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Not brain surgery - Read between the lines

Posted: Jan 14th, 2018 - 1:01 pm In Reply to: Not easier - sm

I know it isn’t brain surgery and apparently I don’t understand the intent, but every so often someone comes here and predicts the demise of coding as if they are lying in wait for it or happy to see it happen. I took an on line coding course and personally thought it was more difficult than MT. Also, in some instances it is a long way from finishing a course to being gainfully employed. I have been working in transcription support services since my organization outsourced a few years ago and we use MTs bead in India. We have seen the quality of the work improve dramatically over time and the learning curve is getting smaller. I know several domestic MTs who did subpar work and struggled with basic English grammar. Keeping the work in the US is no guarantee of quality. The bottom line is that none of us are indispensable but I’m not sure what gratification people get by pointing out that coders might be losing their jobs to outsourcing.

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Andrews has stopped offering MT training - sm (Views: 1196, 2018-01-13, 10:08 am)
- Most honest thing they can do - Sm (Views: 867, 2018-01-13, 10:28 am)
  - No, quite the opposite - sm (Views: 1262, 2018-01-13, 10:34 am)
    - I sure agree. You can see the signs already. - SM (Views: 1152, 2018-01-13, 11:41 am)
      - Just saw on the news this morning that the entire - JobsVanishing (Views: 1105, 2018-01-13, 3:18 pm)
        Does not surprise me at all - Coding will go the same way transcription did (Views: 755, 2018-01-13, 6:57 pm)
        The only thing left in medicine will be hands on type work. - PAMT (Views: 751, 2018-01-14, 7:52 am)
        Doom and gloom - Read between the lines (Views: 1212, 2018-01-14, 8:27 am)
  - Agree - sm (Views: 765, 2018-01-14, 9:25 am)
    - Really it is not easier - Read between the lines. (Views: 724, 2018-01-14, 12:27 pm)
      - I'm a coder and transcriptionst - sm (Views: 967, 2018-01-14, 12:35 pm)
        No one said the JOB was easier, poster was - talking about it being (Views: 645, 2018-01-14, 7:26 pm)
      - Not easier - sm (Views: 739, 2018-01-14, 12:37 pm)
        Not brain surgery - Read between the lines
        Edited - Read between the lines (Views: 774, 2018-01-14, 1:05 pm)
        really not trying to be happy about it - sm (Views: 652, 2018-01-14, 1:37 pm)
        Coding as a career choice. - MTfor years (Views: 768, 2018-01-14, 2:15 pm)
        Just to clarify...I am not predicting that - MTfor years (Views: 844, 2018-01-14, 2:27 pm)
        Well said - staying MT - sm (Views: 737, 2018-01-14, 2:34 pm)
        Read between the lines - sm (Views: 762, 2018-01-14, 2:05 pm)
        Reply - Read between the lines (Views: 610, 2018-01-15, 2:44 pm)
        works both ways - sm (Views: 758, 2018-01-15, 7:23 pm)