U.S. accounting is changing fast. Offshoring, AI, and private equity are reshaping careers in real time.

Mario Castro joins me to pull back the curtain on what firms won’t say out loud: hollowed training pipelines, billable-hour games, delayed start dates, and why the partner “cruise ship” may never come back to the dock for seniors and MDs.

We also cover some paths that do work – well as Mario’s journey to accounting and how his career has evolved from those beginnings.

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Teaser

0:55 - Meet Mario

3:12 - The difficulty of the ‘first venture’

6:58 - What made Mario go out on his own

12:01 - Offshoring

18:24 - How do we fix hollowed-out pipelines?

27:45 - Mario’s take on billable hours

33:53 - Work stress and the grind starting out

40:12 - The realities of moving to tax (and your own firm)

41:24 - Mario’s take on private equity

50:52 - Why forward-thinking boutiques can win

51:30 - Closing thoughts and wrap-up

ABOUT HOST YURI KAPILOVICH

Yuri, aka #thefuncpa, has been in the accounting profession for over 15 years and has seen, first hand, the challenges the profession brings. After seeing that no firm was fitting the bill, Yuri set out to do things his own way with his firm K&A and the journey began with LinkedIn posting at the front end.

Yuri is proud to bring you #thefuncpa podcast highlighting the fun and all the amazing opportunities our profession can bring us all.

CONNECT WITH YURI KAPILOVICH

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykapilovich/

Website: https://www.thefuncpa.co/

CONNECT WITH MARIO CASTRO

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marioacastro/

Website: https://castrocpas.com/