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LSU Finance/Accounting Alumni, how has your Degree treated you? What's your yearly salary?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:24 pm
How was your 4 years there? What was your courseload like? Did you have trouble finding a job outside Louisiana?
Pros, Cons, etc.
Pros, Cons, etc.
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Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:32 pm to Chastains
My 4 years were great. Actually 4.5 years. I had a couple of 18 hour semesters but avoided any summer classes. Needed to work full-time in the summers to make money. Got a great job in IT in Houston and got into UT-Austin MBA later. The LSU degree is very well respected in engineering, oil & gas, finance, audit, etc. Have run my own consulting company for last 20 years.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:34 pm to Chastains
Graduated in 2012 and enjoyed it but originally from BR; Moved to Houston and started at a big 4 firm in tax and quickly jumped to advisory. Then moved to corporate side working in Finance at both F100 HQs and PE owned companies. I make plenty of money, these days just trying to balance my personal and family life.
Plenty of jobs out there to be earned but you gotta be willing to grind it out in your younger years and eat lots of shite sandwiches.
Plenty of jobs out there to be earned but you gotta be willing to grind it out in your younger years and eat lots of shite sandwiches.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:36 pm to Chastains
Engineer here. Just curious why a male would ever major in this? Please advise.
I’m guessing a lot of our internal audit staff are accounting types. I understand a gal doing what she has to do, but seeing a grown man in this role appears to be the biggest cuck in the room. Yea, we actually make the company money. Go over and sit in the corner. When we get a break, we’ll answer your little questions.
I’m guessing a lot of our internal audit staff are accounting types. I understand a gal doing what she has to do, but seeing a grown man in this role appears to be the biggest cuck in the room. Yea, we actually make the company money. Go over and sit in the corner. When we get a break, we’ll answer your little questions.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:41 pm to BabyTac
quote:I worked in M&A advisory in early years at a big 4 and moved into data science & analytics before they offered it as a major—learned how to code myself. I’d still recommend going into that.
Engineer here. Just curious why a male would ever major in this? Please advise.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:42 pm to Chastains
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LSU Finance/Accounting
Best to decide early if you want to be a CPA or a capital markets finance bro.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:47 pm to clamdip
4.5 years. Started in accounting. Worked for some of the bigger companies in BR. Worked my way up (always by job hopping) from staff to senior to accounting manager. Then during mba (also at lsu) got a cfo gig. Hated it and now I’m the FPA manager the same place I was the accounting manager. I enjoy my new role wayyy more than my old role. Got a lot of knowledge and business experience I can use in finance role. Only change I would make would probably go into public first for a little bit.
I’m doing some coding and stuff with a BI tool we are implementing. I use AI to help me but it’s been fun to learn and apply.
Overall I’m happy with it. Mba probably helped (graduated a year ago). Had a moment during mba where I was not sure what I was gonna do and it started impacting my mental health. Didn’t help that 3rd kid was on the way. Took a leap and in the end it all worked out for me and I feel it’s what I’m best at.
I’m doing some coding and stuff with a BI tool we are implementing. I use AI to help me but it’s been fun to learn and apply.
Overall I’m happy with it. Mba probably helped (graduated a year ago). Had a moment during mba where I was not sure what I was gonna do and it started impacting my mental health. Didn’t help that 3rd kid was on the way. Took a leap and in the end it all worked out for me and I feel it’s what I’m best at.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 11:17 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:47 pm to Chastains
I'm an engineer but what I can tell you is that all of my friends that were finance majors and became financial planners the sky is the limit.
They all seem to have more money than they know what to do with.
They all seem to have more money than they know what to do with.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:48 pm to Chastains
I’m in venture capitalist and take an asset management fituitary approach. I’ve done very well and my studies were not too bad. Get an index edge on broad term proprietaries and you can get through the dividend squeeze which helps out tremendously
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:50 pm to CalcuttaTigah
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grind it out in your younger years and eat lots of shite sandwiches
Pretty much this, but I don’t think it is unique to one profession. Work hard in your younger years and have patience is what I always tell people. No one is hiring you for ceo you are going to have to get your arse kicked for a few years and bear it
Then you will have some experience and a resume and can figure it out from there
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:52 pm to Mushroom1968
Get Power BI training and an MBA and you will be fine.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:52 pm to Winston Cup
Agree 100%
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:58 pm to BabyTac
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Engineer here. Just curious why a male would ever major in this? Please advise. I’m guessing a lot of our internal audit staff are accounting types. I understand a gal doing what she has to do, but seeing a grown man in this role appears to be the biggest cuck in the room.
You love to troll don’t you, lol. Some men are very good with numbers and accounting appeals to them. I’d imaging if you are good with accounting you probably can branch off into many things. My son at one time thought about being an engineer like you. It’s a great profession and I respect them. It seems to have a lot of men who aren’t very socially adept though. Glad my son chose medicine instead. He also has to have much better people skills than someone like you. It’s a huge difference in income as far as having a family as well.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:59 pm to BabyTac
BabyTac
You live with your mom in a trailer in Pineville. She had to go back to work in her 80s to support you, just stop.
You live with your mom in a trailer in Pineville. She had to go back to work in her 80s to support you, just stop.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 5:01 pm to LSUTIGAHS123
quote:I say skip the MBA, just a debt trap unless daddy is paying for you. Got my BBA from a top 10 on a full ride and all those MBA clowns do is network and kiss each other’s arse on a pass or fail grading system. Saying this to tell you I know how that system works.
Get Power BI training and an MBA and you will be fine.
Never used Power BI, but Tableau was great at one point until the Salesforce acquisition. These days, companies are moving towards open source Streamlit. Far more capable, “if you can code it, you can do it”. And it’s practically free.
Skip the shite, get your degree, and focus on skills that make you impossible to fire and develop those skills with all the internet resources.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 5:03 pm to Mushroom1968
He’s a troll. That’s all. No social skills to speak of.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 5:13 pm to Mushroom1968
quote:It's a good thing numbers are your bag, because language is hard!
I’m in venture capitalist(sic) and take an asset management fituitary(sic) approach.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 5:28 pm to Chastains
Finance. The courses weren't bad, learn how to apply a few key formulas and you did alright. But the year after I graduated the Wall Street junk bond frenzy hit and blew up the entire foundation on which the curriculum was built.
IDK what they teach now but most everything I learned is no longer applicable.
IDK what they teach now but most everything I learned is no longer applicable.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 5:47 pm to Chastains
In my opinion getting into Big 4 after graduation is the best route to go when getting a degree in Finance. Feels like just a finance degree doesn’t really have much a direct career path as it’s not as specific as Accounting. Feels accounting degree is better route. I think you can do Finance work with accounting knowledge but not the other way around
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 5:59 pm to danilo
If I was going to construct an ideal employee, they would have a non business undergrad degree, preferably something that teaches them how to write and communicate. Then get a MS (not an MBA) in whatever field they are going into
You can learn most of what you need to know on the job, as long as you know how to think.
You can learn most of what you need to know on the job, as long as you know how to think.
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