>Be corporate finance accountant [CA/CFA]
>Be doing this for 10 years [11 next year]
>notice my software doing more of my work
>notice my staff are increasingly 3/4 accountants to 1/4 accountants [now 3/4 IT/HR]
>Notice we have a glut of accounting graduates
>accountant wages stagnant
>entire departments now automated
>entire areas of my job now done by software instead of a team of people
>guy coding for 2 years [not even a senior] is now better paid than CPA/CA's who are 5 years in
So this is what obsolescence feels like
>Be doing this for 10 years [11 next year]
>notice my software doing more of my work
>notice my staff are increasingly 3/4 accountants to 1/4 accountants [now 3/4 IT/HR]
>Notice we have a glut of accounting graduates
>accountant wages stagnant
>entire departments now automated
>entire areas of my job now done by software instead of a team of people
>guy coding for 2 years [not even a senior] is now better paid than CPA/CA's who are 5 years in
So this is what obsolescence feels like
