can all ENGINEERS please answer my question. can i become a chartered accountant and do an engineering job.?
if i get a bachelors degree in chemical or civil or mechanical engineering but then if i decided to the ACCA course and become a chartered accountant. and then if one day i lost my job as a chartered accountant and i found a job for a chemical engineer, will i be able to do it. so my question is can i keep the engineering degree as a back up job. is it reasonable to ask for 25000 pounds a year. thank you. please answer
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Answer 1 :
Sure, you can do anything you like.
Answer 2 :
Don't waste your life on Accounting.
Answer 3 :
I am sure you asked this before and this is the answer that I gave. This is getting to be one of my pet hates on here - people asking the same question again, and again and again..... No reason why you can't do that. However - and there often is a however with these questions.... If you worked as a chartered accountant say 10 years before you decide to work as a civil engineer a few things will happen. In 10 years as a chartered accountant you will have passed your Professional exams and this means that you will be earning quite good money. Now go to be a graduate civil engineer (no experience so you start at the bottom of the rung again), your take home pay will drop quite a bit (over £10k). You might struggle to actually get jobs - a look at your CV will show that you are an accountant and engineering firms will probably want an engineer with engineering more at the front of their mind. Certainly it is possible. However a better course of action might be to decide which you want to do first and train for that, work at that until you want to change and then spend the 3 or 4 years re-training. That way you will have the engineering knowledge in the front of your mind and be able to sell yourself better. Now as for getting a well paid civil engineering job as a new graduate.... that is another thing and quite a rare job to find - you start at the bottom with all careers until you get experience to earn more money. When I have read your multiple identical questions - you were looking for jobs that paid £100k after a while - neither will do that unless you are the best. £25k is a bit on the high side for a starting salary for both - £20k might be a more realistic proposition.
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