Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

John Bruce, Tax Partner with the San Antonio office of BKD, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting. John’s story is an excellent example of achieving success through hard-work and investing in yourself. Finding your purpose John actually started as an Engineering major early in his college career, but after getting through the first couple years he didn’t feel that engineering was going to be his true calling. Instead of immediately switching to a different major though, he took some time off from school and went to work for a golf course.  This experience helped him to realize that he should buckle down and finish his education, so he worked with a counselor at the university and determined that accounting would be a better major to consider. Obviously that ended up being the right choice! Insights John shared several professional insights in this interview. Among them was that young professionals should be ready and willing to continue to invest in their own learning.  We are in an industry that