I’ve been very busy the past week at a job out of town, which continues this week. Blog posts have slowed to a trickle again. It’s the first job I’ve been on that is away from home, but it hasn’t been too bad and the hours we’ve been working aren’t excessive for busy season. There […]

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An article in WebCPA talks about the steps midsize firms in particular are taking to ensure their young people stay put: More midsized firms are starting to address this issue by paying attention to what younger people need to stay engaged. Some are including younger staff members in more signif­icant firm decisions through advisory boards; others […]

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A theory on the two types of programmers has parallels in the accounting profession: There are two “classes” of programmers in the world of software devel­opment: I’m going to call them the 20% and the 80%. The 20% folks are what many would call “alpha” programmers — the leaders, trail­blazers, trend­setters, the kind of folks that […]

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Earlier this month I received a letter from the governing body of my profession in this province, the ICAO. I wasn’t expecting it so naturally I was pretty curious. It turned out to be great news: “According to our records, your estimated completion date of the 30-month practical experience requirement is 12÷7÷2007.” Even before I had […]

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Grant Thornton in the UK merged earlier in the year with RSM Robson Rhodes, making it “a leading player in the mid-market and the provider of non-audit services to one in four of the FTSE 100,” according to GT’s chief Michael Cleary. The board of the merged entity makes the trans­action look more like an […]

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