My Life is About to Change
A Very Big Announcement
Trust me. I was as surprised as anyone.
Through my own grit and perseverance, I’d secured a position at PriceWaterhouse in Charlotte. (That wasn’t what surprised me.)
Having a master’s degree from the #1 accounting program in the country gets you the interview, but it doesn’t necessarily secure the job.
For years I wanted to experience real seasons (but stay below the Mason-Dixon line) and move to a bigger city than my hometown.
After graduating from UT, I briefly moved back to Tallahassee while I studied for the CPA exam and interviewed in Raleigh and Charlotte.
I decided the opportunity to work for PriceWaterhouse was the more prestigious gig over the second-tier firm in Raleigh.
I got the job on my own, knew virtually no one, and proved to myself definitively that I could start fresh all on my own.
I would give myself a year in Charlotte and decide what I wanted to do at the end of the year.
And that’s where the surprise came in.
At the end of my year, I realized I missed Austin!
I contacted a dear friend of mine from grad school who worked at Arthur Andersen in Houston…
