1. Start learning in a carpark, and try to use a professional instructor as much as you can early on so you don't develop any bad habits... and again just before the test to make sure you haven't picked anything up along the way.
2. If you actually do your hours properly, you won't be phased or...
Sounds like cyber is what you're more keen on, and at least in 2023, it is a far more booming/exciting area to be in. That being said, where are you based?
IMO working in a consulting firm to do work with big corporates... that's a far better opportunity for you than working with your local...
I remember the day I actually learnt the rules of how minesweeper works and suddenly all those days sitting in the computer lab at school became that much more enjoyable.
... then we got better computers and installed CS 1.6.
Pure actuarial roles (ie actuary working for an insurer) is a well trodden path but there's quite a lot of pathways once can take if they have the core capabilities downpat... Similarly to law, the skills/mindset/behaviour can be applied to other areas.
I'm old but come back every now and then... :) But for what it's worth, of all the things I studied in my HSC, IPT is probably the one which proved to be the most useful in my professional career (in accounting) and I still beenfit from learning those concepts (such as how to read/draw a...
IMO go with what you feel comfortable with but ideally try to learn from both, and do your own independent research into the topics. There's plenty of people who "do well" in IPT but if you want to really do well, it'll come down to how well you can synthesise different views on each area...
They're very different jobs and it also depends which service line you join in the accounting firm. At the end of the day it's getting experience in what the career path/role entails.
Whilst I was a cadet (at an accounting firm) at one point in my life, you need to work out what you want to acheive by doing one... as others have pointed out, there may be better ways to get work exp during uni.
indeed. used to be a mod here a long time ago :)
in all seriousness though, study hard/work hard hasn't worked out too badly for me (with a bit of luck and strategic thinking). it sounds cliche though.
I literally had zero interest in this and thought it's so stupid people are trying to get this...
... then I found out my wife was one of those people (who was not successful).