Posted on 04/29/2013 12:49:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
One has to realize that a starting salary is for an essentially inexperienced person that will have to be guided for a few years.
Some will develop faster than others, and will not remain on a starting salary very long.
>> “ but had I to do it over again, I’d have gone into some kind of business of my own that allowed me some modicum of cash business, deductions, etc.” <<
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Professional Golf comes to mind...
The problem that I’ve seen in engineering in general is that 80 % are not likely to advance significantly, since it is really just another “service” job.
I’ve got a pile of resumes from people stuck in that reality.
Finance includes corporate finance, treasury and capital structure, forecasting, planning and analysis, M&A valuation and transaction financing, securities valuation, investment banking, etc.
Accountants keep the books, produce the audited financial statements and do SEC reporting for public companies.
My BS and MBA is in finance. I had to take a lot of accounting for my degrees.
Thank you.
It is hard being trained to think logically and being solution's oriented individual in a f-ed political world full of charlatans and slackers.
You’ve got that right.
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