Hello my dear CA brothers and sisters, If you are busy in your life you can stop reading here I don't want to waste anyone's time with my sad story. I am a CA final student, forced into CA by my whole family. I struggled a lot for IPCC but cleared it in first attempt, I begged my family that I will stop my CA right there but they didn't listen to me. My articleship experience was horrible. Ethics was just something on paper. I was working in a very reputed firm in India after Big4, you all would know it for sure. I lost count of times errors forcefully ignored by my seniors and Team leader, Even when I confronted them all I got was this is how things happen if you don't like it quit the firm. Yes I did quit, I joined a very small firm with no work I learnt nothing about CA. I completed 3 years of articleship with no working knowledge. Finally my family understood that CA is not my cup of tea. But I don't know what to do... all I have is a B.com from IGNOU through that ICAI Mou thing. Most colleges won't accept IGNOU degree for a further education. CA final is so hard I am preparing for May 18 but I don't understand half of the thing due to lack of practical experience. I am totally lost, My life has no meaning I am stuck.
All that I wanted is to do a bachelors score good CGPA, get into stock market. Go abroad for an MBA. Today I stand here as a victim to 2 things
1.ICAI which didnt care about students, 30 years ago only B.com graduates can do CA, to compete with other courses they introduced CPT and so 12th students can join. But it destroyed many students life. We are today left with only correspondence degree which has no value.
2. Indian society and parents. Yes Indian parents are really great, they care so much about their children, but they fail to understand what their children want. My family wanted me to do CA because I would be "Rich, I can find a suitable girl and my family will be happy". Today I am in a position where my future is just a question mark. They didn't understand I was never into accounting or auditing. In a family full of Doctors and engineers they never understood Stock markets, Investment Banking is different from Taxation and Auditing.
My life is a good example of how not to live, stand up for what you love. It's okay to tell you papa that you don't like what you do. He might be angry but over a time he would understand you.
My humble request to all parents here, please don't force your children. Explain to them, let them experience every field, Take them to factory, auditors office, stock broker, hospital. Let them see what is the real life like. Let them decide, be a support in their life please don't push all your lost dreams into your children. Remember this Shyam and how he became a loser, do you want your children to become another Shyam ?
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