← Back to context Comment by netdur 11 hours ago calculators doing a perfect job did not end accountants' jobs, it made it faster. 3 comments netdur Reply ironbound 3 hours ago Your sort of paying them to understand the tax code that changes year to year tho kube-system 9 hours ago I don’t think that’s as good of an example as you think it is.“Computer” used to be a job title. It was entirely replaced by … drumroll … electronic computers, i.e. calculators.Technology doesn’t usually eliminate the need for a job output in general but it can sometimes shift the skills needed wildly. Etheryte 10 hours ago Not necessarily faster, but more easy for sure. There's plenty of stories of proficient abacus using accountants being faster than those using calculators. Those days are gone now though because a calculator is just so much easier to pick up.
ironbound 3 hours ago Your sort of paying them to understand the tax code that changes year to year tho
kube-system 9 hours ago I don’t think that’s as good of an example as you think it is.“Computer” used to be a job title. It was entirely replaced by … drumroll … electronic computers, i.e. calculators.Technology doesn’t usually eliminate the need for a job output in general but it can sometimes shift the skills needed wildly.
Etheryte 10 hours ago Not necessarily faster, but more easy for sure. There's plenty of stories of proficient abacus using accountants being faster than those using calculators. Those days are gone now though because a calculator is just so much easier to pick up.
Your sort of paying them to understand the tax code that changes year to year tho
I don’t think that’s as good of an example as you think it is.
“Computer” used to be a job title. It was entirely replaced by … drumroll … electronic computers, i.e. calculators.
Technology doesn’t usually eliminate the need for a job output in general but it can sometimes shift the skills needed wildly.
Not necessarily faster, but more easy for sure. There's plenty of stories of proficient abacus using accountants being faster than those using calculators. Those days are gone now though because a calculator is just so much easier to pick up.