degreed
Posted By: msbeanctr on 2005-07-19
In Reply to: Do you have a college degree, and in what? - Why do you do MT?
I have a BS in Accounting and two classes away from an MS, with which I will teach accounting and do consulting for small businesses. In today's world, you need plan a and plan B because since 911, everybody is going to college and these kids come out hungry-they will take your job and make you train 'em. I am too old to be downsized again, so I started my own business. I love transcribing and do it as a supplement. I will probably make about 35,000 doing transcription and about 11,000 doing what I have a degree in. I consider myself smart, a great communicator, an even greater innovator but that does not pay the bills. I fell into this job by accident 18 years ago. I was fresh out of college - looking forward to working at BellSouth - they went on strike in 1984 when I graduated and things were never the same. I got a job at a bank. Had a dress code. Carried my lunch and rode the bus all for $810 a month, did I say I had a degree. (The job required it). After two years of sneakers and suits, I took civil service exam, got a job at the local VA and the rest is history. I work at home, flexible, using most of my knowledge on most days and will never be downsized because I'm the boss...
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