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September 29, 2023

Is an Accounting Major Too Hard? A Thread

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Is accounting too hard? That is the question posed by Dr. Josh McGowan, CPA on Twitter:

I thought it was Intermediate that has the highest KD ratio of accounting classes?

Anyway, that’s the question. Jump in on Twitter if you have an opinion. Old-timers who fiercely oppose any change to education because that’s not how we did it back in their day are also welcome to shitpost in the comments.

This guy gets it:

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2 Comments

  1. About 30 years ago, I said the CPA profession has compensation and advancement problems. The 150-hour rule is absurd.
    There is nothing new here.

  2. You can literally self-teach how to code and make more than a CPA.
    In my country [Australia] there are 30week cybersecurity courses, compared to a 3year+2year CPA for basically the same amount.

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