Incidentally, one of the commentators also scotches the myth that accountancy doesn't require people skills.

"as someone who has worked for many years in that field, accountancy and taxation - at least in private practice - demand huge interpersonal skills (I put my own lack of success in part down to this). Even to get the basic qualification he would have to get a job in such a practice as a precursor to moving on elsewhere. "

I can't survive on on short-term academic contracts and my Asperger's prevents me doing other jobs

the replies in the guardian link posted are very good... (edit: I have not read them all .. they were getting repetitive)

This post was last modified: 07-23-2012 08:48 PM by windy.

I'd like to contradict insofar as you could organize your firm so that some of the partners have those people skills, while others have the accounting skills.