The other reason to get into audit: frequent travel
I can only describe my thinking as pure genius in using an image of burning airplane wreckage to go along with a posting ostensibly about the fun of business travel.
When you're young it's arguably the best time to travel - especially if the costs are covered by someone else. Audit is one of those professions where you get to do just that.
Sometimes.
It depends on where you're located and which industry you're dealing with and where your office is located, of course.
If you're in a smaller town with little business, you're more likely to be sent far and wide - but if business picks up, you might find yourself stuck at home while others are flown in to help you.
On the other hand, you might be in a large city with many clients, but if you develop specialized skills, you might find yourself sent around everywhere.
Or, you'll just be thrown here and there depending on who's busy on existing clients and who has room in their schedule for different jobs.
The one thing I can guarantee is that if you're dealing with natural resource companies, you're much more likely to be sent to the fringes of the world than, say, people working on bank audits.
Bank audits mean sitting around downtown. Which is okay, except that bank audits also involve very very long hours. Technically all that travel also translates to very very long hours, but if you're the kind of person who'll take a dozen EasyJet or Ryanair flights while on vacation "because you can", you probably don't mind. So what if the occasional air traffic control strike that can foul up plans. Or if you have to fly 1200km to go to a destination 600km away. The latter is welcomed by some people, who are eagerly collecting their frequent traveller points.
Delays, on the other hand, are welcomed by any young workaholic: if you find yourself working on your laptop in an airport lounge, it feels much more fun than sitting in a cubicle doing the same thing. And heck, if you get the work done early, you might have some time off at the end of the week, which is its own reward - if you're in the luxurious position of being able to be flexible with your schedule.
Over time I may grow to begin to grow tired of travel. Or perhaps not.
All I know is that I have lots of upcoming travel, which will severely cut back on the amount of time I have to play Bioshock, the source of the above image, and the other time sinks that take up my free time when I'm not enjoying the last vestiges of summer.