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The Accountant is a film that came out in 2016, starring
Ben Affleck. The film portrays an accountant, Christian Wolff, who has a form
autism and is able to crunch numbers for some of the most dangerous people in
the world. Because of this, Mr. Wolff is highly trained in protection and to
put it simply, is a bad ass. The film is an action thriller and does not really
accurately represent the field of accounting. After seeing this movie, one may
think accounting is a cool field because they can shoot guns at bad guys to
protect the pretty girl. However, that is not the case. Accounting is typically
a boring, 9-5 office job. Ask anyone at H&R Block what their body count is and
they should say zero, and if they don’t, run Forrest run.
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Libby Kane from Business Insider gives us a look into a
typical day of an accountant through Sarah Knight, who is a Tax Practice Leader.
Her day begins at 4 am, where she handles client emails, and complex
transactions. By 7:30 am, it is time to get her kids ready for school and she
then drives to work. By 9 am Knight finally arrives at work and spends her
morning answering questions from the people lined outside her door. From noon
until 1 she spends time going through her emails and voicemails, and after 1 pm
she finally gets to deal with administrative tasks. Finally, by 6 pm she heads
home, if she’s not headed to support one of her kids in a sports game. With
that being said, anyone looking for a thrill filled job, unless you are really
hyped about crunching numbers, answering emails, and working on administrative
tasks, I would suggest finding that thrill through any other job than
accounting.
By: Katie Howard
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