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I've learned more about how both professional engineers and accountants undergo research, writing, and other work. This project has given me a deeper insight as to where I will end up in five years.

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The office of Joe Petrik, courtesy of Google.

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Ø  (0:47-1:04) – “Get Hired: Work Life Balance”

o   “According to a study by the Washington Post, work place stress is the number five cause of death in the US. According to the American Institute of Stress, 25% of Americans identify work as their number one source of stress.”

Ø  (2:14-2:25) – “Get Hired: Work Life Balance”

o   “Learn how to say no. Learn how to delegate. Prioritize time for yourself and your family.”

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https://www.candidcareer.com/video-work+life+balance,db0ef88789a9fd5074b8,BallState

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Life is precious and should be spent prioritizing what matters most to us as individuals. There are times when being a workaholic serves our needs and a time when major life changes, like relocating, starting a family, or buying your first place that is a fixer-upper that needs your attention. This Get Hired video is a reminder of steps you can take to bring balance in your daily goals as you strive for your desired career and lifestyle that above all else, serves you and avoids burnout. /nReferences from video: https://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2018/03/22/this-professor-says-the-workplace-is-the-fifth-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s/

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Description: Life is precious and should be spent prioritizing what matters most to us as individuals. There are times when being a workaholic serves our needs and a time when major life changes, like relocating, starting a family, or buying your first place that is a fixer-upper that needs your attention.

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Ø  (0:37 - 0:42) – “How to Prepare”

o   “God has a plan and you have a plan and your plan doesn’t count as much as you think it does.”

Ø  (0:50 - 0:54) – “How to Prepare”

o   “I’ve done a leadership presentation at NASA, the subtitle of which is It’s all about people.”

Ø  (0:59 - 1:38) – “How to Prepare”

o   “[students] have spent most if not all of their career… focused on grades for 16+ years… those grades will help them get their first job, but once they get their first job, they will never again get asked what their grade point average is… they’re in competition with other people that might be C students but they might work harder.”

Ø  (1:03 - 1:09) – “Final Advice”

o   “Worse than opposing a decision, it’s to only passively support it.”

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Ø  (0:00 - 0:03) – “Loves and Challenges”

o   “I really like the people… you really meet interesting people. Every client is very unique."

Ø  (0:19 - 0:30) – “Loves and Challenges.”

o   “I think the work life balance is always tough. It’s a struggle between how much do you want to put into your client versus how much do you want to have a personal life.”

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Ø  (0:50-1:09) – “Get Hired: Teamwork”

o   “A team needs something to work toward... a clearly defined end goal can be that driving force.”

Ø  (2:06-2:12) – “Get Hired: Teamwork”

o   “Egos must be put aside, and sacrifices must be made for the betterment of the group.”

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https://www.candidcareer.com/video-teamwork,885ace553dd756e8e54b,BallState

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Description: The dynamic of teamwork is often analogous to sports in which the mission is unanimous and each teammate offers support by utilizing their clearly defined attributes and entrusting their other teammates to do the same. This video outlines how we can apply teamwork to any setting in life.

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Triangle fraternity is a fraternity known for accepting engineering students, as well as housing many international students studying engineering at MSU. This fraternity strives to create a balance between partying and studying!
http://msutriangle.org/

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The ASA introduces students to accounting, shares resources regarding real working accountants, and tax code as well as other important resources. They present and do other events to get kids interested in the field and to break stereotypes.
https://msu.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/asa

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Candid Career Links:

1.     Tom Sanzone

2.     Brian Scott

3.     Teamwork

4.     Work Life Balance

Interview Audio and Transcription:

Petrik, Joe. (2023, April 4th). [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EGY6D-Wck_hb4kjtPvecm3NfNxNFeq2g/view?usp=sharing]

Career Services:

1.     What Can I Do With This Major?

2.     Career Network

Professional Organizations:

1.     Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers

2.     American Institute for Certified Public Accountants

MSU Organizations:

1.     T riangle Fraternity

2.     Accounting Student Association

Image Credit:

1.     Google and respective company/organization logos

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Scott here's company primarily does government contracts, whereas my father primarily files for individuals and families. Yet, given those differences, both emphasize the significance of interacting with other people on a day to day basis. Sanzone the engineer for Sundstrand said the same as well. I quoted him saying specifically "it's all about people."

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Brian Scott. Financial management for government agencies.

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Brian Scott. Financial management for government agencies.

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Candid Career - Experienced Associate, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP

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Candid Career - Experienced Associate, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP

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Bryan is an Experienced Associate with the Public Sector division of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. Working with various government agencies, Bryan’s team is responsible for getting all of their assigned clients audit ready.

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Image courtesy of Google.

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I found this video series the most insightful into engineering culture and standards. I agreed with all of Sanzone’s advice from what I’ve already seen in an industrial environment. I’d genuinely like to hear more from this man, including any other stories he has about working on APOLLO and other engineering projects.

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Tom Sanzone. Electrical engineer for Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. 

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Tom Sanzone. Electrical engineer for Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. 

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The most satisfying portion of accounting is interacting with grateful customers.
Many accountants use software capable of completing tax forms in five minutes if you know what you're doing.

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I interviewed my father for this project. My father has been providing tax preparation and other financial services to many of our hometown for the past twenty years. To some degree, I plan to fill his shoes once he proclaims full retirement.

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Ø  (0:30 - 0:38) – “What information do you exchange?”

o   “The stock market mirrors our country's evolution and that's one of expansion.”

Ø  (1:57 - 2:10) – “What questions do you address as part of your work?”

o   “[I ask customers] did you have any unemployment?... Did you pull any money out of your retirement account?... There's still tax credits available for energy efficient home improvements.”

Ø  (2:30 - 2:48) – “What sources are credible and which aren't when doing research?”

o   "Sometimes for the research you go right to the IRS website and pull their articles off... they're the ones who make the laws.... You can read all you want but you still have to assimilate and make your own choices."

Ø  (5:18 - 5:27) – “What other professions are connected?”

o   “Banking, lending, insurance, brokerage, anything to do with money management, financial planning, stretching the almighty dollar.”

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What it's all about.

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You get stuck in one job.
You have less social skills.
It takes much longer to get a degree.
Boring work.
Engineers love math.
Engineers are bad at math.

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Inside the back of the same safety control console.

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A safety control console, featuring start-stop buttons, a touch pad interface, and a top display.

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or AIPCA, is an organization of roughly four hundred thousand members. They create and maintain a uniform CPA test for accountants across the nation, as well as gathering up to date information regarding tax code, both federal and local.
Image courtesy of Google.

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I want to pursue a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, for prestige and the freedom which would come in job hunting. This was and still is my preferred major going into Michigan State.

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In the process of starting this assignment, I reached an impasse as for what I am currently studying and what I see myself soon doing. This division is demonstrated for the remainder of this map as red versus green.

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This imbedded link goes to the interview conducted with my father.

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Since I began this project, I pivoted from wanting to find a job in an engineering field to wanting to take over my father's work. For the time being, I want to try my best at a bachlor in electrical engineering, but I've become opening to taking an accounting minor or pivoting to the school of business.

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My father is my most important inspiration for me attending Michigan State. He attended the university many years before me. He received a bachelor's in accounting finance.

My preference is currently Electrical Engineering (EE), however my Padlet demonstrates my pivoting thought process potentially away from an engineering major.

I took an electrical installation course in high school and I decided to attempt Michigan State University after getting accepted.

Over the summer after high school, I worked as a maintenance intern while also building control panels for the metal presses.

Two images show an example of a safety control console I was working to recreate for another press. Both images taken by me.

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After my first year in MSU, I've begun coming around to the idea of taking over my father's practice. He similarly attended MSU and achieved a bachelor's in accounting after he wasn't accepted into the school of engineering. He's run a near solo practice for over twenty years of which he has been incredibly successful, and the older I myself get the more I feel as though I'd be a fool to not carry on from his footsteps.

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Candid Career is a service that MSU offers which, in the form of an online website platform, provides plenty of informational videos regarding various career paths so that students may foster a deeper understanding of what they want to do when they're out of school.

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Get a job in power generation, comms industry, semiconductors and other misc electronics, controls, defense, and research. Everything you'd come to expect in an engineering degree.

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Boring. Number crunching. Lots of math. Very busy. No free time. Stuck at a desk.

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The only way to reap a hundred percent of the reward from your own effort. Okay, you still have to pay taxes, but your hard work benefits you much quicker as your own boss than it does working under a large firm.

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The IEEE, or Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers. Highly prestigious engineering organization. They claim to create at least thirty percent of the world's electrical and electronic literature.
Image courtesy of Google.