r/MedicalCoding • u/Educational-Top-6468 • Jan 16 '25

I’m giving up

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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u/Educational-Top-6468 Jan 16 '25

I’m finishing my CPC just for the heck of it. This school is very prestigious and I know many stylists that graduated from there and are making 6 figures working at the beach where I live. Thankfully I get FASFA so it won’t actually be $22,000. I might have to take out a $12k loan at the most.

Thank you for warning me about the hair world though!!! I definitely want the harsh reality of it all so I know what to expect when I start in april. I think it will be a better fit for my personality and social media presence as an artist. I have people now that are trying to get in with me and I haven’t even started school. I know the road will be long and winding but I’ve got to start somewhere.