It has been roughly 3 months since I joined my company. I have received a lot of special treatment such as being enrolled in the financial department straight away, which was extremely unusual and saved me at least 6 years. What I didn’t expect was that my supervisor even allowed me to use business hours to study for the USCPA.
USCPA is not related to my current duties at all. The reason why I am studying that is simply because I need a Plan B. USCPA will let me have the ability to change my job to one at an accounting firm at any time. There are too many uncertainties in this world. Just because the company is treating me well now doesn’t mean they won’t cut me loose in the future. However, when I proposed this idea to my supervisor, I claimed I needed USCPA for my career in-house and didn’t mention anything about a job change.
As a newcomer, I don’t actually have too many things to do during business hours. Until the proposal, I had to waste that time and study USCPA after work. With my supervisor’s permission I am able to fully utilize my time now. This deal absolutely enhanced my loyalty although I would still regard Plan B as an option.
It reminds me of the dark old days. In the past, things were totally different. Whatever I wanted to do, I needed to take the long way first. Like if I wanted to go to point B from point A, I had to go to point C and point D. Then, I may finally be allowed to go ahead to point B. This process sounds like some kind of game design technique. However, instead of costing players a couple of hours in game, it cost me a couple of years.
The typical example is that I had to learn the same thing multiple times in different languages when I was an undergraduate. Specifically, I was learning one subject in Chinese like other people during the daytime, then I would learn it again in Japanese by using the reference books I imported from Japan at night. As a reference, I had to read related books in English sometimes.
I won’t say this experience was meaningless but shall we say unnecessary. The opportunity costs I lost were so large that I still believe it was a shame. I really appreciate that I don’t need to take the long way anymore. This is the chance I should grab to compensate for the loss.
