Now.....when I was at IBM, I was pulling about 90K a year right before I retired

@MufflePuff Honestly, I think software can automate most of what @Deleted User does but you'll always WANT a human to double check it. You disagree @Deleted User?

@Deleted User Yeah, that sounds about right in tech.

I'll be getting 90k in 1-2 years.

Seems like if it's a small business they can use software, but if the business is large, they'd have in-house accountants.

But accounting would be 150+k with your rate 😄

@MufflePuff Yeah, it depends really.

People still don't want a machine to handle THEIR money when it comes to the books....sure, some basic debit and credit.....but when it comes time to "account" and see where its going and how, and rolling monthly....you will still need a person at this point and into the forseable future

In 1989, I was making 28K when I started, and that was an okay wage

at IBM

@Deleted User That's interesting. So from what you've seen, the software can replace what % of what you do? Not accounting for human emotion but just actual ability to do it?

@Deleted User I'd say 65-70k is an OK wage now but I WANT MOAR.

It's coming, and in the future there won't be a need for as many accountants.......but there will still have to be someone who "counts the money" and balances the books

Yeah, totally agree. Same with HR and other human facing/sensitive tasks.

I'll be rtired at that point

HR is a cancer on any company

Yeah....true that Rhune

Seems to me that accountants will be like many trades. Automation will take over, but the average business will not trust the robots completely for many years. They'll be phased in completely within like 100 years.

Someone will still have to know HOW the computer programming WORKS for accounting, or fast changing state / fed regulations

Youtube is down on my end

anyone else?

Same with IT, engineering. Maybe one person on-site to run the robots.

not as many will be needed, and of course....the pay will go down

A lot of fields will see a great deal of automation, but never full automation

That's asinine and improper future thinking

@niquill Yeah it's down.

But not for a looong time. Depending on the business. Most wont be able to afford it. The robot solutions will take years to be cheap enough for all businesses to get it, like all tech is when it's launched.

Anyway, I have a business, am a one man shop......and go by REFERRAL only

@MufflePuff I disagree 100% on the engineering.

Yes, actual technicians... it will be reduced workforce but engineering/science/mathematics/etc will never be replaced.

I think engineering will definitely be hit hard, but not for a long time.

You need people correcting the algos running the world at that point.

The chief engineer will be human, the plebes will be a robot workforce.

I don't think any one profession will be hit less than engineering honestly.

Harder, better, faster, stronger.

Name of my sex tape.

well, AI could teach math in a HS.....math is used in accounting.......a lot of it........and computers do a lot of my work

I think engineering will be last to get hit.

Agreed.

Construction too.

Hardware engineering was a SOLID field in 1989, by 1999.....it was over