So different

Posted By: ra11en on 2007-02-26
In Reply to: I would have to agree that there - is very little in the way of time-off.

From what I'm getting (in the actual WORTHY replies to my initial post) being an MT is WAAYYYY different than what online training places want you to think. I've read how easy it is, guaranteed employement, etc etc. Yet, on here, actual MTs say very different. Thanks for your experience.

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Thinking of starting MT - ra11en
- Thinking of starting MT. sm - Good grief
  - Exactly what I was seeking - ra11en
  - My speed is really high but this job is not what - Lynn
- interesting - nellieship
  - great post! - srm
  - Defined by profession - ra11en
- I work PT and LOVE it! - PTMT
  - Awesome reply!! - ra11en
- I'm not a gambler, but I would venture to guess that if you - giddy pc guru
- JMHO and experience... - Carlyd
- Check out the new MT boards - and see how they have to try to find a job with
- There is good and bad - nellieship
  - Very insightful - ra11en
    - Now another aspect of being an MT - QA
      - Very funny sa - QA
        I love my QA score and even like my QAs - QA
- See inside - ...
  - I know I've said this before and I'll say it again - on behalf of all of us MT's.
    - A True Picture - ra11en
  - ROFL - it kind of reminded me of the Indian companies who advertise that all of their transcriptioni - mdlfcrs
  - Ever heard of... - ra11en
    - University of Phoenix!!! LOL - ...
      - Hey! We could all become engineers, attorneys, - accountants and doctors there!!
        Unlike transcription you have to be pretty smart to be an engineer I - know nothing about trains
        Let me rephrase - ra11en
        Same in MT. Look, I'm not trying to - dig you too much here ...
        Assuming once again - ra11en
  - LOL - CYNICAL MT
- Obvious what 1 requirement is... - ra11en
  - Original post - KAT
    - LOL:) - QA
      - Heck, I'm drunk now! - hiccough
        Thats the realy beauty of this job - this job
        Yay mon! Got any rolling papers? LOL! nm - BarbS
        LOL - hiccough
        you'll just made my day!!!! LOL nm - anna
    - We are all obviously druggies... - crackhead MT
    - Too funny! - ra11en
      - I really don't think any of us were worried about you stealing our job - however if we had made t - mdlfcrs
        Never claimed - ra11en
        again - how on earth could you assume that I could not do your job with the same - mdlfcrs
        If you could, you would - ra11en
        Exactly what I am saying to you - I don't think you - mdlfcrs
        Boy you are FULL of it - ra11en
        just as I thought - - mdlfcrs
        HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! - ra11en
        Actually, we have to keep up with the latest - TM
        Much more to it - ra11en
        Not usually. That is all on us. Really, it - TM
        You need a HOBBY... - jamesbondgirl
        Nobody wants to be an engineer... - QA
        I strongly disagree. I dated an engineer; most ingenous, humorous, generous - giddy pc guru
        Of course not! - ra11en
  - I wouldn't recommend it, - no
  - I'm sure you don't realize how.... - sb
  - Please dont judge all by the bad apples - mg
    - I think it was the comment - typerlady
      - Was just posting the truth - ra11en
        You want to know "What you people do"? - a breed of our own
        It is NOT an easy way to make money - typerlady
- here's my experience (sm) - B
  - Education assumptions - Unhappy Camper
    - That's Why I Posted To Begin With - ra11en
      - Didn't meant for it to sound rude - Unhappy Camper
        Didnt Seem Rude - ra11en
  - I would have to agree that there - is very little in the way of time-off.
    - So different - ra11en
  - Thanks! - ra11en
- okay, I tried but I couldn't help myself, I have to respond - mdlfcrs
  - Relax! - ra11en
    - honest to God truth - I would not tell my best friend to go into this now. - mdlfcrs
      - Was that so hard? - ra11en
        okay - you are superwoman - when I had a new baby and a full time job and husband I was lucky to get - mdlfcrs
        Its not me, its my full time job - ra11en
        SO the little one takes up your time yet you have time? - I think you're a troll.
        Absolutely - ra11en
        Just wait until that baby - mama
        So I've heard - ra11en
- I started to responde to this, but just can't contain myself.... - holding my tongue
  - I know...respond....nm - holding my tongue
    - My response - CYNICAL MT
      - oh my gosh, Cynical, you and I must have had the same boss - sm - MT
        I had a doc once with Napoleon syndrome - CYNICAL MT

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