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Originally Posted by PanX
Work for another company if this one doesn't work for you. Don't generalize the whole industry or career path just because your current company is lousy.
You are just asking for trouble if anyhow jump into banking and accounting when you don't even have any knowledge, interest or qualifications in the first place.
Your qualifications will not get you anywhere near the lucrative parts of banking, most likely end up either in back office operations or retail sales. These are long hours & repetitive jobs that are unlikely to fit someone from creative side.
If you go take CPA/ACCA now you will just end up as a "too old" accountant without any relevant experience. Chances are you will be doing entry level work in small auditing firms or book keeping in SMEs. These are again unlikely to be suitable for you.
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This is what I mean, on one hand I have been told I can still try, on the other I am also told it is kind of "too late" to switch careers.
I think you are spot on, I am quite sick of the company actually, like I mentioned to the other reply I don't mind the work I just don't see myself working in my current company anymore, and there are many other reasons in addition to the lack of prospects, more than half of my team aside from designers are leaving as well. I think it is a very alarming indicator of the department.
Now the most pressing concern I have is, will where I am able to go in my industry allow me to live the life I want and generate enough passive income? I say that because I have this impression that being a designer does not pay well here...but without a base income I might not have enough to expand my investment portfolio, short of taking loans and all that.
Again sorry, but these are all questions that I have no idea who to ask, even when I talk to my own family/friends/lecturers etc.