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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld
For the folk in industry..why did you pick industry and not a firm?
For the guy thats in "consulting" .. what exactly is that?
I myself am in public practice. Will switch to industry once I get bored..
Here is another question to cause a debate...
Do you guys think a person in public practice is "smarter" than "industry"? Reason I pose this is, it seems public practice, you need to know a lot for various situations. Whereas industry, just know the basics and what relates to that industry.. true? false?
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Having worked in industry and big 4, I can confirm there are idiots in both. Clearly the barriers to entry for big 4 are higher than industry, so probably more idiots in industry, but nonetheless, idiots everywhere.
I also found those that stay in public practise until partner are usually either slightly weird, or not great and are scared of change. Going into industry is a big change but can be very very rewarding. Equally, it can be a career killer, especially in vancouver's job market for accountants, with all the Mickey Mouse small companies.
As for getting into big 4, it takes a lot of skill, ability, experience not bring a dweeb, and luck - u must have good interpersonal skills to even start the process.
If I were unfortunate to be going through the CPA process, I'd still go the public practise route, I swear there will be favouritism in industry for big 4 CPAs over industry CPAs, as in industry, unless ur at say telus, u will start in some ap or ra job, and stay there until there's a position open, which may take a long time.