/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.12011369]

Is accounting really a dying profession or is that just a meme?

[Anonymous No.12011379]

boring as FUCK, glad it's dying out,

[Anonymous No.12011409]

>>12011379
Are you a dying accountant?

[Anonymous No.12011411]

>>12011369
Memes can be factual, so your OP is a false dichotomy. sage

[Anonymous No.12011419]

>>12011369
accounting is safe as long as the US doesn't overhaul/simplify its financial law
so forever

[Anonymous No.12011440]

>>12011369
Tell us about the meme as it's the first time I have heard about it.
There will always be a need for people to interpret financial data and report it to the numerous stakeholders. If you get this wrong you will find yourself in a deep financial and political shit storm and it will be a nightmare to rectify.

[Anonymous No.12011457]

>>12011440
It’s all going to be automated in a couple years

[Anonymous No.12011497]

>>12011457
lmao no

[Anonymous No.12011515]

>>12011457
It's automated now as much as it can at this point in time.
Automation takes stuff ups to a whole new level of sophistication where issues are extremely time consuming and costly to rectify if ever.

[Anonymous No.12011558]

>>12011457
I mean you can automate anything if you really want to. That doesn’t necessarily mean you should

[Anonymous No.12011568]

>>12011558
No, it still requires a human interface to interpret numbers and data for humans to understand.
Things can and do change, that is where automation fails, people can rely on this too much and can suffer tragic consequences when things go catastrophically wrong.

[Anonymous No.12011589]

>>12011369
If you know how to cook the books then you'll be fine

[Anonymous No.12011593]

>>12011369
Switch to nursing and enjoy a far less boring, more lucrative job.

[Anonymous No.12011679]

>>12011593
This

[Anonymous No.12011923]

>tfw fell for the do what you love meme
>aunt is tax accountant
>makes 6 figures and lives a comfy upper middle class life

[Anonymous No.12011951]

>>12011923
What did you “love”?

[Anonymous No.12011968]

>>12011951
gay sex

[Anonymous No.12011994]

>>12011968
That may be why you are poor

[Anonymous No.12012049]

>>12011369
Accounting is a great career if you’re a nerd who compulsively sorts things like a autistic weirdo. Perfect for me!

[Anonymous No.12012803]

>>12011369
It’s a good job

[Anonymous No.12014070]

>>12011369
Not fully, those who remainwill make a lot of money.

[AMERICAN JUSTICE No.12014084]

>>12011369
Yeah it's true, I'm an accountant and there's basically a new robot each week doing some process. everything we do is tracked on time-sheets so our managers can look for new automation opportunities. It's a pretty horrible profession considering you'll be treated like a toddler for the first 6 years or so in which time you could have achieved something decent with your life instead.