MT4eight

Posted By: jane on 2007-10-24
In Reply to: Scared about future - MT4eight

No, you are not crazy, VR is coming and many of us will lose our jobs, I am 66 and still working. Had a close call from VR etc about 4 years ago but that doc left our clinic for greener pastures. If I was in your shoes, I would be looking for something else. Editing sounds good but as the machines become more adept a lot of that could go bye bye too.

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Scared about future - MT4eight
- MT4eight - jane
- No need to worry - wimedtypr
  - Don't worry - unless you were laid off - Glory1863
  - If it cranks out 500 lines/hr, that's great if you're still getting - - your original pay per line to edit it.
    - Exactly! The $$ I used to make took me 5-6 hours. Now about 10. nm - An MT, not a JANITOR
- thank you all for your thoughts and - MT4eight
- MT4eight - grasshopper
- You're not crazy, I wonder every day - tnmt
- I'm going to be 58 in a few months, don't see retirement in my - future, & worry it wont support me much longer
- No worries - AllGoodThings
  - What state was this in? How's the pay? - Sml. hosp? Large? Tenet? Kaiser? etc.?
- You know - IMHO
- I'm where you are afraid you'll end up - Glory1863
  - Every word you said is my exact same story. - Workin twice as hard for half as much!
    - What about coding? - AgingMT
      - Coding - Jean
        I don't know how good online... - phillychick
        Aren't the chances pretty high that coding, like MT - - will also go offshore, if it hasn't already?
        Coding - Glory1863
        still, there seem to be a lot of jobs - Jean
- You are too young to be worried about long term, but - I would look into different careers, but don't
  - never too young - amdahwd
  - Ahem, worry. Play it by ear. - nn
- I think decent retirement is possible from an in-house job - only, not for the at-home MT. nm IMHO
  - But there are no in-house jobs anymore; that's why we're - at home! LOL!

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MT4eight
I think MT will be around for a long time to come in one form or another. It's constantly evolving and being flexible is key to survival. Being that you are so young, why don't you just get some more education on the side. Work towards a degree of some sort. At least, it will give you comfort in knowing you have something on the back burner for the future.