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How I Got Out - DELETED - deenibeeni

Posted: Jul 08, 2012

Sorry kids, but a couple of bad apples have spoiled it for everyone.

Did you? - interested

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Did you already have the technical and science background? Did you take all the recommended courses? Did they give you companies who will hire you out of school? Did you pay for it on your own or did grants or scholarships help you pay for it? Just wondering as I might do this.

I did. One more thing...(sm) - DELETED - deenibeeni

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Sorry. Talk to the "bad apple."

Thanks for the info - interested -- nm

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nm

Deeniebeenie, can jobs for "copy editor" include both ones cleaning up SR - and others editing fairly clean typed copy, or ?

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While thinking how pleasant untangling sentences while clarifying the author's meaning would be compared to this, I realized I really AM tired of cleaning up endless pages of SR typo slop.

Following your lead to copy editing sounds exciting, but I would want to do it in the right way, going the right direction from the beginning, so I could put this kind of work firmly behind me and start using my brain again. Oooh, what a prospect! ??

copyediting.. - cr

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What is the pay for that?

depends on many factors - DELETED - deenibeeni

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Sorry, but I am being shouted off the board for "advertising."

copyediting again - cr

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That is so awesome! Congratulations!

Thank you! - deenibeeni

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I wish everyone the best of the best.

pay - see inside

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http://www.copyediting.com/tip-week-what-copyeditor-earns

wowie kazowie. DELETED - deenibeeni

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Deeni: Thanks for sharing! Question: Is this - Bindi

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program on a quarter or semester system or at your own speed?

Also, a big YAY!! for you, girl, for making this happen for yourself! You're an inspiration.

DELETED - deenibeeni

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Sorry. Not worth the angst this is causing me, getting attacked for being, I don't know what, condescending? for offering up my experience?

Sad day.

thanks, Deeni! I plan to look into it. (nm) - Bindi

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My question is - Maxs mom

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Are there companies that would hire you to work at home, just like being a remote MT, or is this something done in-house? I enjoy working from my home and would like steady work.

DELETED - deenibeeni

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An MTStars bad apple (see request to moderator on 7/10) has done an effective job of stopping me in my tracks by attacking me.

Kudos! - MBINNM

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I'm so glad that I was browsing this site tonight and saw your post! I have begun to hate transcription so much that I could scream, but when I saw your post and how happy you are with your new career it gave me hope. Copyediting sounds like it would be right up my alley, and I'm going to check out the UCSD program ASAP. Thanks so much for sharing!!!!

You Go, Girl. - deenibeeni

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I know that hopeless feeling well. We all do. I feel so happy to have found something that was such a good fit. I wish you the joy of feeling that you are at the beginning of a road instead of at the end of one.

Needing a degree - NJMT

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I searched for jobs online, and many of them require a bachelor's degree. Has that been your experience? I'm really interested in this, but I'd hate to find out after all was said and done that a certificate wouldn't get my foot in the door after all.

Thanks for the inspiration - you made my day!

Maybe, maybe not - deenibeeni

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My search has been focused on jobs that require an advanced degree, because I have one. But I know there are jobs out there that don't require one, that require the submission of work samples or passing a test to get in. As in every field, those jobs may not pay as much, but I don't have the sense, as I did before I had typed my first word as an MT, that the field's days are numbered.

There is always the possibility of starting your own business, advertising for clientele. I found two clients by posting ads on craigslist and in the local paper for only a couple of weeks. If I wanted to go that route, I'm sure I could have made a strong go of it, and I will probably always have those two clients and anyone they refer.

I think you should sign up for UCSD's info session. I probably sound like a shill for that program, but it's really just that it's my latest alma mater and it did for me what I needed for it to do. The info session is a GoToMeeting seminar and you'd have the opportunity to ask any questions you like. The seminar is free, so even if you decide to do a program elsewhere, you can still get some of your initial questions answered.

So many jobs that officially require a degree will accept - experience instead unofficially. SM

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Since Deenibeeni posted (thank you!), I've been doing some researching, and a whole lot of salaried jobs in this field are clearly accessible that way, maybe almost all of them over time if you worked your way up from inside.

I also easily found a couple of ads for remote editing, low pay natch, that "prefer" or "require" but "would consider..." A way to get your feet wet. A company of that sort actually posted on this forum last year looking for people for a project requiring medicalese.

My first step would actually be a rather silly one--learn to use the standard programs DB mentioned. I've used custom word-based programs in various industries for decades, and could walk in and work on a computer in almost any office in the country before that, but these days I can't even set margins in Word, or make the font stay put. :)

Deeniebeenie, thank you again from me too for providing good information on this line of work. I'm sort of stuck in the country, so the better paying jobs might be literally out of reach, but I know I could be good at copy editing, and what I've found so far has been very heartening.

Wishing you ALL the best! :)

Is your current job at home? I am going to look - sm

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into this myself!

Yes, it's all online. nm. - deenibeeni

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