How do you guys find time to travel?
Everyone here seems preoccupied with work. Do you just forgo/postpone traveling until you retire or something? Not trying to be facetious, but I'm genuinely curious. For what it's worth, I filled up my entire passport with entry/exit stamps in the past 3 years. I'm a traveler (true immersion into a city/place for 2 weeks minimum), not a tourist (who knows where they're going, forgot where they've been).
I have some friends in your position - grind hours while young and (hopefully live long enough to) travel when senile. Sure you guys will likely (eventually) build more monetary wealth than me, I'm totally ok with that. However, your body at 60 or whatever simply cannot handle the extremes like when you're 30. Sometimes I feel like the whole society is built (wrongly and) in reverse. Your fittest years cooped up behind a screen somewhere, and finally able to travel when arthritis becomes your bff. Money is (essentially) always there, but (your) time is not.
Agriculture really fucked up this world.
The focus on other's misery is a projection of your own.
Indeed, "too much" travel can become miserable at times. Haven't gotten there yet.
Are you on drugs?
agriculture was humanity's double edged sword
It sounds good that you love traveling and you are enjoying your life by doing what you want. But now all things had changed now, everyone is running after the money and in this race they forget about for what they are earning. In the race of earning money, most of the people had stopped enjoying their life and doing what they like to do and because of this they had stop traveling and enjoying the vacations at a young age and do it after the retirement. But one should not do this and enjoy what they like while working too.
Taking time to travel - ACA style (Originally Posted: 07/26/2012)
I'm reaching the end of a three year training contract with a Big 4 firm (TAS). As I approach the end I am starting to think more about my future and the options open to me.
It seems the ACA qualification is regarded higher on this side of the atlantic than a CPA is in the states and its fairly common for good aca's to make a move to banking / ER/ Corp develop.
At present the three main options I am considering are Big 4 M&A (Heading into my late twenties in a stable relationship I have no desire to work the 100 hour weeks required in proper banking), ER or Corp Dev...however recently I have been considering an alertantive option......
I adore travel, it is one of my passions...I love visiting new places but I often feel that to get a true idea of a place you have to live and work there for a while. That was part of the reason I went the Big 4 / ACA route...the prospect of travel.
Now one common route choosen by fresh ACA's is contract work...these are short term contracts of 3 months to a year where you can earn from £200-£350 a day working as an accountant...so heres my idea...take 1 - 2 years out and travel the world on short term contracts earning good money albeit while doing mind numbing bull shit work (but pretty much 9-5).
I was thinking I would spend say 3 months in Dubai / other UAE country, 3 in Singapore, 3 in indonesia, 3 in South Africa, 3 somewhere in Australia and 3 in Toronto...Nothing but two suits and a pair of shoes in my suitcase earning $400's a day for a 9 - 5 and travelling all over the world.
Sounds pretty sweet....I would definitely do this if it was'nt for one thing....I am pretty sure it would completely derail my career. I Imagine it would be very hard to break into ER / Corp devel after working as an accountant for two years straight at such a pivotal stage of my career.
What do people think? If you were in my shoes would you go for it or am I right in saying my career would never recover?
Just thought it was an interesting option and something a lot of people dont seem to consider.
Go for one of the other options now while everything is open to you, if you really can't stand it then go on e ACA travelling route.
time to travel (Originally Posted: 01/07/2010)
Do analyst typically have time to travel after their 2 years?
Depends on what you plan to do after your 2 years. Typically there's a delay from when you complete your 2nd year as an analyst to when you begin your job in private equity (as an example)... This timeframe can be as short as a few days or as long as a month depending on when you take your vacation time from your previous employer before leaving. It's also great timing as you will have just received your 2nd bonus and will have spending money available.
In my analyst class, most people had at least a month between jobs. I got the short end of the stick and only had two weeks. Combine this with moving between states and I didn't have much time off at all. I know one guy who got a few months between his PE start and the end of his IB job. Pretty lucky guy if you ask me.
It's a lot more flexible if you aren't going into a job with a defined "class." Just like all the IBs have classes that need to start on the same exact date, many of the PE firms have the same thing. If you're a 1-off hire into a corporate development group or some other similar role, its more likely that they will be flexible with your start date.
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