Isn accounting really boring?
A common misconception is that accounting is like balancing your checkbook. Everything has to balance and there is not much thinking that goes into it. While it is true that debits do have to equal credits, accounting information is built upon assumptions, estimates and projections. Accounting information is complex. It requires great skill and knowledge to be an accounting professional. You only need to look to the very recent past to see how important accounting is. When things were going well, no one noticed the work of the accountants. But when things went wrong, it became very apparent that what the accounting profession provides is a critical component of the business world.
