I am a late-comer to accounting. I am 37 and just started a masters of accounting program and also just started working for an EA doing bookkeeping and payroll with potentially expanding responsibilities. It's a nice situation in that it is a small firm and has me in sort of an apprentice relationship with the EA. When I look ahead two years and I just finished my masters, does having worked for an EA for two years limit my options? Will CPA firms not consider hiring me because I don't explicitly have experience working for a CPA?