>> I think an accounting
degree is a great degree.
It blends finance and accounting
and really looking at the totality
of the company's balance sheet
but it also provides a platform
that you can go do other things.
If you have a finance degree again, it's
different but it still sets you up well.
So I would say major in what you're excited
about and then when you got out in the workforce
if two years from then you say, geez,
I really would like something
different you can always move over.
Well I think that always seizing
an opportunity is really important.
I find sometimes people over-analyze
an opportunity.
Is it exactly what I want?
This isn't quite what I wanted to do.
I tended to just take a job if someone
offered it to me and the person seemed
like a good person to work for and so in that
vein I was able to run businesses, be in finance
and in risk and when you look at the broad
spectrum of all those different types
of roles it really sets you up
well for future opportunities.
Working with different people and really trying
to leverage their skills
is paramount in business.
So even though you have group work in college
it's not the same thing because you may work
with one group for one class and another group.
At work you're with the same people for an
extended period of time and you really have
to learn how to celebrate what they're good at
and help support the areas that they need help
on again, as a boss while
assessing their overall performance
and that skill set is something
that is honed year after year
but it's a crucial skill set
in order to be successful.