I am starting back with studying bachelor of accounting externally after 6 months off when my second child was born, I am really struggling to find the motivation to go back to study and can no longer see myself in that profession however my husband is always saying that I need to finish uni or it will be a huge waste of money and I get his point which is why I have enrolled this term but I now worry about wasting even more time and money only to be stuck in a profession I hate! I only ever chose accounting as I knew I did well at it despite never enjoying it and the pay is generally good. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar thing- did you change or stick it out? especially if anyones hubby felt the same way :)
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I started accounting, hated it, never finished it and never regretted that decision! You pay by topic so each topic you so you are wasting more money by finishing. Your better off doing some work experience in different career paths and then transferring into a uni course that suits. You may find you don't have to do so many electives in your new course.
(depending on how long you have left) i would continue with the course. If you don't finish it really is a complete and utter waste of time, but if you finish and choose not to go down that field you will have it on your resume. And it will be something to fall back on...
If you have a short time left just finish it. If not then stop studying accounting.
There are heaps of areas in accounting than what everyone thinks and surprisingly you might find an area that suits you.
Agree, if not long left just finish. Its great to have a degree in anything and then you can always do a grad dip to follow something else. If youre more than a year off i would consider what youd really like to do and change and start working towards that.
Are you on maternity leave? Do you work in accounting already and know you don't like your job or is it the studying you don't like? Doing the degree is not really like the real world jobs you will have. I have my degree I worked in an accounting firm before starting my degree and in a management accounting role while studying part time 5 yrs to finish and I wanted to throw in the towel so many times! I have that now for me I know I worked really damn hard to get it. Now I have two kids I wouldn't go back to the management accounting as the hours are unreasonable with kids so I work from home doing bookkeeping and I'm doing my CPA (so I understand it's hard getting the study time with little ones When you just want to be with them.) People love that I have my degree behind me I know you definitely don't need your degree for it but this is what works for me at the moment and if I decide to go back to employment when the kids are a bit older then I can. There are plenty of different jobs in accounting you can diversify if you want depending on what's around your area. If now your a mum it's changed you and you can't see being an accountant part of your future at all then decide what you do want, go and do some work experience and change degrees to what you can see yourself doing! Remember you have a long time to work once your kids are at school and even when they've left home or your family circumstances changes and you have to work more your degree might set you up forever. You've worked hard to get into uni and it's such a good feeling once it's done!