1. On AI replacing accountants - they will replace some basic data entry function like keying in invoices and basic bookkeeping. accountants do more than just book keeping. They have to make sense of the financial data and translate that for the management. This will be something difficult for Ai to replace.

2. On too many accounts professional - yeah but then demand is high too. Every company needs accountants and finance professional.

The best value option is to take the ACCA route. Fees are affordable and most finance position this over a simple degree. However downside to this is you have to pass all the paper, and it’s more difficult to seek non accounting and finance position because they die die want a degree in something.