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That was my goal.

I got hired as an accountant for a large health care corporation just before I graduated university.

Things got busy and I abandoned that goal. Also, I realized my job had little to do with what I learned in school. I did a lot of lease vs. purchase analyses for things like CT scanners, etc. Not too many people I worked with understood present value tables, so that was one of the few things I learned at university that carried forward to the job market. But other than that? I felt...why did I learn all of this technical shit in school and I'm not using it?

The only time I actually used my degree was during a brief stint in a general accounting department at my next job. Debits, credits, journal entries, monthly closings, etc. I also was a lead liaison through external audits. That's when I discovered how stressed Big 4 employees were.

Switched jobs a few times...ended up as a financial analyst senior/proposal analyst and then an HR guy (I don't know to this day how the hell that happened).

Truth be told? I think I picked the wrong degree. I always did well in my jobs, but I never really liked it all that much.