u/No-Seaworthiness3115

Long story short. Started taking some accounting classes toward my bachelors at Western Governors University and have been doing very well. Everytime I look on this subreddit I'm reading about how everyone is struggling to find a job and how entry level roles are being outsourced.

I'm especially worried about how AI will continue to impact white collar workers going forward. I live in a large city with lots of opportunities. There's also an insane amount of competition. Every internship I've applied to on Linkedin has had over 100 other applicants. Surely, a good chunk of them are going to a more favorable college than I am attending.

I was offered a job at my family's business doing instrument repair while in school. I'm a musician and it seems like a good fit. The lifetime pay of what I would make in this job is lower. On the other hand I'd have great WLB, benefits, an extremely stable job, generous paid holidays and a very livable paycheck. My family's company has work booked out into next summer.

I find accounting to be very interesting but the job seems to be not as stable as I first thought. In my conversations with my friends in white collar jobs, they almost always mention semi-frequent lay offs, being chained to their work email and heavy workload. Given this information, is it even worth continuing to go to school for accounting? I'm very discouraged after everything I have read in this subreddit.

Hey everyone. Thanks for taking a minute to check out my post. I'm feeling extremely conflicted lately. Looking for advice on what I should do career-wise moving forward.

I'm currently 2/3 of my way through my bachelors degree in accounting. I wouldn't say I'm in love with it but I do enjoy it. It's interesting to break down complex systems into smaller easy to understand processes. At one point, I ran a small ebay side business. I wish I had known about P&L reports and cash flow statements back then. Lots of useful information in this degree.

When I went back to school to work on my bachelors, I was out of work and on unemployment. I attended an online university and was able to finish 1/3 of my bachelors over the course of 6 months. It was brutal and required 6+ hours a day of studying but I made the most of my time being unemployed.

A family member offered me a job at their company doing instrument repair (good fit because I am a life long musician with electronics experience). The starting wage was generous, they were willing to train me from scratch and health insurance is included. I'd say it's much more of a "craft" than accounting. I enjoy the careful attention to detail, troubleshooting and the chance to work with my hands. It's one of the few jobs I've had where I am making good money.

I'm very torn between accounting and continuing to work at the family business. I'd say I enjoy each field of work equally but for vastly different reasons. While I'd certainly make 25%-ish less over the course of my career (rough estimation), working at a family business would give me a more flexibility. I'm a bit scared of the WLB horror stories I hear from accounting. I'd like to have a kid but I don't want to be physically and mentally absent from my childs life grinding it out in accounting 60+ hours a week.

I grew up in the middle of nowhere on a small farm and feel like I generally seem to jive more with blue collar folks. The instrument repair business has a suprising amount of overlap with construction and several other trades.

At one point while working on my associates, I had an internship in an office. The weird superficial, corporate speak culture was very hard for me to adapt to. The majority of my jobs up to this point have been in food service, so I'm not used to people beating around the bush. I found the environment to be a bit of a culture shock. Perhaps I wasn't there long enough to get used to it.

At the same time, I do find the potential of remote work appealing. I think accounting would generally be easier on my body over the years. Both have their pros and cons. If you were in my position, what would you go with? I'd say I am at a crossroads and could really end up doing either job.

Hello everyone. This is a honest question and I don't want to offend. I'm currently in business school, so this has been on my mind lately. I've been studying costs associated with running a business. This question popped into my mind as I was walking around Andersonville a few weeks ago.

There are so many cool kistchy vintage stores up there by Clark and Foster. Certain ones, such as Wolly Mammoth or Strange Cargo, fill a particular niche. Whereas others in the neighborhood (and around the city) that are almost always empty. How are these places staying open? Brick and Mortar retail is already pretty tough.

A store front, 1x part time employee, utilities, insurance, CC processing fees alone would probably equate to around 4k-4.5k per month...that's before the owner pays their own salary. There are surely other expenses I'm missing. What's the secret?