Thanks for outlining it so well. I was wondering how it had changed. Congrats. nm

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what the going rate is in Arizona.  I have 20+ years experience.  I used to charge between 14 and 14.5 cpl, but now that I'm going digital everyone wants a discount.  Is 14 cpl a fair rate for a digital account in Arizona or is it too high?

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My husband  - now ex - has been in trucking for over 25 years and all of our friends have and are and were.  It has changed a lot and also depends on whether you own your own or drive for someone else.  Kind of like IC versus employee.  Also a lot have also been outsourced as there are a lot of foreigners driving the trucks now a days.   There is such a similarity between the two (MT and trucking) but this started with trucking sooner.   Just like MT you do not make money unless you are moving and when that truck has to pay two salaries it is hard.  But like you said, your dad raised four kids but in this day and age it would be hard to do.   If you are cross country it is so hard watching expenses, etc.  Again just like MT it was a good career and if you have been in it for years it is still decent pay but to start out in it, would not do that.  Just like MT as I have very good accounts, make very good money but when someone talks to me about starting out in it, I do shudder a little as I read such horror stories on this board and I know it is not as easy to do as it was when I started 20+ years ago.  I do still yearn for the open road sometimes though.  It is a way to see the US.   Drove through 42 of the 48 states here and Canada.  Anyway that is my thoughts for what they are worth.

Thanks for the tips.  I just recompiled my Instant Text glossaries and then went into the Importer and created abcz glossaries.  I hope this helps.  I really need to be making 300 to 500 lph because my huby was just laid off and no one is hiring.

Thanks again!!!! 

Just went into my acct for a clinic in which I am an IC being paid 12 cpl in MS Word.  I have not worked for a week.  Today, I notice the margins are changed.  Does this change what constitutes a line (isn't it 65 characters per line)???  I go into their system and type on their MS Word via HSI. 

I am dumbfounded.

since the beginning of time. It's not just the 'religious fanatics' who have changed. The human race has evolved in their beliefs since Adam and Eve. Christians don't follow the rules of the Old Testament per se, because Jesus fulfilled the laws. There aren't too many religions who still make animal sacrifices. A woman who is having her period is no longer considered unclean. Pork is not considered taboo in the Christian faith, and Catholics aren't limited to eating only fish on Fridays. There were religions who believed in human sacrifice, but I doubt that goes on very much any more.

People have evolved in that we no longer believe the world is flat. We don't believe you are going to get AIDS by touching someone who has it. We no longer believe that a woman who is having her period can't go swimming.

Who believes the same things they believed when they were six? How different are your beliefs than your parents? Not just about religion, but about anything.

I would have used a comma in that situation.  But, I had no idea that the rules of English grammar had formally changed.  This is a revelation; most of my grammar education happened before 1972. 

I know a lot of people think that they cannot work nights and I used to think the same thing.  I wish I would have done it a long time ago.

I cannot say that I am not sleep deprived at times BUT it has been great.  I work a Sun.-Thurs shift starting at 9 p.m. when my daughter is out of school.  I get off at 4 a.m. if I take no breaks.  This allows me to get 4 or 5 hours of sleep before she gets up and then I lay down for a couple of hours when hubby gets home. 

Working a split shift might help you, too.

over the years.  The program is very comprehensive, and you will indeed be able to work as an MT immediately after you complete the program (some even begin working before finishing).  Like the other poster mentioned, it is a very difficult program, but it definitely prepares one to do MT.

I believe the program currently is about $3200.  I finished in 15 months, and that was with working at another job during that time.  Extensions are $75 a month, but you have to be at a certain point in the program to qualify for the extra time.

All that being said, now that M-Tec is owned by Webmedx, no doubt some things will change.  Already they are charging for the RMT/CMT prep classes, when in the past there was no cost.  Personally, I don't value the RMT or CMT so called "credential" anyway, but I find it interesting that there is now a charge when there was none in the past.  This is a sign of things to come, I fear.

Also, one of the former owners, Kathy Kropko, has retired.  That leaves only Susan Francis, and she, not being an owner now, has less say in what will transpire. 

So, overall I still believe M-TEC's program is good, but I also wonder where it is headed.

You might also want to consider Andrews.  It is also a top-notch program.

Good luck!  

This is probably one of the HARDEST things you'll ever do in your life, but YOU'RE WORTH IT and so is your family!!!