<prompt> Human: Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but what skills should a bookkeeper invest time in to stay employable in the future? I have an associates degree in accounting from a community college and I make a dandy bookkeeper. Still, I look at all the new apps available for businesses, some of them free, and I see what I do as quickly becoming obsolete. Theres no way I would hire a bookkeeper when I can link my accounts to a program that catagorizes and tracks them with double entry accounting for free. Fortunately, Ive found someone who would and I have a job thats a perfect fit for me for now. But hes an old fashioned paper pusher and Im afraid that if I dont work on developing and maintaining some kind of modern skill set, Im going to be relic when and if this job finally ends my boss is older than me and I assume will eventually retire. Id prefer something related to the same field that could be learned as a trade or in a certificate program, hopefully something that can be kept up to date over time. Does such an option even exist? I dont need to make a ton of money; I live happily on a small business bookkeepers wages. Thoughts?TL;DR Im a traditional bookkeeper and dont want to starve when Im fifty.  <response>: CPAs will never go extinct. A good local CPA can save your ass in so many ways. 