Accounting and IT Merger

I've got my dreamweaver site up and running. Although it looks pretty plain right now, I plan on incorporating some php and mysql into the site. I'm learning things about web development with this site that I never knew before. I guess when all you do is accounting work all day, it doesn't leave a whole lot of room for web development. I think that by doing the little things like maintaining your own website, creating your own databases, etc. helps to make me a more well rounded employee. I know it may not seem like it to some managers, but when an employee in, lets say accounting, learns about php and databases and how to create a dynamic site, it will actually make for a better company. You see, accounting and database management are essentially linked together. Today, you cannot have one without the other. I think that we will see a trend in the next ten years. Accountants will need to be acclimated into the world of DBA's. If you are an accountant and you do not know SQL, your job will be hindered. If you can't write a basic SQL query and your own Crystal Reports, you may not have a job. Accounting is about gathering information and sorting it into a meaningful presentation. Ironically, database administration is about gathering information and sorting it into a meaningful presentation. So doesn't it make sense that in the very near future you will have a crossing over of accounting and information systems?When I look at my job now, I really think that 80-90% of my job is information systems, 5-10% accounting, and 1-5% supervisory. Although I guess you could say that the supervisory is blended in with the information systems and the accounting, since 60% of my job right now is fixing errors in either the database or a general accounting error. Bottom line.........as an accountant, don't think that you won't have to know this stuff.

Dreamweaver Site

I've got my dreamweaver site up and running. Although it looks pretty plain right now, I plan on incorporating some php and mysql into the site. I'm learning things about web development with this site that I never knew before. I guess when all you do is accounting work all day, it doesn't leave a whole lot of room for web development. I think that by doing the little things like maintaining your own website, creating your own databases, etc. helps to make me a more well rounded employee. I know it may not seem like it to some managers, but when an employee in, lets say accounting, learns about php and databases and how to create a dynamic site, it will actually make for a better company. You see, accounting and database management are essentially linked together. Today, you cannot have one without the other.

I think that we will see a trend in the next ten years. Accountants will need to be acclimated into the world of DBA's. If you are an accountant and you do not know SQL, your job will be hindered. If you can't write a basic SQL query and your own Crystal Reports, you may not have a job. Accounting is about gathering information and sorting it into a meaningful presentation. Ironically, database administration is about gathering information and sorting it into a meaningful presentation. So doesn't it make sense that in the very near future you will have a crossing over of accounting and information systems?

When I look at my job now, I really think that 80-90% of my job is information systems, 5-10% accounting, and 1-5% supervisory. Although I guess you could say that the supervisory is blended in with the information systems and the accounting, since 60% of my job right now is fixing errors in either the database or a general accounting error. Bottom line.........as an accountant, don't think that you won't have to know this stuff.

New Flash Site

Check out the new flash site @ http://seanmcgrath.net.

Mississippi State Football

I'm trying to figure out why MSU did not go after any quaterbacks this year? After all of the struggles last year, you would think that they would try and bring in a junior college guy. With Omar Conner now at wide receiver, Mike Hennig is the only option State will have this year. This doesn't seem to be any better option than last year, even though Hennig did gain some game experience. While he did get extensive playing time, when Hennig was in, our offense was even more anemic than when Conner was calling the plays. I still don't understand why State didn't make a play for Matt Malouf from Oxford. It seems like State thought that he was a lock at Ole Miss all along and that they didn't have a shot at him. I guess Schaefer changed all that when he signed with the Rebels, making Malouf's decision to go to Memphis even easier.

Finally, a website!!!!

So, I finally bit the bullet and purchased a web domain. I decided to go with 1and1 as the host, since they seemed to be the cheapest thing going with the necessary options. Until I can get my dreamweaver site going, I have thrown together a make shift site using 1and1's website builder. Although not very powerful, it allowed me to get a web presence without a whole lot of work. I hope to have things up and running with the dreamweaver site soon.