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Lexis Nexus wiped out an entire level of the law firm hierarchy. Quickbooks and Lacerte significantly reduced the demand for accountants. There's a ton of whi
by TAForObvReasons 8y ago
Lexis Nexus wiped out an entire level of the law firm hierarchy. Quickbooks and Lacerte significantly reduced the demand for accountants. There's a ton of white-collar high-skilled work that is really just grunt work that requires knowledge, and those will be automated in the future.
- jldugger 8y ago> Quickbooks and Lacerte significantly reduced the demand for accountants. My understanding is spreadsheets didn't so much reduce accountant employment as change the job from determining the facts to predicting the future; more 'what-ifs.'
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