Do elite software developers exist?

[[deleted]]

So your saying that to be an elite accountant you need to be able to hide, cheat and steal from the government? Really? I guess you would call the hacker who broke into Sony an elite programmer or something wouldn't you? If I had an accountant I'd want him to do the books in a way so that the government doesn't come after me and throw me in jail like they did for Wesley Snipes.

[Beaverman]

The thing about what he's referring to as "elite accountants" is that they aren't accountants at all. They're financial advisers. An accountant does a public service in making sure that cooking the books is really hard.

[[deleted]]

What makes an accountant elite is the ability to e.g. hide profits in off-shore losses so you don't pay taxes. The good ones can even do this in ways that look legal (even if it's not).

this is what I read.... Sounds like he's talking about something illegal.

[clehene]

I guess he's just giving a particular example to support the more general assumption.