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Article in my paper today about MT course... - oldy

Posted: Feb 21, 2010

There's an article today in my hometown newspaper from an area community college about its MT course, about how MTs are needed for VR, how they make $34,000 a year, and how you can work at home. I just wanted to puke.

Of course the goal is to get gullible people to sign up for their course, hoping they don't bother to research it too closely....

Yup, that is how they have been doing it for YEARS!....nm - Cyndiee

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Article - TiredMT

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I've gone one better. The February/March issue of Working Mother magazine has an add for MT training that takes 4 months and can make up to $40,000 from home. True, it's possible but what they don't tell you is that most companies will not even hire if you took one of those at-home course, and chances are, you won't make that for a service unless you are a queen of text expansion.

34,000 is a very reasonable pay to put. It is not that hard to make that as long as work is availabl - Me

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That income is reasonable with the right course - at home

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I agree that it is reasonable! I took an at-home course. It took me 3 months total. I was employed from home within 2 weeks. That was 5 years ago. I only work 2 to 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, and make about $15,000 a year. I did not get any volume incentives, because I was part time. So, a full-time MT could easily make $34,000 to $40,000 a year from home, even early on. It took me 8 months to work up to my pay, but 8 months isn't long in the grand scheme of things, and I was getting paid the whole time. If you do an at-home course, you need to do a course with job connections. That is the absolute key, and it makes me mad when companies advertise those incomes and then throw their newbies to the wolves upon graduation.

Article in paper - typefast

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I saw that article in the News & Record Sunday. Are you from Greensboro area? The article was not complete, only gave the "sweet" stuff. A very romantic view.

Yes I am. - oldy

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Plus, I love how they didn't even mention offshoring.

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