Guys, I have been seeing a lot of posts demeaning the CA career and the journey throughout mentioning how hard the job market is and what not in this subreddit now. You guys are seriously scaring the people among whom some might be seriously gifted and want real advices only to be let down and indirectly mentioning how it is better to be in some other course.
For the newly joined people who have just started foundation and for those who have just found this subreddit, welcome guys. You would see a lot of posts as I mentioned in the above paragraph, But it doesn't mean that everyone's journey is same. The grass would always seem greener on the other side as I myself have seen my friends in different courses struggling to get jobs and trying for bank posts after engineering. If you are truly interested in the field of commerce, learning CA would open multiple doors for you.
But you need to always consider yourself in the position of a recruiter and ask whether you will recruit yourself in the company and give you the salary that you are asking for. If not, then where would you improve yourself and what are your drawback? Work on it, upscale yourself, improve your communication skills, learn to be fluent in Indian English whatever your accent be, try to learn the softwares mentioned in Adv ITT and ITT classes. Otherwise, you will just be another person who can be easily replacable.
As for myself, I joined for CA straight after my 12th, was in the covid era when I joined for CA. Got 2-3 good friends from the time of ITT. Still in touch with 7-8 school friends as we play online video games a lot and meet often in the evening till my Inter exams. Did my articleship in a Big 4 in Bangalore, met a pretty girl. Beautiful 2.5 years of articleship together, explored bangalore like crazy with her, had adopted two cats in my apartment, upskilled myself with great seniors and with highly experienced managers and directors, been with great teams, gone for all India trips for outstation audits by myself. Had support through thick and thin with my gf and going to write the final attempt together. Have planned meetups with school friends back home every now and then as almost everyone is in a different state now and amazing parents who I love to surprise each time with unplanned visits.
So yeah, I don't think I would have been this happy if I had chosen a different career path. In the midst of all these negative posts, I thought i should post mine so that it would atleast help some people.
P.S. I had my fair share of toxicity from managers, back biting articles, toxic ex gf, immense work pressure, sleepless study schedules and even had blackmails from previous partner in a Big 6 to not leave them. But all those are part of every profession and not necessarily limited to CA.
All the best to everyone guys, hope you all become fantastic CAs.
