If you get the CPA cert, you'll be quite marketable. I know the recession has taken a toll on all careers and there are no guarantees anywhere. However, it is quite a task to get the CPA cert and those who make it through are highly regarded in the industry. Experience does help - if you are just starting out, it will be tougher, but everyone starts out at the beginning.

I will be done with the CPA in about 3 months and would be glad to answer any questions you may have. I'll be out looking for a job in about 4 months and have no idea what I am going to run into. I hope I can find something. But I'll be blasting the whole city with resumes on a full time basis, so eventually something is bound to happen!

I am lucky in that my sugar momma (wife) does fairly OK and we can operate just below break even. As long as discretionary spending stays low, things are sustainable for at least another year before I get too nervous.