Non-accountants always tell me, "I couldn't be an accountant. I'm not good with numbers." What does that even mean? When you get a bill for $500 do you pay $5k? Accountants aren't rocket scientists

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It depends, you may have to pay 5k based on milestone agreements or you may have to accrue the remaining 4.5k if the rest of the expense is probable and able to be estimated ;)

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Probable and estimable?sounds like you assume you're applying asc 606 by analogy,

Jk, I feel you op. I can barely do arithmatic without excel. I just know how to solve problems

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I'm an accountant and I can't be an accountant I'm not good with accounting

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It means it sounds boring. It's a nice way to say, "that job sounds sucky" without being impolite.

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It’s like they’ve never heard of calculators

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Rocket scientists have to do algebra. Since I can do algebra, does that mean I'm a rocket scientist? Oh, is there more to it than that?

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I rocked a high school class's world when I told them I used a calculator from 5 Below and they could do this job if the could budget for prom. It's my new recruiting technique.

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Sadly I think I’m actually “good” with numbers. Not because I’m like a wiz at accounting or anything, but in general, I’m better at games that involve numbers vs games that involve words; or I remember passwords if they have more numbers vs letters. Kinda lame really 🤓

That can be useful for somethings in accounting, like accounting rules and references

I ways sucked at math, yet i am acknowledged as a great tax accountant

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