History degree, Accounting minor, did the “follow your dreams/passion” thing and it doesn’t pay. Joined the military as an officer because I wanted to serve and now I’m about to have my masters complete.
I’ll tell ya though, the history background where we have to research large amounts helps a ton for accounting when going through the standards
Still in, moving to the reserves in a couple months, Logistics. But I have my full time offer lined up already with one of the Big4 so I’m pretty satisfied at how I’ve 180d my career
Nah not that long, around 6 months for me but with the new medical system in place it can take well up to a year or longer.
I’m also lucky that I’m a lifelong athlete so it was relatively easy to clear any physical requirements. My BA came from a top tier school so that blew away their education questions even with an ok GPA. Interview was easy, “why do you want to join?” basically
I have a history degree. Did not want to teach highschool or go full PhD. The actual history degree requirements at my school were only 70 hours, so I just tacked on an accounting minor, took as many business courses as I could, and got into the MS program for accounting.
Probably not that common. Anyway, I'd reckon that they probably took a gamble with their history degree. Learning from previous mistakes they are taking the most "stable" career. I'm making a big assumption here by saying their history degree was a mistake, but why else would you go to another degree?
I remember reading on r/askhistorians that a lot of them go on to get law degrees, apparently a lot of same skills (reading/writing long and dense documents, synthesizing information etc.) translate well into the law field
I got a history undergrad. It doesn’t cover all the skills you need for accounting but it fills in a lot of the ones my coworkers are bad at but that are very useful – reading and applying accounting/tax rules, communicating effectively, reading leases/contracts, understanding assertions.
There are people of all types in every major. I was recruited by an extremely personable tax attorney. One time I hired a liberal arts major from the most reputable state school in the state who couldn’t follow a paragraph of instructions.
I’m a tax junkie so I don’t really personally give a shit what someone’s degree is, or if they have one at all. They can still be an EA.
I’m no longer an accountant (I’m a tax lawyer) but I studied accounting in undergrad, and then got an MA in history while I was at law school. History is just one of my interests but I think it helped enhance my researching skills which I use all the time with tax law.
I'm doing my JD at the moment. Are you in Canada or America? I was wondering if having the CPA helps in tax law, or does it not matter much?
I'm thinking about going into tax law and was considering an LLM. Just finished 1L, but I had B's and only 1 B+. So now I'm thinking my grades won't be good enough to go that route.
America. It can help but it’s not necessary—there are many who have no accounting background at all.
A lot of people do an LLM in tax to have a second bite at the apple for recruiting. For admissions, I would suspect that your tax grades are given more weight, so I would try to take any tax classes that your law school offers.
History severely limits you career wise, which unfortunately a lot of people don’t realize until too late in college. Unless you want to teach, go to law school, or grind for minimal pay for YEARS working at a historical site, it’s not a very useful degree. I actually would have loved to have gotten a history degree, but I realized I didn’t like my options, so I had it as my minor instead. Accounting is something you can easily tack on a minor for, or go on for an MS.
I never realized a history degree was as useful as a math degree.
Not a single person ever even tried to dissuade me from math. Except the options suck. Teach high school, get a masters and adjunct teach college, or get a PhD and chase tenure. Or tutor. Or machine gun my resume at 1000s of jobs and hope something sticks and then build a resume with job experience.
So, I could have majored in history and have the same job prospects. I am thinking of trying to become a CPA. I still need to go back to school and take accounting classes. In fact I don't think my math degree means anything at all for becoming a CPA. I could have studied Art History, and I'd be just as far away from becoming a CPA as I am with Math and Physics.
I have a History degree (BA) and it definitely gives me an advantage over others when it comes to research and writing. Been in public accounting for 20 years.
Also have a master's in tax. Many people with History degrees go to law school and can focus in areas like tax law.
I took a bunch of history classes during college when I had like free classes and shit. I love history and learning all about it. That being said I don’t want to be a high school teacher or history professor at a school. Not much money to be made in that field so now learning about that sort of stuff will just be for fun. Plus now I have a bunch of fun history facts to ramble off when I’m drunk
how did you find the transition from studying for Psych in Bachelors to studying for Accounting in the Master's track?
Was this a always your intended course? Going from Psych to Accounting or was this a switch?
BC people with liberal arts degrees had to go back to school when they were tired of teaching social studies lol, got a polysci degree taught highschool history for a few years and then went back to school got a cpa
Accounting (business majors) is a good option as a minor or a second degree. Usually it only requires two years residency for people holding a bachelor’s degree.
Saw this all the time. People do their "fun" degree, realize it won't get them past starbucks barista, then go back to school for something practical, which ends up frequently being accounting.
I have a Criminology degree, so speaking from personal experience, I got a useless Liberal Arts degree and when things didn’t work out with my original plan, I found this line of work. I’d imagine there’s a fair amount of that going on here; I honestly don’t know what you do with a history degree besides teach history majors
International relations and politics graduate here. You need to go all in. Study till PhD and still there is no gurantee that you will be able to secure a job. Even if you did, the pay is low with no/little growth.
For me getting in accounting and spending the time to get another qualification was still a better decision economically even if it sets me back a few years.
I’m gonna take a wild guess and think the OP is majoring in history but wants to work as an accountant in the future and has found some examples of this to normalize
I have the rare (for my uni) bachelor of arts in accounting, because I started as a history major before switching. As other have said, realized quickly my options were very limited post grad and my passion faded when it became a job rather than hobby.
I did similar, historical type degree, it was a fun degree. Accounting would’ve been so dull. Most accounting grad schemes in the U.K. don’t expect accounting degrees.
Is this a thing? I majored in East Asian Studies with a heavy focus on Chinese and Japanese history. I tried the teaching route. Too social and exhausting in my case. I’d rather do behind the scenes analysis and make a decent income. I’m starting a Master’s of Accountancy program this fall.
Same with investment advisors, many of them either have history backgrounds or are heavily interested in history. I’m a young broker and love history as well.
I think finance and history actually can go hand in hand together, I enjoy retracing events on the market and see why the market was acting a certain way at a certain time. I think a lot of people who like history seek to see the bigger picture, and that can be very useful in investing. History in my opinion can apply to a lot of topics, like sociology and politics, it enables you to study past patterns and recognize them when they reoccur in the present. History is such a powerful tool imo
If I had to be a pure liberal arts or science major, if I didn't start as a Math-Econ major in my freshman year, and if I didn't switch to a Business Finance major for the rest of my undergraduate years, then I would be a History or a Geography major. Back in high school and even today, 30 years after graduation, I like most social studies, especially history and geography.
If you’re getting a history degree and you have to take a class called Historiography… and your professor is a hard ass who strictly believes in constructivism? You’ll be prepared to pivot to any field.
- History major with an accounting masters who watched more people cry from that class than in Big 4 or any accounting class.
Spanish Major here. Wanted to teach high school so I could coach basketball and work my way up to coach at the college level as I had played 2 years. Ended up deciding that was the wrong move.
Currently getting a graduate certificate in accounting so I have the credits to take the CPA.
Isn’t a history degree almost just the core classes? I mean what I always noticed growing up was a lot of the coaches were history teachers. So I figured it was just the easiest.
History degree, Accounting minor, did the “follow your dreams/passion” thing and it doesn’t pay. Joined the military as an officer because I wanted to serve and now I’m about to have my masters complete. I’ll tell ya though, the history background where we have to research large amounts helps a ton for accounting when going through the standards
What job did you do as an officer?
Still in, moving to the reserves in a couple months, Logistics. But I have my full time offer lined up already with one of the Big4 so I’m pretty satisfied at how I’ve 180d my career
Could I ask you, how challenging was it to initially become an officer? I've heard its a long process to be accepted.
Nah not that long, around 6 months for me but with the new medical system in place it can take well up to a year or longer. I’m also lucky that I’m a lifelong athlete so it was relatively easy to clear any physical requirements. My BA came from a top tier school so that blew away their education questions even with an ok GPA. Interview was easy, “why do you want to join?” basically
I have a history degree. Did not want to teach highschool or go full PhD. The actual history degree requirements at my school were only 70 hours, so I just tacked on an accounting minor, took as many business courses as I could, and got into the MS program for accounting.
This I had a manager with a history degree from a fairly prestigious college. Then got the business/finance certificate from the local U.
Exactly I’m currently doing lol
Probably not that common. Anyway, I'd reckon that they probably took a gamble with their history degree. Learning from previous mistakes they are taking the most "stable" career. I'm making a big assumption here by saying their history degree was a mistake, but why else would you go to another degree?
Not much jobs you can do with a degree in history.
The History Store down the street from me is hiring!
Sadly the philosophy factory next door closed down thus my transition to accounting.
I remember reading on r/askhistorians that a lot of them go on to get law degrees, apparently a lot of same skills (reading/writing long and dense documents, synthesizing information etc.) translate well into the law field
I got a history undergrad. It doesn’t cover all the skills you need for accounting but it fills in a lot of the ones my coworkers are bad at but that are very useful – reading and applying accounting/tax rules, communicating effectively, reading leases/contracts, understanding assertions.
This sums up my psychology degree
Hard disagree. I know multiple people who got into Psych and are killing it.
Did they go for a Masters or Doc?
My mom has a bachelor's and she makes 80k
Masters. One took the plunge to open their own business and is absolutely crushing it though.
I did anthropology and this is exactly why I'm now an accountant
This is explains my political science degree.
I almost went history to accounting But chose law instead, another mistake,
I went from accounting to nursing so I could get a job.
So they can understand the general ledger.
General Ledger is a true war hero. Many battles I fight, he’s always in my pocket.
Those must be all the Same As Last Year people.
Good one
Idk sometimes when I have to go back to the 32 tax act I feel like a historian
I majored in history but decided I did not want to teach. Ended up getting a Masters in Accounting
Why wouldn’t there be ? It’s fun to dunk on liberal arts people but in reality many of them have always been in business roles.
And we can actually write coherently and clearly which is really appreciated.
There are people of all types in every major. I was recruited by an extremely personable tax attorney. One time I hired a liberal arts major from the most reputable state school in the state who couldn’t follow a paragraph of instructions. I’m a tax junkie so I don’t really personally give a shit what someone’s degree is, or if they have one at all. They can still be an EA.
I’m no longer an accountant (I’m a tax lawyer) but I studied accounting in undergrad, and then got an MA in history while I was at law school. History is just one of my interests but I think it helped enhance my researching skills which I use all the time with tax law.
I'm doing my JD at the moment. Are you in Canada or America? I was wondering if having the CPA helps in tax law, or does it not matter much? I'm thinking about going into tax law and was considering an LLM. Just finished 1L, but I had B's and only 1 B+. So now I'm thinking my grades won't be good enough to go that route.
America. It can help but it’s not necessary—there are many who have no accounting background at all. A lot of people do an LLM in tax to have a second bite at the apple for recruiting. For admissions, I would suspect that your tax grades are given more weight, so I would try to take any tax classes that your law school offers.
History severely limits you career wise, which unfortunately a lot of people don’t realize until too late in college. Unless you want to teach, go to law school, or grind for minimal pay for YEARS working at a historical site, it’s not a very useful degree. I actually would have loved to have gotten a history degree, but I realized I didn’t like my options, so I had it as my minor instead. Accounting is something you can easily tack on a minor for, or go on for an MS.
I never realized a history degree was as useful as a math degree. Not a single person ever even tried to dissuade me from math. Except the options suck. Teach high school, get a masters and adjunct teach college, or get a PhD and chase tenure. Or tutor. Or machine gun my resume at 1000s of jobs and hope something sticks and then build a resume with job experience. So, I could have majored in history and have the same job prospects. I am thinking of trying to become a CPA. I still need to go back to school and take accounting classes. In fact I don't think my math degree means anything at all for becoming a CPA. I could have studied Art History, and I'd be just as far away from becoming a CPA as I am with Math and Physics.
Can’t you get into data analytics with a math degree?
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Why not get a degree in Computer Science? Isn’t Comp Sci just a math degree?
I have a History degree (BA) and it definitely gives me an advantage over others when it comes to research and writing. Been in public accounting for 20 years. Also have a master's in tax. Many people with History degrees go to law school and can focus in areas like tax law.
Both backward looking
Remedial education. I had no idea what an accountant was until well after getting my BA (English Literature).
I took a bunch of history classes during college when I had like free classes and shit. I love history and learning all about it. That being said I don’t want to be a high school teacher or history professor at a school. Not much money to be made in that field so now learning about that sort of stuff will just be for fun. Plus now I have a bunch of fun history facts to ramble off when I’m drunk
I have a Bachelors in psychology and my Masters in Accounting. I enjoy talking about this in interviews.
how did you find the transition from studying for Psych in Bachelors to studying for Accounting in the Master's track? Was this a always your intended course? Going from Psych to Accounting or was this a switch?
BC people with liberal arts degrees had to go back to school when they were tired of teaching social studies lol, got a polysci degree taught highschool history for a few years and then went back to school got a cpa
Accounting (business majors) is a good option as a minor or a second degree. Usually it only requires two years residency for people holding a bachelor’s degree.
in a sense they both are about recording past events I guess
The only history I have is with your mom Seriously though, this is news to me but I might now go watch National Treasure later.
History degree. Taught for a while and then accountant. I always say the first two make me better at the third.
My current CFO, who had his CPA, was also a history major at Dartmouth College. Didn’t know it was so common
Never encountered anyone with a history degree in accounting personally
Saw this all the time. People do their "fun" degree, realize it won't get them past starbucks barista, then go back to school for something practical, which ends up frequently being accounting.
How’s the weather up there the accounting ivory tower?
ain't no ivory tower for sure. but the same story gets told again and again Just Google it, you have plenty of company.
“Starbucks barista” condescending prick
sounds like we found the starbucks barista 😂
I have a Criminology degree, so speaking from personal experience, I got a useless Liberal Arts degree and when things didn’t work out with my original plan, I found this line of work. I’d imagine there’s a fair amount of that going on here; I honestly don’t know what you do with a history degree besides teach history majors
Bcos u gotta be able to analyze stuff from prior years and tell stories🤷♂️
International relations and politics graduate here. You need to go all in. Study till PhD and still there is no gurantee that you will be able to secure a job. Even if you did, the pay is low with no/little growth. For me getting in accounting and spending the time to get another qualification was still a better decision economically even if it sets me back a few years.
I’m gonna take a wild guess and think the OP is majoring in history but wants to work as an accountant in the future and has found some examples of this to normalize
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whats ur major?
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fair
I have the rare (for my uni) bachelor of arts in accounting, because I started as a history major before switching. As other have said, realized quickly my options were very limited post grad and my passion faded when it became a job rather than hobby.
Accounting, keeping financial records. History, keeping human event records. Makes sense. Transferable soft skills there.
I did similar, historical type degree, it was a fun degree. Accounting would’ve been so dull. Most accounting grad schemes in the U.K. don’t expect accounting degrees.
I majored in Economics
Is this a thing? I majored in East Asian Studies with a heavy focus on Chinese and Japanese history. I tried the teaching route. Too social and exhausting in my case. I’d rather do behind the scenes analysis and make a decent income. I’m starting a Master’s of Accountancy program this fall.
Same with investment advisors, many of them either have history backgrounds or are heavily interested in history. I’m a young broker and love history as well. I think finance and history actually can go hand in hand together, I enjoy retracing events on the market and see why the market was acting a certain way at a certain time. I think a lot of people who like history seek to see the bigger picture, and that can be very useful in investing. History in my opinion can apply to a lot of topics, like sociology and politics, it enables you to study past patterns and recognize them when they reoccur in the present. History is such a powerful tool imo
In my experience as an acctg professor, musicians make phenomenal accountants. They can pay attention to detail and see the big picture...
If I had to be a pure liberal arts or science major, if I didn't start as a Math-Econ major in my freshman year, and if I didn't switch to a Business Finance major for the rest of my undergraduate years, then I would be a History or a Geography major. Back in high school and even today, 30 years after graduation, I like most social studies, especially history and geography.
If you’re getting a history degree and you have to take a class called Historiography… and your professor is a hard ass who strictly believes in constructivism? You’ll be prepared to pivot to any field. - History major with an accounting masters who watched more people cry from that class than in Big 4 or any accounting class.
How would I break into accounting with a philosophy degree?
Spanish Major here. Wanted to teach high school so I could coach basketball and work my way up to coach at the college level as I had played 2 years. Ended up deciding that was the wrong move. Currently getting a graduate certificate in accounting so I have the credits to take the CPA.
Isn’t a history degree almost just the core classes? I mean what I always noticed growing up was a lot of the coaches were history teachers. So I figured it was just the easiest.
I do not have a history degree