Off-Topic :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
933127
()
Date: June 13, 2013 07:45PM
Recently graduated from high school. Which career path is better in the long run when it comes to salary? Going to a community college, get a associates degree in automotive technology and find work at a car dealership as a auto mechanic. Or transfer to a four year college and obtain a bachelor's in accounting and possibly go on for a CPA.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
Judge Smales
()
Date: June 13, 2013 07:47PM
The world needs ditch diggers too.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
facepalm
()
Date: June 13, 2013 07:48PM
Judge Smales Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> The world needs ditch diggers too.
You'll get NOTHING and like it!
-------------------------------------------------------
> The world needs ditch diggers too.
You'll get NOTHING and like it!
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: June 13, 2013 08:00PM
You will be working more quickly as a mechanic obviously.
If I were in your shoes, I would do the accounting, easier on your knuckles and knees.
Plus, if you already know some car fixitz you can always pick up a little extra scratch doing some small repairs for family, friends etc without certification.
If I were in your shoes, I would do the accounting, easier on your knuckles and knees.
Plus, if you already know some car fixitz you can always pick up a little extra scratch doing some small repairs for family, friends etc without certification.
idontlikebeingrightaboutshitlikethisbutiam
Edited 21 time(s). Last edit at 5/31/1967 05:57AM by WingNut.
Last edit at 11/30/2015 01:37PM Last edit at 5/14/2015 03:52PM Last edit at 1/28/2014 05:57AM Last edit at 11/29/2015 01:10PM Last edit at 3/14/2011 11:52PM Last edit at 7/20/2012 04:07AM
Last edit at 6/29/2013 11:18PM Last edit at 3/19/2011 01:02PM Last edit at 3/26/2012 09:07PM
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
How about a Fresca?
()
Date: June 13, 2013 08:16PM
facepalm Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Judge Smales Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The world needs ditch diggers too.
>
> You'll get NOTHING and like it!
I know how hard it is for young people today and I want to help. Just ask my grandson, Spaulding. He and I are regular pals. Are you my pal..."Mr. Scholarship Winner"?
-------------------------------------------------------
> Judge Smales Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The world needs ditch diggers too.
>
> You'll get NOTHING and like it!
I know how hard it is for young people today and I want to help. Just ask my grandson, Spaulding. He and I are regular pals. Are you my pal..."Mr. Scholarship Winner"?
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
aspiring weatherman
()
Date: June 13, 2013 08:31PM
Be a weatherman.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
zombiessteppedonbeatles
()
Date: June 13, 2013 09:48PM
When the worldwide $770 trillion dollar derivatives bubble bursts the bond, equity and housing markets are going to implode. The wealth loss across what remains of the middle class will be severe.
Get over the notion that earning a piece of paper is going to translate into being paid well in a smooth career path. Those days are gone.
Check out Charles Hugh Smith's blog, OfTwoMinds. current posts and archives.
Relatively few people need an accountant. A larger slice of the population needs a good auto tech.
Two good examples from my own experience: KC Auto near the VFD in Burke. Zion Road Exxon on 123.
Before you commit to either talk to people who are doing it. Ask them if they were 20 years old, knowing what the know now, would they do it again.
Whatever you do, don't sign up to be oshitstain's cannon fodder.
Walk dogs and mow lawns if you must but don't become cannon fodder.
Get over the notion that earning a piece of paper is going to translate into being paid well in a smooth career path. Those days are gone.
Check out Charles Hugh Smith's blog, OfTwoMinds. current posts and archives.
Relatively few people need an accountant. A larger slice of the population needs a good auto tech.
Two good examples from my own experience: KC Auto near the VFD in Burke. Zion Road Exxon on 123.
Before you commit to either talk to people who are doing it. Ask them if they were 20 years old, knowing what the know now, would they do it again.
Whatever you do, don't sign up to be oshitstain's cannon fodder.
Walk dogs and mow lawns if you must but don't become cannon fodder.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
Bravo
()
Date: June 13, 2013 09:54PM
zombiessteppedonbeatles Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> When the worldwide $770 trillion dollar
> derivatives bubble bursts the bond, equity and
> housing markets are going to implode. The wealth
> loss across what remains of the middle class will
> be severe.
>
I didn't think anyone on here was that smart. congrats on understanding what shit is coming down the pipe for the middle class.
That day is around the corner.
-------------------------------------------------------
> When the worldwide $770 trillion dollar
> derivatives bubble bursts the bond, equity and
> housing markets are going to implode. The wealth
> loss across what remains of the middle class will
> be severe.
>
I didn't think anyone on here was that smart. congrats on understanding what shit is coming down the pipe for the middle class.
That day is around the corner.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
roughbook
()
Date: June 13, 2013 11:50PM
Accounting is going almost entirely automated.
The high powered software suites available nowadays require just two lackeys: a data input puncher that knows minimal accounting and gets paid minimally, and a controller or CFO that interprets and/or edits the results for reporting to upper management.
The only growth fields in accounting are in auditing and forensic accounting, in which true accounting geeks are hired to untangle the web of lies and distortions the first group of lackeys created.
Auto body techs get paid better than most mechanics. Cars run well nowadays but people still wreck them...
The high powered software suites available nowadays require just two lackeys: a data input puncher that knows minimal accounting and gets paid minimally, and a controller or CFO that interprets and/or edits the results for reporting to upper management.
The only growth fields in accounting are in auditing and forensic accounting, in which true accounting geeks are hired to untangle the web of lies and distortions the first group of lackeys created.
Auto body techs get paid better than most mechanics. Cars run well nowadays but people still wreck them...
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
Judge Smaels
()
Date: June 14, 2013 12:44AM
The world needs tax preparers too.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
more options
()
Date: June 14, 2013 04:02AM
933127 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Recently graduated from high school. Which career
> path is better in the long run when it comes to
> salary? Going to a community college, get a
> associates degree in automotive technology and
> find work at a car dealership as a auto mechanic.
> Or transfer to a four year college and obtain a
> bachelor's in accounting and possibly go on for a
> CPA.
I cant understand why anyone would want to be an accountant. You would be spending decades of your life trapped in a office or worse yet a cubicle doing boring mostly mindless repetitive tasks. I guess some people think that being stuck in an office every day is a good thing but I would rather be out and about, going to different places and solving complex real life problems and issues.
One of the happiest guys I know is a copier repair guy. He makes about 90k and gets a company vehicle to tool around in and he works just about anywhere you could imagine. He will work in a store or a bank or a prison or a car dealership or a law office or a funeral home or whatever. He is going new places and meeting new people all the time. You might want to think about something like that.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Recently graduated from high school. Which career
> path is better in the long run when it comes to
> salary? Going to a community college, get a
> associates degree in automotive technology and
> find work at a car dealership as a auto mechanic.
> Or transfer to a four year college and obtain a
> bachelor's in accounting and possibly go on for a
> CPA.
I cant understand why anyone would want to be an accountant. You would be spending decades of your life trapped in a office or worse yet a cubicle doing boring mostly mindless repetitive tasks. I guess some people think that being stuck in an office every day is a good thing but I would rather be out and about, going to different places and solving complex real life problems and issues.
One of the happiest guys I know is a copier repair guy. He makes about 90k and gets a company vehicle to tool around in and he works just about anywhere you could imagine. He will work in a store or a bank or a prison or a car dealership or a law office or a funeral home or whatever. He is going new places and meeting new people all the time. You might want to think about something like that.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
hgfrtyu
()
Date: June 14, 2013 08:30AM
neither..........
accounting software replaces humans, no jobs there
china built disposable cars are on the horizon and no one will repair them just toss em or take them back for a refund.
become a lawyer and sue everyone you see. thats profitable
accounting software replaces humans, no jobs there
china built disposable cars are on the horizon and no one will repair them just toss em or take them back for a refund.
become a lawyer and sue everyone you see. thats profitable
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
CPA Guy
()
Date: June 14, 2013 01:00PM
My brother is a auto mechanic. He earns about $35/hr.
I am an accountant (+CPA) and I earn about $102/hr.
He's three years younger than I and we're mid-to-late 40's.
My education cost a whole lot more than his ($100k+ v. $25k) and took longer (5 yrs. v. 2 yrs.).
I chose the right path for me, and he's happy as a clam.
The question is, what's the right path for you?
Two things you need to ask yourself: 1) Do you enjoy studying, sitting in class, exams, reading text books, etc? 2) Will you be happy sitting in an office every day, going to meetings, working with computers, potentailly having to sell business & work with clients?
If the answer to either of thos questions is "no", do not pursue a career in accounting.
Quality of life: I work 50 - 60 hrs./week. My brother: 40 - 45.
I live in Fairfax, he lives in Prince william.
I vacation in Europe, he drives to Ocean City.
My kids are in private school, my nephews are in public.
My wife has a career similar to mine, my sister-in-law is receptionist.
Food for though.
I am an accountant (+CPA) and I earn about $102/hr.
He's three years younger than I and we're mid-to-late 40's.
My education cost a whole lot more than his ($100k+ v. $25k) and took longer (5 yrs. v. 2 yrs.).
I chose the right path for me, and he's happy as a clam.
The question is, what's the right path for you?
Two things you need to ask yourself: 1) Do you enjoy studying, sitting in class, exams, reading text books, etc? 2) Will you be happy sitting in an office every day, going to meetings, working with computers, potentailly having to sell business & work with clients?
If the answer to either of thos questions is "no", do not pursue a career in accounting.
Quality of life: I work 50 - 60 hrs./week. My brother: 40 - 45.
I live in Fairfax, he lives in Prince william.
I vacation in Europe, he drives to Ocean City.
My kids are in private school, my nephews are in public.
My wife has a career similar to mine, my sister-in-law is receptionist.
Food for though.
Re: Which is better in the long run becoming a auto mechanic or accountant?
Posted by:
localboob
()
Date: June 14, 2013 01:13PM
get a job selling coke to this guy ^^