Never give up!

deborahcarpenter

Morning everyone! I dont come on her very often, but i am bursting this morning. Yesterday I was awarded Fellow Membership to the AAT. I am so happy and proud of myself. All the hard work over the years has finally paid off.

Never give up on your dreams or studies, I had a career change at 35 and self studied AAT from home whilst working full time. I now run my own accountancy practice. It doesnt matter how old you are, if you want it bad enough you can achieve anything.

Deborah Carpenter FMAAT AATQB ICPA !!

David Ballantyne

Well done Deborah. I wish you continued success.

David.

SydneyBarrett

Great, keep goin

Yalda20

@deborahcarpenter - thanks so much for sharing this with us. I am really inspired by this.

Thank you.

DannyT90

May I ask what job you was doing full time while studying? Wasn't it in an accounting role?

graham_roberts

Hi Deborah and congratulations, i am at that point now where i just want to start my own bookkeeping business on the side for now i am 1 exam away from completing level 4 and am just starting to look into what i will need to go solo. I work as the accounts department for an engineering company and do all the accounts related work up to prepare the mgt accounts. I just would like to know what exactly people expect from the bookkeepers and what layouts to use and what to ask from the clients. I will look further into all this but any advice would be appreciated

deborahcarpenter

Hi Danny
I worked in the motor trade for 25 years. I was service manager for a Renault main dealer whilst I studied level 2. Working over 50 hrs a week! And travelling 2-3 hrs per day. I left and got a part time job at a charity in their accounts department whilst I done level 3 and then also attended college 2 days per week for level 4 as it was such a jump up from level 3. My pt job also have me my work experience so I could gain MAAT status. After that I just took on more and more clients and eventually left to run my practice full time.
Debbie