Publisher Summary The chapter presents the author's personal insights into life as a research assistant. The chapter describes how the author stumbled into accounting academia as a failed practising accountant and informs how he got into this job profile, what were his aims and plans, and how he dealt with everything that came his way during the process. It provides additional background to research projects, the research teams, and the work undertaken. It outlines the issues faced by the author during his tenure as a research assistant and presents reflections on how he dealt with these issues, which included traveling; heavy and complicated work schedules; tensions between multiple duties; supervision; and management of research teams. The chapter presents the positive side of being a research assistant, and how the experience influences one's entire academic career and not just the years spent servicing the project.