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I think my life experience is what qualifies me to write this column. I made every mistake imaginable. But have learned from them. Most important I still remember what it was like to be 12, 13, 14, 15, and so on. Currently I am a single mom, I have two wonderful boys. One in college. We are all happy emotionally. We love life, and know that you can too. I try to be the kind of parent that understands. I know that I can help you to understand where you parents are coming from, and help you get over the difficulties of being young. You can even have your parents write to me and I will help them to get over their fears and at least respect you and your feelings. I have been married and divorced twice, so I have experience in that field also. But now I own my own home, and my own business and am successful. Lots of luck to you! Hope to hear from you.
Website: Ask Michele
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I am thinking about majoring in accounting soon. Can experieced Accounting majors or people that are in accounting now give me some insight on what to expect? Is it hard? Is it time consuming? etc, thing like that. Thanks (link)
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I am an accountant. And I do love it. I love working with money, with numbers. Getting everything to balance. Listen I am not good at math,(some people always think so) Because I just add and subtract, and I always use a calculator.
I also learned to do tax returns. I started by doing tax returns for all my friends. Then I started my own business. bookkeeping and taxes. I do tax returns on the side, because I have a full time job as a controller for a manufacturing company. The extra money comes in handy. People think I am so smart because so many people don't want to take the time to understand money and finance. I have made smart decisions in my life about money. I own my own home, and I raised two boys by myself. With an accounting degree you could become a CPA, or you could work as a controller for a private company. Some companies have one person who is the financial officer, while others have dozens and dozens. You also have to be good with computers because all accounting is done on computers today, but when I started, I did it all by hand in ledger books. That is still the way they teach it in college.
I like computerized accounting software much better. Accountants, once they have experience and are established can make fro $60K to $85K annually. Starting out from collge you should be able to get a job paying $28 to 30K.
Hope this helps.
- Michele
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Thank you for the advice, I am not enrolled in the course and right now I love it. i know that it won't be peaches and cream all the time and somethings will be harder than others but I do believe I can deal with it. Thank you again.
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