The if at the beginning should give away that this isn't hard data from looking at our current reality, and more a thought experiment as we trend into a future run by AI.
Things like accounting though; a friend of mine got his CPA. Basically required to go through two years of college (he had a bachelors already, was more of a top up in relevant areas), then prep for a shit ton of CPA testing, work under some CPAs for at least a year, before getting the cert. And any legit accounting firm here expects that.
That's not a trivial amount of effort.
But now Turbo Tax is walking me through taxes with a few clicks. Not completely AI managed personal finance, but in 10 years?
What does my 32 year old friend do at 42? Become a programmer? How long will that take him with no prior knowledge?
Things like accounting though; a friend of mine got his CPA. Basically required to go through two years of college (he had a bachelors already, was more of a top up in relevant areas), then prep for a shit ton of CPA testing, work under some CPAs for at least a year, before getting the cert. And any legit accounting firm here expects that.
That's not a trivial amount of effort.
But now Turbo Tax is walking me through taxes with a few clicks. Not completely AI managed personal finance, but in 10 years?
What does my 32 year old friend do at 42? Become a programmer? How long will that take him with no prior knowledge?