degree needed. pays into 6 figures.

 

I bartended for a year during college and it was one of the best years of my life, Great cash and tons of chicks. I don't know why I worked so hard to finish school early, the smart guys are the ones who take 6-7 years to finish college.

 

I'm a CPA, and I've been doing tax for 6 years. I thought I would give you realistic information about working in an accounting firm. I agree accounting is one of the more versatile majors you can be in because every business needs accounting/tax functions. The industry is facing shortages of talents because most people don't like the hours.
The starting salary is 40K to 60K, depending on the size of firm, and your school and degree. Big 4 offers new grads with master degree high 50K as starting. If you get hired into specialty practice areas like consulting, M&A, or international, you can expect the salary to be a few thousands more than the normal starting salary.
However, making 80K in two years is extremely difficult. You will need to make manager to earn that much. A typical person makes manager in 5 to 7 years. Some longer, some a little shorter.
Expect to work a lot of hours during busy season. About 13-hour days on the weekdays, and 8-hour days on Saturdays. Occasional Sundays.

Sometimes I wish I didn't choose this career path.

 

yeh but one of the most stressful jobs ever