Skip to content
Accounting Twins Podcast podcast artwork

PODCAST · business

Accounting Twins Podcast

by Becky Steiger & Norma Steiger

To CPA or NOT to CPA? Public vs Private? What if you could run an experiment?Take twins, with identical DNA, life experiences, education, GPAs, majors, internships, and careers as accountants. Then have twin A go private and have twin B become a CPA and go public.Follow Becky Steiger and Norma Steiger on their separate journeys in the private and public accounting worlds! Together they will compare and contrast their experiences and goals in the accounting profession.

Publisher-supplied feed metadata · PodParley refreshed Jun 20, 2026 · Source feed

Episodes

  1. We're Back! Recapping Our Hiatus and Exciting Return

    After a long hiatus, Becky and Norma are back with a new season and episode! In this recap episode, the twins catch us up on what they've been up to - Norma talks about studying for the brutal CPA exams while working full-time. Meanwhile, Becky gushes about her new audit rotation at work and her...

  2. Book Club Bonus Episode: Interview the Author Jerry Maginnis, CPA

    In this week's Book Club Episode, the Twins get to interview Jerry Maginnis, CPA, the author of "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities". Join Becky and Norma as they ask Jerry all the burning questions they had while...

  3. Navigating Salary Negotiations and Work-Life Balance as a New Accountant With Amber Setter

    In the Accounting Twins podcast, Amber Setter, a CPA and certified professional coach, provides valuable career advice for those in the accounting industry. She emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, the role of mentors and sponsors, and how to manage burnout. Amber also highlights the...

  4. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 17 and 18)

    The Twins have finished the book!!! In this week's Book Club Episode, the Twins discuss chapters 17 & 18 of "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities" by Jerry Maginnis! Grab your book, a nice cozy blanket, and read along...

  5. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 15 and 16)

    In this week's Book Club Episode, the Twins discuss chapters 15 & 16 of "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities" by Jerry Maginnis! Grab your book, a nice cozy blanket, and read along with them! Links mentioned in this...

  6. Closing the Books on Graduate School

    In the Season 3 Finale of the Accounting Twins Podcast, we get to hear from Norma on how she feels right after finishing all of her finals and projects for graduate school and her overall reflection on this year-long journey. Congrats to Norma on graduating- we cannot wait to see what you...

  7. Passing the Audit Section of the CPA Exam

    In this week's episode, Norma reflects on passing her Audit exam (YAY!) and how she is dealing with the last few weeks of school before graduation. Becky updates us on her General Ledger rotation and how much she is enjoying it! Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now...

  8. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 13 and 14)

    In this week's Book Club Episode, the Twins discuss chapters 13 & 14 of "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities" by Jerry Maginnis! Grab your book, a nice cozy blanket, and read along with them! Links mentioned in this...

  9. Norma's CPA Exam Diary: Audit Section

    It's time (again)! Norma recently took the Audit section of the CPA exams and wants you to follow along with her during the last 2 weeks leading up to her exam! Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful...

  10. Earmark Media Presents: Cloud Accounting Podcast - Broadening Pathways to CPA with MNCPA President Linda Wedul

    Join the Cloud Accounting Podcast as they interview Linda Wedul from the MNCPA. They'll dive deep into the pressing issues surrounding the 150-hour rule, the talent shortage facing CPA firms in Minnesota, and how MNCPA is exploring alternative pathways to licensure. Tune in as they explore...

  11. The Differences in the Lives of a Private Accountant and a Graduate Student

    In this week's episode, we get to see how different Norma and Becky's lives are from each other! Norma is studying all day (per usual) and Becky is living life to the fullest, she even gets tased! Listen in to see how different each of their accounting paths are. Links mentioned in this episode...

  12. Earmark Media Presents: Cloud Accounting Podcast - CPA Crisis: NASBA CEO Ken Bishop On The 150-Hour Rule & Accounting Talent Crisis

    In this episode of the Cloud Accounting Podcast, David and Blake interview with Ken Bishop, President and CEO of NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy), as he shares his insights into the shrinking CPA pipeline. They discuss the controversial 150-hour rule and possible...

  13. Let's Make College a Little More Realistic

    In this week's episode, we hear Becky's final thoughts as she finishes her revenue rotation at work! We are so proud of her and cannot wait to hear about her General Ledger Rotation. Norma talks about some exams she recently took, and how college and exams should be adjusted to reflect real-world...

  14. The Reality of Being an Accounting Graduate Student

    In this week's episode, you really get to see Becky's personality shine with her accounting jokes (and you get to hear about her amazing job, duh). Norma describes the ups and downs of graduate school, and how thankful she is for professors who support her! Links mentioned in this episode Link to...

  15. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 11 and 12)

    In this week's Book Club Episode, the Twins discuss chapters 11 & 12 of "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities" by Jerry Maginnis! Grab your book, a nice drink, and get cozy to listen to the newest book club episode!...

  16. A Day in the Life as a Private Accountant

    In this episode, we get a better understanding of a typical day for Becky in the revenue department in her private accounting job! Norma discusses her studying for the next semester and her opinions on the accounting exam and the 150-hour requirement. Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry...

  17. Passing the BEC Section of the CPA Exam

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  18. Norma's CPA Exam Diary: BEC Section

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma and Becky's favorite Tik Tok family! Norma's outfit of the day for the exam Tik Tok Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly…

    more
  19. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 9 and 10)

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  20. Being Recognized in Accounting

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma and Becky's favorite Tik Tok family! Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow…

    more
  21. AICPA, We Hope You're Listening

    Links mentioned in this episode AICPA Town Hall - https://townhall.libsyn.com/the-cpa-pipeline-and-changes-to-the-exam Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed...

  22. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 7 and 8)

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  23. Learn Accounting by Doing Accounting

    Links mentioned in this episode Thad Eichorn, CPA LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thaddeus-eichorn-cpa-300099ab/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ThadEichorn Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting...

  24. Rebooting Your Accounting Knowledge

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  25. Debit Knowledge Credit Memorization

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  26. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 5 and 6)

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  27. Accounting Cheat Sheet, Please

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  28. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (Chapters 3 and 4)

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  29. Learning Accounting at School, Learning Accounting at Work

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma's professor mentioned in the episode Ben Van Landuyt Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry...

  30. Book Club Bonus Episode: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession (chapters 1 and 2)

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  31. Is Accounting Overwhelming?

    Links mentioned in this episode Link to Jerry Maginnis' book, now featured in the Accounting Twins' Book Club Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  32. CPAnxiety

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma's tweet on advice to be better at presentations Jerry Maginnis book - Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media...

  33. Balancing Accounting and Life

    Links mentioned in this episode Jerry Maginnis book - Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities by Jerry Maginnis Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod...

  34. Learning on the Job

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma's Twitter post inquiring for advice on how to study for the CPA exams Norma's LinkedIn post inquiring for advice on how to study for the CPA exams Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod...

  35. What is the Right Personality to be an Accountant?

    Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky twitter.com/beckysteiger linkedin.com/in/rebeccasteiger Connect with Norma...

  36. Accounting, Auditing, and ASMR

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma's tweet about how long in advance she should be studying for the CPA exams Norma's LinkedIn post about how long in advance she should be studying for the CPA exams Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod...

  37. What Universities Should Do to Better Prepare Accounting Students

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma's tweet about how long in advance she should be studying for the CPA exams Norma's LinkedIn post about how long in advance she should be studying for the CPA exams Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod...

  38. Interns are Expected to Make Mistakes

    Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky twitter.com/beckysteiger linkedin.com/in/rebeccasteiger Connect with Norma...

  39. Summer Accounting Internship Versus Summer Travel

    Links mentioned in this episode Norma's tweet about when she should begin studying for her CPA exam Norma's linked post about when she should begin studying for her CPA exam Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod...

  40. BONUS: Graduation Fun!

    Links mentioned in this episode Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky twitter.com/beckysteiger...

  41. Accounting Degrees in Hand, Bring on Summer!

    Links mentioned in this episode Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky twitter.com/beckysteiger...

  42. Closing the Books on College

    Links mentioned in this episode 🎶 Celebrate Good Times 🎶 🎶 Eye of the Tiger 🎶 🎶 School's Out 🎶 Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast...

  43. The Final Week as Accounting Students

    Links mentioned in this episode Marine Naps TikTok The Marshmallow Experiment - Instant Gratification video Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast...

  44. Is It Ok to Back Out of a Job Offer?

    Links mentioned in this episode Dr. Josh McGowan, CPA tweet thread Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky...

  45. Public Accounting Versus Private Accounting

    Links mentioned in this episode Simu Liu Instagram post about getting laid off from Deloitte Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod...

  46. No Gravestone Says "She was a 4.0 student that loved accounting"

    Links mentioned in this episode Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky twitter.com/beckysteiger...

  47. Do Piercings Hurt Your Accounting Career?

    Links mentioned in this episode How accounting terms walk - part 1 How accounting terms walk - part 2 Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast...

  48. Six Weeks to Graduation

    Follow the Accounting Twins on Social Media twitter.com/AcctTwinsPod instagram.com/accttwinspod linkedin.com/company/accounting-twins-podcast facebook.com/AccountingTwinsPodcast tiktok.com/@accttwinspod Connect with Becky twitter.com/beckysteiger linkedin.com/in/rebeccasteiger Connect with Norma...

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

To CPA or NOT to CPA? Public vs Private? What if you could run an experiment?Take twins, with identical DNA, life experiences, education, GPAs, majors, internships, and careers as accountants. Then have twin A go private and have twin B become a CPA and go public.Follow Becky Steiger and Norma Steiger on their separate journeys in the private and public accounting worlds! Together they will compare and contrast their experiences and goals in the accounting profession.

HOSTED BY

Becky Steiger & Norma Steiger

Produced by Earmark Media

CATEGORIES

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Accounting Twins Podcast have?

Accounting Twins Podcast currently has 48 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Accounting Twins Podcast about?

To CPA or NOT to CPA? Public vs Private? What if you could run an experiment?Take twins, with identical DNA, life experiences, education, GPAs, majors, internships, and careers as accountants. Then have twin A go private and have twin B become a CPA and go public.Follow Becky Steiger and Norma...

How often does Accounting Twins Podcast release new episodes?

Accounting Twins Podcast has 48 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

Where can I listen to Accounting Twins Podcast?

You can listen to Accounting Twins Podcast on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts Accounting Twins Podcast?

Accounting Twins Podcast is created and hosted by Becky Steiger & Norma Steiger.
URL copied to clipboard!