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5 Motivational factors for becoming a CPA

Prestige and Respect

Money and benefits

Job Satisfaction and variety

Career Security

Personal Growth

Each of us has our own reasonings behind why we decided to become CPA's. For some of us it will be for the prestige and respect that this certification has associated with it. A sense that we will be taken seriously. It could also be a goal or achievement needing to be accomplished. 

Typically most firms and companies pay more of a salary and offer a nicer benefit package to those with the certification, often times those benefit packages are the deciding factor for where a CPA ends up deciding which company to work for.

Job satisfaction and variety. There are those people, myself included, who enjoy variety in their life. Having a CPA license will allow those to switch it up and experience other job opportunities that wouldn't otherwise have been an option for them. 

Career security. What can I say, most companies can't just fire their CPA due to budget cuts unless they have another one lined up to take their place. With all the regulations and rules associated with having a financial knowledgeable staff employed it is becoming increasingly a more stable place to work.

Personal Growth. For some, like me, this is the next step in their career. Each career path has steps in the process and each step adds to their personal growth in the chosen field.  

"The most critical component of personal development is vision"