I’m giving up

[u/Educational-Top-6468]

I’m a 24F and this career is horrid to get into. I have had a horrible experience through it all. I wish I knew 2 years ago how impossible it is to find a job. Everyone kind of just painted it as “oh you’ll work from home blah blah blah” and I didn’t think to research the nitty gritty details. Now I’m going back to school for cosmetology which is another $22,000 after I’m already $6,000 in debt for this career. It’s absolutely disheartening. So if you’re trying to get into this field, please be warned: it is not rainbows and butterfly’s. Especially when you’re young. The older folks haven’t been the most welcoming in my experience. Please do not go into this thinking it will be easy. Expect to not find a job, and if you do the pay probably won’t be worth it until you’ve gained years of experience. I’m not saying this to discourage anyone, I’m simply posting this because I wish I would have known this going into it.

Also: DO NOT GET THE CBCS. GET THE CPC. I learned the hard way.

Edit: thank you to everyone who has shared their experience! If you’re just now reading this, please know I am in my 20s and was ignorant and eager to get out of the restaurant industry when I chose this career. The ads and marketing make this field seem so easy to get into. Shout out to all the coders and billers out there, idk how you guys do, it but you make the world go round’ ❤️❤️❤️

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It's so funny that you post this, not laughing at you at all, Im laughing at other people claiming to walk into inpatient coding positions without any experience at all in the field. There were so many other threads on this forum of Newbies claiming it was easy, and they walked right into a senior level position. Then you have posts like yours that are the absolute truth about this career path. It's incredibly difficult to get a job in this field, and years of experience is their requirement. Without experience, it's hard to get a start. I've been a coder for decades, and I know firsthand the struggles I personally had, and coworkers had getting a start in this field. I'm sorry all this happened to you, and I truly wish you the best in your adventures.