Re: Here I go again

Ed, I never expected to make the same money I was making when I had to move
on, but I had hoped to be able to make more than I did in 1991. With that
said, I am finally doing that - although not by much more, but I realize
that once I obtain my degree and with the experience I am logging now I will
be able to make better money and eventually get to a good place again.

It's just a hard cold realization when you wake up one day and after being
fairly comfortable and see things are a lot tougher these days. The degree
requirements are ridiculous also. A half-way decent secretarial job is now
requiring a bachelors degree. And then there are the "entry-level" jobs
which require a bachelor degree and pay $8 to $10 per hour. In no way did I
ever think I'd go right back out there and make the $40+ an hour - that's
just insane, but I did hope to make a semi-decent living given my experience
and skill set.

I hope my story is just as good as your friend's eventually. In fact I hope
it is even better. LIfe and recent events, however, have made me very
pessimistic and thankfully I am usually pleasantly surprised :)

Maureen

"Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:13fu54ehdose138@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


You guys are painting a grim picture, but your experience is not
universal.

I had a lady friend who changed careers at 40+ and studied to become an
x-ray tech. She had no previous heathcare experience whatsoever.

This was five years ago and she is now the supervisor of the breast center
at the hospital I used to work at here.

I'm not saying it's an easy thing to change careers at our age, and there
are right and wrong choices, but I don't think it's quite that bad.

I know that if I changed careers at this point, I would certainly not have
the expectation that I would make the same kind of money initially that
I'm making now at something that I'm very experienced at. That would not
be realistic.

ed





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