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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Merced High School, Merced CA
Bachelor's Degree
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Accountants and Auditors:
Bachelor's Degree
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
Focus in high school.
2.
High school offered accounting courses—I liked it.
3.
College - lucky to have a plan to focus on accounting.
4.
Rejected to business school in college for early admission.
5.
Lucky enough to be accepted in normal admission.
6.
Graduate.
7.
Passed CPA exam with Honors (take that business school that previously rejected me!!).
8.
Started work at PWC, moving three times (so far) to follow career opportunities!
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
Accounting is boring. You shouldn’t do that—you’ll just crunch numbers.
How I responded:
I don’t even use a calculator! Auditing is about problem solving, critical thinking, and analysis.