Which major is harder? Accounting or Finance?

creamgethamoney
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:07:37 +0000

Lol obviously if you’re not worth a *, you won’t be paid * no matter what job you pursue. My point is that if you’re well above average in accounting and don’t screw up, you have an excellent shot at being at least upper middle class. Public accounting jobs are not that tough to get, even at the Big 4, compared to i-banking and other high finance jobs. All of those firms should get you close to 100k, which is upper middle class. Its not like finance where you have to be in the top 10% of the top 1% of schools as well as a solid network/ECs to even stand a chance at BBs/Lazard/Evercore. Compared to those jobs, Big 4 internships grow on trees and I’ve seen plenty of dingbats with 3.2 GPAs get in at Big 4/Public Accounting firms just by networking or demonstrating “soft skills” (in before, “I’ve seen 3.0s get into Goldman”…those kids are very well connected and are far fewer than 3.0 Big 4 kids). Also, even though *ty accounting students = *ty finance kids, I’d put a good amount of money that average accounting students have an easier time finding jobs than average finance kids. That’s the nature of the job: low risk, lower reward.