Good post - - StillAnMT

Posted: Jan 9th, 2019 - 1:47 pm In Reply to: I am making $40K. It can be done. - sm

Making 40K is easy to do if you have your own clients. Good for you! You have a business sense about this (after all, we are self-employed). Every successful business person walks away from no-profit situations and figures out how to find the high-profit situations. It takes a totally different set of skills than just MT.

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This is a new world and transcriptionists aren't needed anymore. - OhioGal (Views: 1154, 2019-01-06, 10:51 am)
- I totally agree. Thanks for posting. - nm (Views: 781, 2019-01-06, 11:15 am)
- Partly true - sm (Views: 892, 2019-01-06, 12:06 pm)
- Also - see msg (Views: 823, 2019-01-06, 12:59 pm)
  - It may come back somewhat, but people who are holding out - for the way it was SM (Views: 765, 2019-01-06, 3:47 pm)
    - it may come back somewhat? - NM (Views: 484, 2019-01-06, 4:35 pm)
    - It may come back somewhat - squirrel (Views: 517, 2019-01-07, 10:22 am)
      - I'm still making over $50,000 a year, so not dead at all - straight transcription. nm (Views: 609, 2019-01-08, 12:23 pm)
        No proof - xxx (Views: 631, 2019-01-08, 2:08 pm)
        These comments are not helpful. Don't read if you have to be abusive and insulting - nm (Views: 378, 2019-01-09, 5:26 am)
        It can be done and still is being done by some transcriptionists, not everyone is doing VR - nm (Views: 590, 2019-01-09, 5:54 am)
        Aww, $50,000 a year, sure you are honey, sure you are... - SM (Views: 705, 2019-01-08, 2:22 pm)
        This is the kind of stupid stuff that is abusive, don't read - if you have to be insulting, nm (Views: 435, 2019-01-09, 5:19 am)
        I don't know, maybe some adult conversation instead of the high school - garbage, nm (Views: 337, 2019-01-09, 5:22 am)
        I am making $40K. It can be done. - sm (Views: 455, 2019-01-09, 1:02 pm)
        Good for you. There are still MTs out there who have nothing to do with Nuance or MModal - sm (Views: 590, 2019-01-09, 1:32 pm)
        Good post - - StillAnMT
        ST, same accounts, same dictators constantly, never any - shortage of work, SM (Views: 529, 2019-01-08, 2:40 pm)
        as stated above, straight typing, so the conditions are not perfect - by no means, but the pay, sm (Views: 346, 2019-01-09, 5:24 am)
    - Unfortunate this site doesn't require a log-in - sm (Views: 471, 2019-01-07, 6:54 pm)
      - Why is it nasty when someone tells the bare honest truth? - Are you that delicate you cant handle it? SM (Views: 556, 2019-01-08, 11:20 am)
        No, there's nothing wrong speaking ones' own truth... - sm (Views: 541, 2019-01-08, 12:15 pm)
        It's your truth, doesn't mean it is everyone's truth - nm (Views: 393, 2019-01-08, 12:31 pm)
  - From See Msg - JC who e-mailed me (Views: 861, 2019-01-06, 4:36 pm)
- I think this is true for chart notes and routine - W/C Reviewer (Views: 523, 2019-01-06, 2:55 pm)
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    - Congratulations! I'm sure the MDs are thrilled as well. NM - W/C Reviewer (Views: 404, 2019-01-07, 11:48 am)
      - Thanks W/C! I love your posts - These docs are great (Views: 445, 2019-01-07, 12:21 pm)
        Thanks--Good to hear! Stick with them! - W/C Reviewer (Views: 358, 2019-01-07, 2:07 pm)
        No problem sharing if it helps someone else. - And yes, I will stick with them, love these docs! (Views: 526, 2019-01-08, 8:42 am)
- Partially true - My opinion (Views: 482, 2019-01-06, 7:10 pm)
  - Partially true- - Just wondering (Views: 453, 2019-01-06, 10:10 pm)
    - I will take the liberty to assume she meant - investigational. nm (Views: 322, 2019-01-07, 10:24 am)
- I do not agree - MTx45 years (Views: 538, 2019-01-07, 11:09 am)
  - Amen Sister! - Bonnie (Views: 372, 2019-01-07, 12:27 pm)
    - More power to you for sticking to your choices, - SM (Views: 692, 2019-01-07, 12:56 pm)
      - Think post was misunderstood - Alicia (Views: 419, 2019-01-08, 12:44 pm)
        Thank you - MT x45 years (Views: 337, 2019-01-08, 1:01 pm)
- key words - me2 (Views: 372, 2019-01-09, 4:15 pm)