| ▲ | netdur 11 hours ago | |
calculators doing a perfect job did not end accountants' jobs, it made it faster. | ||
| ▲ | ironbound 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Your sort of paying them to understand the tax code that changes year to year tho | ||
| ▲ | kube-system 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
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 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
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. | ||