I'm not HCT, but I'm 100% sure that just because you take accountancy doesn't mean you'll get 200k after 12 years. That comes with working hard, working smart, and networking. And/Or luck

In every field it's like that lah. Just like IT, everybody says programmers are low paid, 7-8 years experience still paid 3-4k... I say either they don't network enough, or they probably need to improve their skills. (And yes, there are programmers earning 6-digit with that kind of experience.)