Matthew Sickmiller

Center for Audit Quality

Washington, D.C. USA

"There is no rush, wade into [life] comfortably. Retaining your lessons learned is the key to future autonomy."

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Technical Manager of Professional Practice

I prepare comment letters on proposals issued by the PCAOB and SEC and develop technical content for publications.

Bachelor's Degree: Accounting and Finance

My path in life took a while to figure out

1.
Moved from Central Ohio to Washington DC with no defined career goal.
2.
Being laid off 3 times from my first 3 jobs. First the telecom bubble of the early 2000's sunk the Telecom company I started with, then a year later the company I joined then the housing crisis.
3.
Got married, bought a home.
4.
Got my CPA licence.
5.
Left my comfy small firm for PwC.
6.
Worked for the PCAOB and got my regulatory experience.

THE NOISE
Messages from Peers:
You are too old to change careers to audit, auditing is a young person's profession (I was 29).
How I responded:
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Excerpt from Max Ehrmann's ~ Desiderata

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