Hey,
Right now, I’m 21 years old and working in entry level accounting fresh out of university (invoice processing & filing). I hate this job & want to quit & start my own business or go into sales because I don’t see any opportunities to move up because all my time is taken up on the tasks of my current job.
At the same time, though, I kind of want to see what lies ahead of me if I try to move up in this career. My whole network sucks: my family is full of middle management at best who bust their asses off for no visible promotion opportunities, & my former classmates are all also working entry-level at this point & wouldn’t lift a finger to fucking help me even if they could because I was low-SMV. About a month ago, I was formally introduced to my company’s entire executive team for finding my company’s CEO’s graduating ring. I’ve seen and met my company’s CFO multiple times. Judging from his LinkedIn profile’s graduation dates, he is around 60 years old & has been a CFO for 18 years.
I think my CFO would be my best bet as a mentor. This is because everyone at the other levels (my Team Lead, Accounting Manager, & the Director & VP of Finance) are all women, meaning that while they might understand the role, they will NEVER understand the struggles of being a young man & trying to boost your career and the other aspects of your SMV at the same time. This is because with women, sexual success just comes to them and they’re catty as fuck, while men have to work for every bit of sexual success they can get. Although my CFO’s much higher on the totem pole & much older than me, at one point, he was my age, so I think he’d be able to relate better to my struggles than any of the female managers closer to me on the totem pole, & as such, he could help me, particularly with staying focused & not getting distracted by other problems that arise as a result of my low SMV. Since my dad works as a mechanic and is bluepilled with both money and women, he’s no help to me here. So I need a masculine figure that can at least help me with my career.
So... how can I make this happen for myself?
EDIT: I just want one lunch with this dude where he can explain this shit to me, & then I’ll make my decision as to whether or not I’ll take his advice because I’m unsure whether or not I actually want to pursue accounting/finance as my career. But yeah, if I choose to pursue accounting/finance as a career, I do want him as a mentor.
icecoldwhoknows 5y ago
I think I can provide some insight here. I'm a successful CPA/CISA/CISSP who left public accounting and landed a cush job in an internal IT audit department for a Fortune 500 company.
good luck
FieldLine 5y ago
When trying to get a person to help you, consider what their incentives are. Why should they help you?
In this case, you can get the guy to help you by showing him that it somehow benefits him, maybe by making you a valuable employee that can make him money.
Alternatively, you can inspire people to help you, get them rooting for your success. This takes more finesse, but is absolutely achievable.
bossplayaintraining 5y ago
How do I inspire people to help me? I’ve never been able to achieve anything close to that; when I try, I just inspire them even more to NOT help me.
Yet I’ve seen some people on TV who can just do it effortlessly.
The only incentive I can give is keeping our manager off our back, which in turn keeps our team lead off our backs.
creating_my_life 5y ago
So you want to make a +5 jump up the hierarchy right to the CFO?
Yeah, um, no. That won't happen. Ask for a lunch, be prepared to be denied (in a way you don't recognize as being denied), and a one-time meeting might happen. "mentor"? nope.