Comments on: I Have Despair About My Accounting Career, What Can I Do? (Reader Question)

By: TheBeanCountercom

TheBeanCountercom — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:45:00 +0000

Still up for this if you are!

By: George

George — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:23:00 +0000

I’ll be sure to do that Andrew! Though it’s busy season now, so it might take me a week or two to get to it.

By: TheBeanCountercom

TheBeanCountercom — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:12:00 +0000

Congratulations Myleen! You story is very inspiring and that’s the way it worked in my case. Slow and steady persistence over years and years. Thank you for sharing!

By: TheBeanCountercom

TheBeanCountercom — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:09:00 +0000

George, thanks for sharing what a great story! If you’d like to share the full background, I’d considering posting it on the blog. Email me at andrew@thebeancounter.com

By: George

George — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:42:00 +0000

I’m an x heroin addict…I have a bunch of crazy things on my criminal record and I had a 3.0 after I went back to school when I was 22…I passed half of the cpa exam and kept working “temp” jobs to get experience and eventually somebody just gave me a chance…moral of the story is as long as giving up is not an option, eventually you’ll do it.

By: Myleen Villanueva-Acosta

Myleen Villanueva-Acosta — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:18:00 +0000

Don’t give up. I did not. I migrated here in the U.S. in 2007. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and one year experience from my home country Philippines. I struggled finding an accounting job since I got here. But I didn’t stop chasing my dream job. I started working for a casino as a banker in a black jack table. I worked night shift and pursued my master’s during my days off. Made it harder to find job. The recruiters said I’m under qualified because I don’t have local experience but over qualified because of my master’s. After a year of submitting my resume to hundreds of companies here in San Francisco, finally a start-up company that I found through Craigslist contacted me for an accounting job. My starting pay was pretty low and I embraced different tasks even outside accounting scope. After a year I caught miscalculation of our supplier from other country and saved my employer thousand of dollars. I worked for that company for three years and moved up up to supervisor level wherein I led three other accountants. Now I’m working for a biotech company as a staff accountant being expose to more challenging accounting tasks. They encourage me to get my CPA license and will reimburse 50% of the costs. I hope you will not give up like me. I believe that God has plans in his perfect timeline. Good luck!