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[kutekymmee]

Hi, I'm a math major college student in Midwest.I'm thinking about going for master program of accounting.Well, I know the job markets are pretty open for international students compared to financial service area. How about the stability? I think it is a really nice idea that accountant can open their own accountant office when they retire. That is, they can work as much as they can. OR, I wanna keep doing math (statistics) with bit of econ and find a job as a data analysis or actuary. Do they usually retire early from the companies? Like Investment Banker?What does investment Bankers do after they quit that jobs?I heard IB work is too hard so most people sort of quit(or be kicked out) within 10 years. I wanna know how great advantage accountant have compared to other financial service jobs that offer higher salary.thanks

[Nitengale]

Excellent degree.

[DennistheMenace]

Sometimes big companies vary the number of accountants so one year they are adding staff, the next year they are laying off, but otherwise the security is good in fact there is general security that even if you get layed off you can get work elsewhere because demand is so high.You should go for whatever you really want to go for, regardless if it pays a little bit more or little bit less or rumors that it's too hard. Sometimes those "hard" jobs are hard because people are doing them just for the money and therefore a lot of people quit which causes a lot of demand for somebody who actually enjoys and is good at it.