I'm a lucky person but I have worked hard for 3-5years on and off as an assistant accountant.
Why am I lucky? My step dad is the boss of his own business, he has a ACA, which is Chartered accountant, a salary of over £100k + a year with over 150clients, I work their, but I do book-keeping and bank balancing, just started a AAC course, lvl 2, their are 4 levels, so if I pass lvl 2 I do 3 then 4, 4 is a diploma, hopefully if I pass that I'll have a AAC diploma and may earn upto £20k+ a year first year and from then it says it can be £72,000+ if you carry on with it after 5-10years or so.. anyway, this is my life, but I was ment to be computers but I guess this is one of the best jobs in the uk and always in need of work so I have chose my path wisely and hopefully this forums is still around I can start donating to make it bigger once I earn big ££ should be next year around march-april, we are getting contracts of firms to book-keep where I get the bill, woooh, can't wait!
It's all about the certificates these days, you must be qualified.