How stable is accounting career compared to the current market

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Accounting in general is a pretty stable career. Everyone needs at least 1 bean counter and at least 2 for controls.

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Stable af

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I've never been worried about getting fired because it's easy to get another job. It only took me two weeks from starting to look to signing a good offer at a new company. But it's not just the accounting degree. It's being a CPA.

Add Taxation and M&A/Finance and be more of a strategic thinker in solving problems, otherwise you're just a debits and credits GL accountant, CPA or not, and Ai automation will impact your job eventually.

Of course but I'm talking about bookkeeping, Ai will eventually automate the bookkeeping to a greater degree. All ERPs are gunning for it. And to leapfrog into CFO or VP or Director you need to be a strategist and welll rounded in Corporate Finance . Or step into running your own show, you need Tax, hands down. Look at Fiverr there is no end to finding remote accountants who can do the GL work. KMPG and PWC are offshoring big, it's only going to get worst with Ai. Honestly, I'd would go into consult for ERP systems than Big-4 audit. Once you get out there on your own try to run a business, you'll find productivity and cost savings matter the most to clients. Accountants don't bring in sales for clients they are a cost center, and the bookkeeping part is becoming a thankless job. Reducing costs and running things efficiently is your business, saving on taxes is your business.. etc. Colleges don't teach survival skills unfortunately.

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