nairametrics:




Source https://nairametrics.com/if-you-work-in-any-of-these-8-professions-you-may-be-about-to-disappear/

Enryking:

I want to believe you didn't do your research very well before putting up this stuff about journalism. I was going to quickly take you through McLuhan's assertions but it will only compound your confusion and your shallow knowledge on the subject matter. Now, here are some few reasons I have for you.
1. Before the advent of newspaper, information were written and posted for public consumption and when newspaper came, it has remained unsuppressible. Radio came, and people fell in love with the new technology postulating that the invention would announce the end of newspaper , instead, it only emboldened it. Newspaper didn't die. Television came, and what was said of newspaper was said of radio, but radio and newspaper still remain very relevant. Now, the advent of the internet, television has refused to phase out likewise radio and newspaper. Truth is, the advent of internet has increased unprofessionalism and have lowered the ethics of the profession. Today, almost everybody is a publisher online(citizen journalism) which has given rise to plethora of litigations in the law courts owing to publication of falsehood. In the US, Trump is still having his election probed after an allegation of Russia interference. So, you are very wrong. Be informed that in the US, and UK, newspaper business have continued to thrive enormously, they subscribe and almost all communities have their local newspaper. know this that in Nigeria, it's compulsory for government organizations to publish their adverts on newspaper. The paper-surface lovers will never trade their eyes for the eye-disturbing graphics of the phones or computers. They simply subscribe. Therefore it can't phase out, instead, the arrival of a new technology will only enhance the work of these organizations. Virtually all newspapers have an online platforms these days where they dole out information to online subscribers and it's the reporters doing the job. What you can say is, journalists must be digital, too. Paper and pen is very relevant .

2. The press is the fourth estate of the realm, watching the other three Estates and retaining the confidence of the electorate. Government is not trusted but the press is trusted. Therefore, journalism will continue to be pivotal towards the stability of the society. Donald Trump has continued to rely on his Twitter account and hasn't had a day off of trouble. His greatest undoing will be his social media account. He has been calling the media 'fake' and he has been finding things difficult. He doesn't want to accept the fact that he needs the media so he will fail as the media will not stop reporting him bizarrely. Journalists and their media houses endorse any presidential candidate of the US, a tradition which has overrided time. If journalism must phase out, then it will come from the west. Recently, when hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and The Dominican, there wasn't internet service but it was reported. Who reported it? It was flesh and blood!

logica:
...how does a human verify the accuracy of figures when software can perform same task?

jomoh:



Accountants disappearing? I laugh in Chinese.


Accountants can never go out of vogue. There's no software no matter ho complex it is that can replace what accountants do.

The roles will definitely evolve to accommodate technology but will never go out of vogue cos not every company will be able to use technology and the ones that can will never trust their finances to technologies.

The article is even mixing accountants and financial planners with banking processes. No matter how sophisticated a banks technologies are, they will always need an accountant to interpreter those figures.

People mistake accountants for bankers. That was how a man walked into an audit firm I once worked with to inquire about how to set up an audit firm because he worked and retired as an auditor in a bank. I nearly burst into laughter that day.

Its like saying economics as a profession will disappear.

jomoh:



Accountants disappearing? I laugh in Chinese.


Accountants can never go out of vogue. There's no software no matter ho complex it is that can replace what accountants do.

The roles will definitely evolve to accommodate technology but will never go out of vogue cos not every company will be able to use technology and the ones that can will never trust their finances to technologies.

The article is even mixing accountants and financial planners with banking processes. No matter how sophisticated a banks technologies are, they will always need an accountant to interpreter those figures.

People mistake accountants for bankers. That was how a man walked into an audit firm I once worked with to inquire about how to set up an audit firm because he worked and retired as an auditor in a bank. I nearly burst into laughter that day.

Its like saying economics as a profession will disappear.

logica:
...how does a human verify the accuracy of figures when software can perform same task?

H2Ossss:


If you were an accountant , You would understand... Besides its clear the op does not know who an accountant is, comparing accountants to cashiers.. Accountants are needed to keep your books in Line with IFRS , ISA e.t.c standards... That , a software can't do for you.

logica:
...how does a human verify the accuracy of figures when software can perform same task?

H2Ossss:


.... Bank auditor ke? 1ce worked in a bank before moving to an audit firm... And most of those bank auditors know Nada.. That's y the banks still employ audit firms as internal auditors..

Ibime:


There are many aspects of accounting that cannot be replaced like audit, tax etc but numbers can be reduced in management accounting, financial reporting and budgeting (Cognos is doing that already), transaction recording (blockchain technologies are doing that already and will do so more in the future).

H2Ossss:


.... Bank auditor ke? 1ce worked in a bank before moving to an audit firm... And most of those bank auditors know Nada.. That's y the banks still employ audit firms as internal auditors..

meforyou1:
as external auditors, not internal

Misslynx:
You forgot to mention, the post office workers, mails nd all dat.

logica:
...how does a human verify the accuracy of figures when software can perform same task?

jomoh:


I swear down. When my boss spelt out all the requirements for him the man quietly thanked my boss and left.

Bank auditors are not supposed to be referred to as auditors. To me they are more like [b][/b]C[b][/b]heif whip of the house of assembly or a protocol officer cos what they do is just to inspect compliance with checks and balances put in place by real auditors.

Ibime:


Most of.accounting is the interpretation of IFRS reporting standards that require human intuition. Computers cannot readily interpret how to recognise some costs eg is it a finance lease to be capitalised or an operational lease to be expensed etc.

Simispecial:
Hi everyone, does anyone knows any office space in Lagos that is always opened on public holidays and weekends?

jomoh:


Each country has different legislations governing their accounting standards, tax administration and various other legislations that affect financial reporting.

Software engineers are will have to come up with different softwares for each country and the more the rules changes the more they have to upgrade their software and the more each organization will have to change its software and train its personnel accordingly.

The Financial investment will be too much of a burden for the company than to have human accountants. Not to talk of frequent data loss due to constant changes in software.

The economic and financial implication of accounting software going wrong could put any company out of business for good.

nairametrics:




Source https://nairametrics.com/if-you-work-in-any-of-these-8-professions-you-may-be-about-to-disappear/

jomoh:


Each country has different legislations governing their accounting standards, tax administration and various other legislations that affect financial reporting.

Software engineers are will have to come up with different softwares for each country and the more the rules changes the more they have to upgrade their software and the more each organization will have to change its software and train its personnel accordingly.

The Financial investment will be too much of a burden for the company than to have human accountants. Not to talk of frequent data loss due to constant changes in software.

The economic and financial implication of accounting software going wrong could put any company out of business for good.

Winners72:
Nawa ooo useless country

TheMainMan:
im not arguing against u that journalism will b not exist.... im with you that journalism is here to stay.... this doesn't need a long article... its a simple thing... print journalism is dwindling very fast... even ma dad who can't do without buying newspapers hasn't bought in years... simply because he has a phone through which he check anything he wants



no one reads newspapers again... if you are not watching news on tv... u check for it with your phone....it needs no
argument

MztrChukwu:


Will a software vouch transactions or will a software input transactions jnyo the system by itself?

shogz89:
who feeds the software,? Accounting is a professional course and it's not just about banking industry,, it's a practical course that requires human judgement,, software can't audit accounts even in the US,, software can't render advisory services,... Software in accounting is to ease the work load it can never replace humans cos software in accounting is garbage in garbage out.

jomoh:


Bros I tire for the illiterate o.


Confusing accountants with bank cashiers.

TheMainMan:
...yea journalism is not going anywhere coz its in diff form


buh when last have u read newspaper?

Enryking:

[color=#990000][/color] I read the comments trailing this post and I discovered, you are in all places defending your territory. If your building is built on a solid foundation, no need to defend it this fiercely.

I mentioned that in the US and UK , newspapers are very much in vogue. Why not do a little research? Washington post, New York times, the enquirer are newspapers doing fantastically well. Have I mentioned Herald? I studied mass communication to a post graduate level, am offering you an explanation from a well informed angle and you have stuck to your sentimental lens choosing to see things myopically, holding tenaciously to the infantile view of your daddy who now prefers his phone to hard copies. I make bold to say that the economic situation of Nigeria has dwindled the sale of newspapers. People no longer want to buy not because they don't but because their monthly stipend no longer afford them that luxury. The archival advantage of hard copy dwarfs any archival one hold by the internet. The Internet is commonly used by young people who in time memorial never buy newspaper. The advent of the internet only gave this a claim. Interestingly, fewer young people read news/long text on the internet. They do all other things including gaming. That's why news platforms are already planning to include gaming in their contents so as to attract young people followership. These are all based on research. Go online, do fact finding before giving people trash to devour.