The financial auditor career predates the creation of the stock exchange, predates ERISA by several decades, and predates the regulatory requirement of mandator

The financial auditor career predates the creation of the stock exchange, predates ERISA by several decades, and predates the regulatory requirement of mandatory independent audits for public companies. This would suggest that, if the profession existed before it became a regulatory requirement, then there was a need for the profession. If many are willing to pay for the job, then by definition, the career cannot be bs. Money speaks louder than words. Now if the current job has become a frankestein of its former self, that is an issue (or those unnatural parts can be said to be bs), but that does not mean that the practice itself is BS.