Why accountants R so boring & dry ........

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One thing i'd like to know is how has the work of accountants changed through software usage? I mean previously accountants would be making small mistakes in their calculations and this would cause them to start the same thing over again, consuming much of their time. But these days do accountants have to go about calculating things? Don't you just use software which does it all for you? If this is the case what do accountants do on a daily basis during work?

Also, when studying for your ca or whatever, is the content of what you study largely the same as what accountants would study 10 years ago?

I am researching accountancy at the moment as I might get into it. I am a peoples person and like to be around a lot of people. After graduation I worked for a small software house with four boring as hell people. It put me of for life so I just left it. I like to be around many and differnet types of people, hell I had more fun in retail then working with this software firm. What will accountancy be like in the context of my expectations?

I have to say forensic accouting doesn't sound all that. Can someone pull something better out of the hat? What is cooperate recovery and cooperate finanace like? You get to travel the globe, advise cooperate companies and stuff like that right? I'd be grateful if you could tell me what the more livelier fields in accounting are.

Finally, was the conclusion of this thread that accountants and accountancy is boring?