u/travverz

I moved to California in 2022 on my own and brought my 2022 Toyota Camry Hybrid with me from my home state of Oregon. When I moved here back in 2022, I did all the steps that were needed (smog test, registration + california plates, california drivers license, etc).

I used the car for about 2 years and then in 2024 I went back to college so I decided that since I was living in close proximity to my college and because I didn't want the expense of having the car (gas, registration, license), that I would drive the car back to my home state in order to let me parents use the vehicle as well as letting them take care of it.

Now it's 2026 and I will be finishing school soon. Here are my questions:

1. From what I understand what I need to do when I drive the car down from Oregon back to California is to do a smog check, get car insurance again, and go to the DMV to verify VIN and register the car in California + get new california license plates. Are there steps that i'm missing?

2. My car was previously registered in California for the 2 years I lived here prior to attending college, do I still need to go through the same steps in step 1 or are there steps I can skip?

3. How soon do I need to do all the steps above once my car reaches California? I was told you have 20 days once you bring the car into the state, is that correct? *I am already a california resident and have been since 2022*

I will be interning with Deloitte this upcoming Summer and assuming things go well, I have plans to start full time next Summer (2027) as a campus recruit. I am currently doing an internship with a different firm for the current Winter and while it is long hours, the money, work environment, and the fact I am genuinely interested in accounting has helped solidify my idea that I do want to do accounting for the foreseeable future.

However, since its still about a year and 2 months away until I start full time and since i'm still in college, i've been toying around with side hustles and something i've always wanted to do is content creation (tiktok, ig specifically). More of the day in the life vlogs, unboxing hauls, travel videos, cooking videos, whatever. Nothing political, nothing "controversial". I have already somewhat started and have been slowly growing an audience and want to know if I continue doing this and start getting bigger, would having a social media presence be an issue if I will be working in Big 4 next year?

Would they ask me to private my videos and take things down if they found my social media?

I will be interning with Deloitte this upcoming Summer and assuming things go well, I have plans to start full time next Summer (2027) as a campus recruit. I am currently doing an internship with a different firm for the current Winter and while it is long hours, the money, work environment, and the fact I am genuinely interested in accounting has helped solidify my idea that I do want to do accounting for the foreseeable future.

However, since its still about a year and 2 months away until I start full time and since i'm still in college, i've been toying around with side hustles and something i've always wanted to do is content creation (tiktok, ig specifically). More of the day in the life vlogs, unboxing hauls, travel videos, cooking videos, whatever. Nothing political, nothing "controversial". I have already somewhat started and have been slowly growing an audience and want to know if I continue doing this and start getting bigger, would having a social media presence be an issue if I will be working in Big 4 next year?

Would they ask me to private my videos and take things down if they found my social media?