I hear you! I was in a similar situation. Got my accounting degree and started at a Big 4 firm straight out of college for the same exact reasons you mentioned. Absolutely hated it! Everyone was miserable including me. I want to tell you that it's not your age. You're not going to get older and somehow enjoy sitting in a back room with no windows staring at spreadsheets for 12 hours a day. I was 29 years old when I started there so I had a pretty good idea about what I was good at and what I wasn't good at. So, after being there less than a year I jumped from accounting into construction management. What a relief! I was finally working in a field where I could excel. It wasn't perfect though. Still long hours and tough deadlines. One of the things I noticed is that as an auditor I was continuously poring over somebody else's numbers. These numbers had no life to me. I could care less. I'm not saying you should go into construction management (especially in this economy) but my point is that you should get the hell out of there....especially at your age. There are so many fields out there where you can be yourself and excel. You're not lazy. You just hate what your doing.
My meaningless, depressing, painful life
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I hear you! I was in a similar situation. Got my accounting degree and started at a Big 4 firm straight out of college for the same exact reasons you mentioned. Absolutely hated it! Everyone was miserable including me. I want to tell you that it's not your age. You're not going to get older and somehow enjoy sitting in a back room with no windows staring at spreadsheets for 12 hours a day. I was 29 years old when I started there so I had a pretty good idea about what I was good at and what I wasn't good at. So, after being there less than a year I jumped from accounting into construction management. What a relief! I was finally working in a field where I could excel. It wasn't perfect though. Still long hours and tough deadlines. One of the things I noticed is that as an auditor I was continuously poring over somebody else's numbers. These numbers had no life to me. I could care less. I'm not saying you should go into construction management (especially in this economy) but my point is that you should get the hell out of there....especially at your age. There are so many fields out there where you can be yourself and excel. You're not lazy. You just hate what your doing.