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No Accountant Knows Everything: A Real Look at Imposter Syndrome in Accounting
Imposter syndrome is the shadow that appears long before the light does. In accounting, there’s this idea that you’re supposed to know everything all the time. Every rule, every exception, every treatment. And if you don’t have an answer immediately, it can feel like you’re already doing something wrong. But the longer I’ve been in this field, the more I’ve realized that’s not how accounting works. The profession is far too big for any one person to know all of it, and preten

Brett J. Federer, CPA
Nov 136 min read
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