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Chris Cole

Technical Publications Manager
AICPA (that's us)
Durham, NC

 

The path to becoming a CPA isn’t always a straight line. Just ask Chris Cole. He took plenty of twists and turns to get there.

“I worked as a food and beverage manager at a conference center for five years,” he says. “And then I realized I had a knack for the financial side of the business. So I started taking accounting courses at a local community college while keeping my day job.”

Four years later, Chris got his license as a CPA in North Carolina and worked for several small accounting firms. Today, he works for the American Institute of CPAs as its publications manager. “I get to talk to the smartest people in accounting and auditing every day,” he says. “I work on the cutting edge of accounting.”

Chris’s work is a long way from cheese trays and dainty drinks, but for him it’s all part of the master plan.

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