During my CPA journey, I was writing as many as 17 posts a month. It was mainly because I tried to share my PEP experience as real time as possible. Then, I passed CFE, finished PERT and got my designation in 2022. Then, I stopped posting on jenthinks as much as I used to because…
It has been exactly a year since I published the first part of career lessons I learned as an accountant. I meant to release part 2 earlier than now but life got in the way. Now only did I learn a lot more in the last year, I am also ready to share something I…
Jun 1, 2023: I wrote this post a while ago and decided to wait to share when the time is right. The time is right now and I hope this helps you in some way if you are ever on the same boat. I am going to share my thought process that led me to…
Inflation, recession and interest rate hikes. If you are reading this in late 2022, you are probably a little tired of hearing the same topics over and over again. Like many others on the same boat, job security has been on the top of my mind. However, security is not the only factor that matters.…
Like many CPAs, I use Excel at work excessively. I also use it (or Google Sheets) whenever I can for everything and anything in my personal life. Information about my own finances including budgets, net worth and investments all sit on a spreadsheet. I also plan my travel and content with it. I can hardly…
Three companies, five years and seven titles. Since I started as an AR/AP clerk in 2017, I have been learning and growing as a finance professional. Along the way, I have both made mistakes and exceeded expectations. I have also met people I looked up to and people I would rather not cross path with…
I want to start this post by sharing that in the last five years of my accounting career, I have worked very few overtime. I have worked in two industries – heavy machinery and software. I started as an AR/AP clerk at one company and currently work as a Revenue Accountant at my third company.…
Early 2015, I was 22 and graduated from one of the best universities in Canada with a major in Psychology. I was not sure about a lot then, but I was sure I did not want to pursue a career or higher education in that field. So, why did I just spend the last four…
CPA – PEP, CFE & PERT For 2021, I decided to talk about my CPA journey first because passing the Sep 2021 CFE was definitely one of the highlights of the year. Even though my CPA PEP journey technically only started in Sep 2019, it actually began a lot earlier than that. After I graduated…
Join me on Instagram for regular tips & updates! Also, don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter so you don’t miss any posts! Since I resumed learning Python for finance, I have been thinking a lot about when I took my first accounting course over four years ago. It did not happen during my undergrad as I took a…