Funny how a dumb little article...

[Flip]

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-article ... n_ever-467

Makes me think my job isnt so bad. Then i realize it is boring, no matter how you look at it.

[Zeus]

It's fucking dull, no doubt. But now I'm actually revamping my new company's entire information flow. It's kinda like a mixture between financial and managerial accounting, it's pretty neat.

But "neat" to an accountant. Still not a "cool" job or anything

[SineSwiper]

It really depends on the person. Personally, I like numbers and statistics. I'm a closet statistician at heart, even though I program for a living. It's neat being able to sort and acquire the numbers to produce a real-world result, the answer of which sometimes surprises people.

Sure, that's not accounting, but I'm just pointing out that different things get different people excited.

[Tessian]

Accountants are like Lawyers-- few people want to be them but everyone needs them (although unlike lawyers, I don't think many people hate accountants).

In your life I believe there are a few types of people you really need to always have close by: An accountant, a lawyer, an IT person, and a mechanic. They're all highly specialized fields that every person will need to heavily rely many times during their lives and if you don't then be prepared to pay a lot more for said services

[RentCavalier]

It's kind of like an MMO--we need a party of a number of specialized jobs in order to survive.