Wow, that's really insightful! Thank you for sharing, I have always been curious.

@withtheaims

29 күн бұрын

Thank you! It’s good to reflect back on my career journey for sure 🙏.

The only accurate information i have watched so far in all the topics you have covered! Keep up the good work!! 🎉

@withtheaims

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words 🙏.

Thanks for this! It’s really helpful for me to guide my kids as they’re choosing their undergrad studies and future paths. You’re so articulate and inspiring! 😊

@withtheaims

Ай бұрын

Love that you are guiding your kids now - very inspiring also 👏. Although I wish I had more guidance and mentoring on the future paths growing up on my career options (outside of corporate as well), I’m grateful my older siblings were able to pave the way for me to get started! No path is ever perfect, sometimes we just need to take the leap of faith to try 👌. Thank you for leaving a comment! 😌

@djamel-arbouche

Ай бұрын

I appreciate how you shared your journey of learning to listen to yourself and identify your true drivers and pleasures. It’s clear you were a hardworking student and high-performing professional to reach the Big 4. I’m glad to see you thriving and finding time for yourself now. I will be happy to learn more about your journey. Greetings from France! 😊

Nice video Amy. I think starting out in the big4 is a great ‘default’ route for most uni leavers. The pros you mentioned were spot on. Cons were too 😂. Most people work there for 2-3 years and move onto bigger and better things. You really have to hang around to senior manager/associate director before the pay and bonuses are good. At that point you’re just looking at your director case and having a crack at partner.

@withtheaims

24 күн бұрын

Thank you! For those who can stay I commend them though, it isn’t easy for sure! 🥲 But honestly moving out to bigger and better things is one of the best moves - you get valued more too! ⚡️

Great video, Amy! What are your thoughts on older people getting into accounting? I'm 42 have always liked accounting but not sure if the big 4 is a young person's game...Thanks!

@withtheaims

Күн бұрын

Hi Tony! Thanks for your kind words 🙏. When I was at the big 4, I remember working with others who were in a similar rank as me and were in their 30s/early 40s as they had changed careers. It’s definitely not just a young persons game although it can seem that way as a lot of them are “young” who apply! Sometimes I feel “older people” who either change careers or move into an area they are interested in are more settled because they’ve been through it all! Depending on your background and experience, see if there are any skillsets you can bring over to accounting + doing online courses to upskill yourself. Another thing is to see whether you have anyone in your network who’s in accounting to ask about what they do day to day and if this aligns with what you want as well. It’s never too late for anything imo, but it’s too late if we never try :). Also it doesn’t have to be working at a big 4 for accounting or audit, there are also mid tier firms too! Ps. I know this is a diff scenario, but I didn’t learn how to ride a bike until I was 28, picked it up one arvo and eventually I started doing 30/50/80/100km group rides - many would say that’s too late to learn at 28 or you won’t pick it up, but you’d be surprised at what you can achieve or learn when you put your mind and goals towards it! 🙏

@TonyLeguenTV

17 сағат бұрын

@@withtheaims Thank you so much, for the feedback!!

hi! thanks for sharing your input! for the degree and career in accounting, what type of work do you do every day? is there alote of math involved? if there is what type of math is involved? what type of math is used daily in accounting? what is the environment of the different settings like? where do accountants work? can you find both full time and part time work? what if you cant work full time and can only work part time? is it possible to work part time as well?

@MomijiTMO

24 күн бұрын

The math is quite simple. Going part time would be challenging in the bigger firms in terms of progressing your career. Quite often part time people end up working on their day off to catch up…

@jamiemathew7869

24 күн бұрын

@@MomijiTMO thank you for sharing!!

@jamiemathew7869

24 күн бұрын

What about the other firms other than the big four? What about the local firms in your own county? Are they hiring part time as well? Or is it only full time in all accounting firms

@MomijiTMO

24 күн бұрын

@@jamiemathew7869 I’m in Australia so it might be different for your country. If you want to work at a mid tier or bigger firm, it’s going to be harder to apply as a part time. It would be easier to start off full time and work out how you can drop down to 4 or 3 days later. You have to think about it from the employers perspective - we have a headcount budget. Even if someone is 0.8FTE it’s not like we can find anyone to be the other 0.2 and it takes a long time to train staff (1.5 years before we get a return / people start moving towards senior consultant grades)

@withtheaims

24 күн бұрын

All good 🙏. In terms of full time vs part time work - part time is usually hard to land unless you’ve worked for a place for a while to arrange for a part time basis!

bless her for thinking she'd get to partner in 10 years from a grad. haha

@withtheaims

2 күн бұрын

A girl can dream y’all :’ ). But in all seriousness, staying at the big 4 to get to partner was never my intention. It was for the work experience. However working at a big 4 does help put things into perspective especially getting promos. There is a point where getting promoted beyond SM is not worth the biscuit and it does take many years of working extremely hard to get beyond that - or connections 👀.

Please stop repeating yourself constantly (you say big four dozens of times), the content is good but not the execution .

@withtheaims

6 күн бұрын

I noticed this too upon rewatching this video - improvements areas to be made for future videos! 🙏