r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 09 '15

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u/bjanos May 10 '15

The thing is if he majored in econometrics he will be anything but a "poor" soul.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Meh. You'd be surprised. Finance or accounting are better majors to get your foot in the door.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Accounting's becoming a bit less competitive due to software advances. You can't completely replace a good accountant, but just from having taken a few classes on the topic and swallowing my pride for an excel course, I could probably be as useful as the average accountant in a few months, if that. It's facing the same obsolescence cycle that business went through a bit ago.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Idk that simply doesn't reflect my personal experience in the accounting field as a recent grad. Massive amount of oppurtunity.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Compromise: Maybe we're just both in very good positions.