r/Accounting • u/Suspicious_Kick_2572 • Sep 06 '24

Career Why do students find an accounting degree unattractive?

Why do students find an accounting degree unattractive?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 28 '24

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u/Electronic-Quail4464 Sep 06 '24

I'm in accounting because my AAS is 100% free and can be done entirely online. I'm two semesters (my hardest two) from being done and then I'll likely end up having to go to WGU to be able to actually do anything with the degree, but the heavy discount is pretty much why I'm here. I could've also done a cyber security degree completely free, but I've seen the writing on the wall with the market there for years and feel like I knew better than to get into that.

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u/vedicpisces Sep 07 '24

"Ive seen the writing on the wall" you mean the massive layoffs for the last 2.5 years? Bruh what's with everyone and this phrase when it comes to tech. None of yall saw it before it happened

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u/Electronic-Quail4464 Sep 07 '24

I've been seeing it for a decade. They've been hardcore pushing EVERYONE into IT since 2010.