Re: Here I go again

Ed Chait wrote:

If you're done with MT, then the same qualities that allowed you to be a success in that field will allow you to be a success in your future endeavors.

Yeah, the only problem is, according to people I have talked to who should know, after working at home for X number of years and/or being self-employed, at least around here you are considered unemployable and have to start out from scratch, because the stereotype is that you work at home (especially if you started when your children were young) so you can take time off whenever you want (which, of course, is not exactly true) and that you work at home instead of in an office because you can't get along with anybody (which, of course, is not necessarily true).

I tried applying for higher-than-entry-level jobs and was told multiple times that nobody would consider me. Now when I go apply for jobs all they want to hire me for is typing jobs because I type fast, and if I wanted to keep typing, I could still stay home, but I want to get out of MT and into something else before I can't do MT any more and end up having NO job possibilities. Tried to learn coding at home (closest classroom program is an hour's drive away) and couldn't find a place that would let me do the in-services there. Tried to learn scoping and have basically given up because the ol' gray matter ain't what it used to be and I am finding it impossible to learn stenotype through the school I wanted to go through.

Now I am back at the drawing board trying to figure out what to do, because I am pretty sure at the way rates are plummeting I won't be able to afford to do this until I can afford to retire, even if I was able to do it, which I might not be able to do.

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