Re: [tlug] [OT] Questions about Employment in Japan

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Curt Sampson writes:

 > Accounting is in fact very similar to computer
 > programming. Building an IT system is often like building an
 > accounting system: you're creating a model of some part of the
 > world and using that model to answer questions about the world.
 > They are eerily similar disciplines.

The big difference is that inside of IT you often get to choose the
rules for "valid accounting", whereas in business accounting the rules
may be determined by law (tax accounting), contract (financial reports
for listed companies), or custom (GAAP).  Accountants almost never get
to set the rules themselves.