>> You know, I think first and foremost this job's very challenging.
Right? And I think the challenging element of it has kept me here.
But in terms of what I love about my job, I think, you know,
there's constant opportunities for upward mobility.
And there's also constant opportunities for kind of lateral mobility as well.
To be quite honest with you, when I was in school,
if you asked me what the 20 most exotic professions were,
there was no way I would put accounting in that top 20.
But when you think about it, you know, accounting is a very dynamic profession.
And I realize that now, having been at practice for seven years.
My impression of an accountant when I was in school was that an accountant sits
in the backroom, crunches numbers, and is very good at math.
Quite honestly, I don't use much math in my profession.
I add and I subtract pretty much.
But the bulk of my job is primarily dealing with clients, talking through business issues
and accounting and financial reporting issues of the clients.
And then also staying current what financial reporting regulations may come out
and what accounting pronouncements may come out that may impact my client
or impact the industry they operate.
So it's a very dynamic profession.
There is opportunities to expand that in many different ways, whether that's, you know,
the wide base of clients that you serve.
You could serve a manufacturing client one year, then go serve an entertainment client,
and then go serve a pharmaceutical, then a banking client.
You see a lot of different industries.
And there's also, with the globalization of businesses,
there's a great opportunity to travel.
Which, you know, in this firm and many other public accounting firms,
international travel is something that is really very much encouraged.
And is something that you certainly have the opportunity to do, if that should suit you.