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Originally Posted by loob job
Take your cga, easier, and they are the exact same as CA's except they can't sign off on audits, who cares about that though.
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CGAs are not the exact same as CAs. As a CA, I take offense to the implication that they are. There are some really good CGAs, CMAs and CAs and there are some bad apples in each group too. There is also a reason companies pay more for CAs than other groups, as the training we received is far superior. It's harder, it sucks and it drains you mentally and physically, but a newly qualified CA is more prepared, seasoned and has greater exposure to the business world than other accounting designations.
Once you leave public practice your experience in your new job could mirror a CMA or CGA, but a CA will likely start higher up in the company and make more initially. What you do for the company after you are hired will then affect how you are paid, so you can't coast on it forever.
I was hired as a controller of a real estate development and capital company. My boss is a CA and his boss is a CA. There is no chance they would have hired a CGA who graduated school the same time as I did. If I wasn't available, they would have hired a different CA.