Phil Bondi wrote: > Is it wrong for me to say that almost all of us entered this field from another? > >From my vantage point, this profession is something that some people 'fall' into, > or realize after years of inability to get happy in another field(guily,musician) > that we find this field to be quite the opposite from the field where we were. Rook, As for my own personal situation, you are correct. I was a CPA for nearly 10 years (32 years old now) before I realized that I could choose piano technology as a career. I made it through 2-1/2 years of a music education degree before I decided that I didn't really want to teach large groups of unruly kids. At that point I also knew that becoming a professional musician did not have a bright outlook, except for a very small percentage of very talented people. Having grown up in a very small town (about 5,000 pop.) out in the middle of nowhere near the Oklahoma panhandle, I wasn't even aware that one could become a piano technician and make a living at it. Naturally, a musician type personality quickly becomes bored staring at accounting records and tax returns day in and day out. So, after some investigation, and the good direction of a PTG member, I took the Randy Potter course and joined PTG. One advantage? - I can do my own books and file my own tax return! Todd L. Mapes Former CPA, Future RPT Fort Smith, AR
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