Accounting

You probably learned just bookkeeping, which is the tedious part of accounting, but not the whole of it. Also you're rude. I'm not speaking to you anymore.

i worked in accounting for several years while in school

really enjoyable work i think
now i work in IT and dont have time to do it as a side gig but the time i spend in accounting helped me a lot getting into corp life and in general when it comes to IT

I have to pick my fucking major asap, I have some questions about accounting:

>Will automation destroy this career in 10-15 years?
>How important is school name vs school location in getting a job right out of college?
>How important is it for a school to have a separate accounting aacsb accreditation, in addition to the business accreditation-- does it matter to employers?

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Please speak with me some more nerd

Since it’s a small company (20 corporate staff), I do a wide variety of stuff. AP, AR, sales recording, other stuff my boss can’t be bothered with. My department is two people with one person above me who handles taxes and all the managerial tasks. Not super focused in accounting as much as things I’ve learned in college. Decent job though. 24 years old, 65k, very rarely work over 40 hours a week and never work on the weekend.

Same as most of the white collar careers. If you are an NPC just going through the motions, then yes, it will be automated. If you become knowledgable enough to save company money with your knowledge of taxation and finance you will quickly rise through the ranks

>A lot of it will probably be automated. There will still be need for people to overlook the accuracy of automation and review. CPA will probably still be needed since documents need to be reviewed and certified, other people audited etc.
>As long as it’s not a liberal arts college, you’ll probably be ok.
>I’ve never ever been asked about accreditation.
Despite my current role which I spoke about above, I did interview at some accounting firms/investment banks. I might not have the best knowledge, but this board is pretty dead, especially non-crypto discussion

What a coincidence. I actually transferred to accounting from IT, while still doing some IT as a side thing as well.

Ok, but only if you're not rude.

That's pretty cool, man. I want to eventually open my own firm as a long term goal. But for now, I'm actually focused on specializing in Forensics Accounting in particular, which means I'll probably have to take an Audit path for my degree program. I want to work for an investigative firm.

>I might not have the best knowledge
That's totally fine, man. I just want to chat with other accounting guys, honestly. That's why I made the thread. Feel free to post anything, it doesn't have to be q&a necessarily.

Yeah, it can be a lot of bullshit work at times but it’s good for me for now. I think it might be difficult for me to pivot from this role unfortunately. We’ll see.
Sounds pretty good path for you. I was interested in audit, but really just got burnt out. Forensic might be a lot of work. Your own firm is a good long term goal. Best of luck, user.