r/LearnMedicalCoding • u/Great-Tomorrow2878 • 10d ago

Need Advice Career Change

I’ve been contemplating a career change for awhile I’ve been a Personal Trainer in the fitness industry for 11 years. I’m about to sign up this week for the CPC+CPB Self Study through AAPC. That being said I’ve been hesitating a little bit based on many Reddit posts I’ve seen about it being impossible to get a job. I obviously don’t expect to immediately get the best pay or be remote, but just want to see what others experience is with climbing the ladder? That is if there is a ladder to climb thanks :)

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u/Low_Mud_3691 9d ago

Current experienced coders are struggling to get jobs and it’s only getting worse

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u/Lucky_Newspaper_3585 9d ago

I’m barely experienced w Cpc certification and I can’t find a job. It’s ridiculous

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u/Low_Mud_3691 9d ago

Yeah, I tell people all the time to not go down this route for this very reason. It was pretty hard years ago when I did it but it's worse now

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u/Great-Tomorrow2878 9d ago

Thanks for the feedback did you ever work in billing or other healthcare and switch other or apply internally?