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The Military Is Harder Than KPMG, Right?

An article in the Wall Street Journal talks to a college accounting student. Jordan Pixley said he loved his accounting classes, but couldn't stand balancing cash sheets. He chose not to apply at KPMG after being recruited and is now looking into opportunities in the U.S. military.

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Speaker 2
One thing that caught my eyes, which is nice about articles like this, because usually when there's articles like this, they're only talking to senior leaders in our profession who are kind about a touch. And what I love about this article, they talk to real accounting students, right? And one of the quotes I like is like, many college students don't want to work in accounting, even those who majored in it, right? And the student, he's at Clemson University, Jordan Pixley, he said he loved the numbers. He loved his accounting classes, and then he started taking on work, and he just could not stand the repetitive task, balancing cash sheets. It was just less interesting. And then he basically chose not to apply at KPMG after he's recruited, and now he's looking to do opportunities in the U.S. military. And I'm not like... Well, stop there for a second. So, and the reason,
Speaker 1
given in the Wall Street Journal story, about why he chose the military instead of KPMG or why he's looking into the military is the hours. He is aware that you have to work 70 to 80 hour weeks at the big firms, and he said, quote, I was a little scared of it, not going to lie. I don't know if I want to do all that, unquote. And so the military is less scary to him than KPMG.
Speaker 2
Yeah, which, in theory, the hours are working in the military, the growingness, and always the risk of war and real danger. And arguably, the military is possibly harder than most of the career choices you could make. He's saying accounting might be harder than that.
Speaker 1
Well, and I'm going to guess that when you're an accountant in the military, it's a little easier. You know, they're probably not putting you on the front lines, right? Probably good at it.

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