RE: Anyone enjoy being an MT?
Posted By: Shelly Hendrix on 2005-09-30
In Reply to: Anyone enjoy being an MT? - Just curious
I "love" my job as a medical transcriptionist/editor
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Anyone enjoy being an MT?
Anyone enjoy being an MT? I was thinking about going into the field part-time since my kids are in school all day. Now I'm not sure, all most of what I've read is negative. Thoughts? Just wanted to make a little extra income.
If you enjoy reading . . . (sm)
If you enjoy reading, then MT may be a good choice for you.
If you enjoy reading dictionaries and encyclopedias, then MT may be a good choice for you, because you'll be doing both those things big-time.
If you enjoy reading about medicine and you like the "idea" of medicine, but you don't like actual patient contact, then MT may be a good choice for you (there is no patient contact).
If you like the idea of medicine, but you're afraid of hurting someone or making some horrible, life-threatening mistake, then MT may be for you, because there is little chance of that in MT.
If you are able to decide to do something and stick with it in spite of some parts of it being not quite what you enjoy, then MT may be for you. There are boring parts of MT, just like there are boring parts of any job.
If you prefer to function in self-directed mode rather than in closely supervised mode, and if you are actually successful functioning in self-directed mode, then MT may be for you.
If your concept of "accuracy" is what most people consider to be obsessive and nit-picky, then MT may be for you. If your concept of accuracy is "yeah, whatever," then MT is definitely not for you.
I enjoy MT, but I see the writing on the wall. I have started another at-home business....(sm)
I love the tax benefits of working from home, so I have gone into another business. I am probably about six months away from having this business surpass my current income. Once that happens... I am out of MT. Sad, but true.
I don't want to be the last rat off of the sinking ship! (Not that I consider myself a rat, mind you. More like a cute, fuzzy mouse, perhaps...)
Ha ha!
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