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Originally Posted by bradster57
I have to wonder if this merger talk will discourage recent graduates from taking the CA in the next few years. If they are going to merge anyways, why bother with 3 years of audit making very little money?
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I'm betting the firms will (have to) be more competitive when it comes to salaries. They will have to better sell the experience that you get while articling there. For instance, in industry, you may get more/better 'hands on' accounting experience, but that can be earned at any time, while at the firm, you get more exposure to different industries/businesses, and can learn from what they all do, what makes them successful/not so much, etc. But that'll be a really tough sell.
I think geos et al nailed it, the perception of CAs that they can walk into a company and do whatever they want is misguided, and it comes to skills/experience (and attitude...something plenty CAs need to adjust)when you're into your career, and the letters tend to matter less and less. I know myself/other CA colleagues learned this lesson early on...those of us that recognized that the letters are not the be-all and end-all of your resume have done much better than those that decided their letters will do everything for them.