I'm going through a quarter life crisis, not really that serious, but I just don't know what I want to do next in my life, and becoming a CPA seems to be a smart (as in conservative, job-security type of smart) move for me. I've been doing accounting for a small non-profit the last 2 years and I'm ready to make a change. I don't really LOVE accounting that much and when I think about working for a big 4 (or a an accounting firm for that matter) it doesn't really get me all that excited.
So my question is, how much value does a CPA have outside of being a CPA? OR should I expect that I need to do some public accounting after getting my CPA to really get use out of it.