C.P.lAme

So as an accountant I want nothing to do with the CPA.  You would have never known that based on my degree/career choice/being a CPA review course rep.... I mean it didn't help I failed at my first attempt either.  But what is more frustrating is that everyone at my company thinks you have to do it and it will differentiate you between other employees... Where as I see it as limiting, because then people will only pursue you for account roles, which as you may (or may not) know, is the last thing I really want to do.  Yeah journal entries and t-accounts, sign me up! Not!  So they see it as a door opener, I see it as a hallway creator.  You will have to go down this hallway of jobs that CPA's would just love to have (e.g. Corporate Financial Accounting)... I'd rather poke my eyes out than do AJE's.  Not only has my supervisor pushed it recently, making it part of our goals... when in reality it's her goal.  I don't think I really want it.  I'd rather get an MBA, or something in another focus than accounting.  I mean that will help me get into management or something other than being a staff accountant for the rest of my life.  But after my meeting with my new mentor he just reiterated this "go get your CPA" mantra that everyone preaches.  Why do accountants think that is the only option?  When in reality half (if not more) of accountants don't really love accounting.