Accounting Exploration
Accounting Exploration
To most people being an accountant means sitting in an office crunching numbers all day and having little to no people skills. This could not be further from the truth. I have only recently decided that I would like to pursue a career in accounting after spending two years as a pre-medical student and realizing that I no longer had the desire to spend another ten years in school and residency programs. Accounting grabbed my attention because it does deal with a lot of numbers and for some reason I like that. I have always been very good with numbers and much to my parents’ pleasure very good with money. I enjoy creating budgets and looking at the best uses for money. I also love how accounting tends to build on itself, but always come back to the same basic principles no matter what form of accounting you are using. Growing up and to this day I have always created a budget with my money (whether it be allowance, high school part-time jobs, or financial aid) and I am the person who will literally update it on a daily basis. I also like the idea that the in the accounting field the rules and regulations are ever changing which means a constant need to learn new things. Even though in most ways accounting is a continuation of a previous step, with important information changing constantly it provides the opportunity for career growth and an opportunity to continue learning even after my undergraduate or graduate school career is technically over. The attention to detail I have always put into most aspects of life, including my money and budgeting flows exceptionally well into the accounting field. Attention to detail and a love of numbers are listed as two very important skills needed to be successful as an accountant. The importance of these two skills almost overlap in that dealing with numbers has little room for error, and without an attention to detail things can easily fall through the cracks. Other skills listed as requirements
To most people being an accountant means sitting in an office crunching numbers all day and having little to no people skills. This could not be further from the truth. I have only recently decided that I would like to pursue a career in accounting after spending two years as a pre-medical student and realizing that I no longer had the desire to spend another ten years in school and residency programs. Accounting grabbed my attention because it does deal with a lot of numbers and for some reason I like that. I have always been very good with numbers and much to my parents’ pleasure very good with money. I enjoy creating budgets and looking at the best uses for money. I also love how accounting tends to build on itself, but always come back to the same basic principles no matter what form of accounting you are using. Growing up and to this day I have always created a budget with my money (whether it be allowance, high school part-time jobs, or financial aid) and I am the person who will literally update it on a daily basis. I also like the idea that the in the accounting field the rules and regulations are ever changing which means a constant need to learn new things. Even though in most ways accounting is a continuation of a previous step, with important information changing constantly it provides the opportunity for career growth and an opportunity to continue learning even after my undergraduate or graduate school career is technically over. The attention to detail I have always put into most aspects of life, including my money and budgeting flows exceptionally well into the accounting field. Attention to detail and a love of numbers are listed as two very important skills needed to be successful as an accountant. The importance of these two skills almost overlap in that dealing with numbers has little room for error, and without an attention to detail things can easily fall through the cracks. Other skills listed as requirements