I think Alan said he was 39 or so in the podcast which is right on the brink of age. When I started in public accounting I was 21, but a co-worker and fellow new hire of mine was 35.

The major challenge I saw for that person was their willingness to be coached by the younger members of the team. However, even though he was 35, there weren’t any other biases that I noticed. He would also be around the 50+ range but I think the firm recognized that the strong majority never make it to manager.

I do think Alan’s best chance is at a smaller firm (top 10, top 25 or local) or an SSAE16 firm. We just had a follow up video chat discussing this and I’ll release it in the coming weeks!

P.S. Let’s get you on the show, would love to hear about your website: http://www.advicefortaxpreparers.com.

I think Alan said he was 39 or so in the podcast which is right on the brink of age. When I started in public accounting I was 21, but a co-worker and fellow new hire of mine was 35.

The major challenge I saw for that person was their willingness to be coached by the younger members of the team. However, even though he was 35, there weren’t any other biases that I noticed. He would also be around the 50+ range but I think the firm recognized that the strong majority never make it to manager.

I do think Alan’s best chance is at a smaller firm (top 10, top 25 or local) or an SSAE16 firm. We just had a follow up video chat discussing this and I’ll release it in the coming weeks!

P.S. Let’s get you on the show, would love to hear about your website advicefortaxpreparers.com.

However, I think he has a fair chance of getting hired in a local CPA firm or industry (more likely tax than audit because of the travel). As long as he can handle working with today’s technology, these companies will place more value on his experience in the workplace.