In this article the author presents his views regarding accounting profession. He adds that the word "career" involves some degree of permanence, and therefore a person is trained for it through a combination of formal education and practical experience. Undoubtedly today educational institutions are attempting to teach things that can best be learned through experience, and by the same token the profession is attempting to impart through experience knowledge that could best be imparted by the schools. If this concept, that training for a career is a combination of formal education and practical experience, is kept in mind, he believes that the educational processes and techniques can be designed so as to better prepare the graduate for the experience which he will receive. At the same time, there is a need to establish and maintain standards of training by experience which will take full advantage of the education. In other words, it should be possible to develop these two important elements of training to such a degree that they will complement each other with a minimum of duplication of effort.