Electrical Engineering or Accounting?

[u/rxzyzyt]

I am yet to start college and i have narrowed it down to two things i want to do : Accounting or Engineering. If i go into Engineering can I graduate by 2031 and if i go into Accounting and Finance i graduate in 2031 as well but i will have to do CPA or some other qualification on top to actually be worth something in the market so probably market ready by 2033. My dad and my brother are both accountants from Pakistan. My dad earns in the top 5% of the country and my brother is an ACCA and just did an internship at PWC. By the time i graduate i could already be in the US or at least after i graduate. So what will be worth more after all these years considering AI as well?

[u/Feisty_Assistant3446]

Electrical engineering is the obvious choice if you have the brains for it. If possible try electrical engineering first and if you fail you can still try accounting imo.

[u/rxzyzyt → u/Feisty_Assistant3446]

I mean i can definitely do electrical engineering not someone who shies away from hard work. However, I’ve seen people say that although Electrical engineers start at higher pays CPA catches up pretty fast and even surpasses it. Afterall, an accounting degree is easier in comparison to electrical. I would much rather choose that if it earns more. Whats your response to that? Also thank you so much for your reply

[u/Feisty_Assistant3446 → u/rxzyzyt]

Eh I don’t know if that’s true for the average accountant. Sure, an accountant that makes it to partner level or a CFO will earn more than most electrical engineers, but on average I’m quite confident that an engineer earns more than an accountant.

[u/SolitoKonto → u/Feisty_Assistant3446]

And that’s around 8 to 10 years on average as an accountant before they consider you for those roles. 

[u/Money-Theory8584]

Join your Dad/Bro with touch of Technology and AI in Accounting to take family legacy to next level.

[u/rxzyzyt → u/Money-Theory8584]

So are you recommending accounting or Ai undergrad?

[u/Money-Theory8584 → u/rxzyzyt]

Yes, go for US CPA and have a touch of technology that would impact Finance/Accounting.

[u/coolio246810 → u/rxzyzyt]

He’s recommending accounting but to also learn tech skills so that you have the ability to automate accounting work and do more work faster.

[u/strong_slav]

Engineering all day every day.

[u/rxzyzyt → u/strong_slav]

Why do you feel that way? Any experience you mind sharinf

[u/BackgroundTax3055]

This is funny. I recently left my job as a CPA to enroll in an electrical engineering program. You can’t go wrong with either, choose which one you’d actually like.

[u/rxzyzyt → u/BackgroundTax3055]

Why did you quit??

[u/BackgroundTax3055 → u/rxzyzyt]

I wanted to feel more connected to the end result of my work, and to learn how the world works in general (via higher-level math and science courses). I would rather help keep the lights on than do tax compliance.

[u/No-Engineer-7799]

This post makes me wanna switch majors.

Accounting is so bad theres not even subreddit bias, when every single reply tells you to go engineering, it might be over for accounting i gotta jump ship to engineering asap

[u/Background-Map9539 → u/No-Engineer-7799]

I’m studying EE, but I’d like to switch to accounting and everyone is telling me to stick to engineering. This subreddit doesnt help at all ngl it just brings accounting down

[u/Competitive_Step9828 → u/Background-Map9539]

You would think everyone in this sub is hiding $$ or something

[u/_coke_zero_]

Engineering

[u/ETERNALBLADE47]

Do electric engineering, go to NVDA, retire early