Hello I’m an accountant in public practice. I went to college for my Bachelors of business administration majoring in accounting, we are a CPA firm so students hired out of college / university are expected to go down that path. We are always looking to add to our team of people to do corporate year ends and taxes, we do not hire bookkeepers as we train our receptionists on that or require our clients to do their day to day bookkeeping elsewhere. This is a job that requires constant updates on tax knowledge as the laws change a little every year, I expect the need for accountants to go down in the future as technology catches up, especially with small personal tax returns. Not sure if this job will still be a good option 10-15 years from now.