Comments on: Stocks and accountancy http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/ The literary blog of writer and web programmer Eric Rosenfield. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:23:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: bellatrys http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/#comment-95995 Sat, 31 May 2008 23:50:58 +0000 http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/#comment-95995 All I can add is that CPAs also seem to make really bad small business owners, when they decide to retire from the accounting and buy a franchise, based on my admittedly-limited personal experience. In case you were looking to invest in a business and thought that maybe having a CPA at the helm would make it less likely to run into icebergs. (Also, I bet you think that there are incompetent lawyers out there - don't you know how long they have to study and how hard the Bar exam is? What are you, some kind of anti-authoritarian radical?) All I can add is that CPAs also seem to make really bad small business owners, when they decide to retire from the accounting and buy a franchise, based on my admittedly-limited personal experience. In case you were looking to invest in a business and thought that maybe having a CPA at the helm would make it less likely to run into icebergs.

(Also, I bet you think that there are incompetent lawyers out there - don’t you know how long they have to study and how hard the Bar exam is? What are you, some kind of anti-authoritarian radical?)

]]> by: Eric Rosenfield http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/#comment-89834 Tue, 20 May 2008 02:50:41 +0000 http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/#comment-89834 I think both of the last two were CPAs. Passing an exam does not necessarily make you competent. Think of doctors; those guys work their asses off to get through med school and then residency and everything and world is full of incompetent doctors. I think both of the last two were CPAs. Passing an exam does not necessarily make you competent. Think of doctors; those guys work their asses off to get through med school and then residency and everything and world is full of incompetent doctors.

]]> by: Scott NellĂ© http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/#comment-89794 Tue, 20 May 2008 01:19:38 +0000 http://www.ericrosenfield.com/wp/2008/05/19/stocks-and-accountancy/#comment-89794 From what I can tell, referrals are still the best way to go. Also, going with a CPA (if you haven't yet) would probably be your best bet. My sister just took the first section (of four) of the CPA exam. She spent hours a day for months studying; anyone who can pass something (four things, actually) that takes that much study cannot be incompetent, or so I would imagine. From what I can tell, referrals are still the best way to go. Also, going with a CPA (if you haven’t yet) would probably be your best bet. My sister just took the first section (of four) of the CPA exam. She spent hours a day for months studying; anyone who can pass something (four things, actually) that takes that much study cannot be incompetent, or so I would imagine.

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