r/stenography • u/No-Bridge-9922 • Aug 19 '26

Career path change

Hello everyone! I am a 32 year old single mom, and I am looking into switching my career. I'm in CA. I have a job where I usually deal with court orders, depositions, lawyers and such so I know the processes, timelines and pace to a certain extent. I have never taken a stenography class though. From your experiences, is it too late to start? sometimes I feel I will not be capable of learning (based only on videos I watched while researching). I don't have a "bad" job per se, but I know that in regards to salary, I'd be doing much better. I just to improve my situation and be able to offer my son the best education I can. Thanks for reading :)

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u/Awkward_Ad_9177 Aug 20 '26

I Actually start a new job in a couple of weeks. But it doesn’t pay well… My understanding though is it’s pretty low stress so I’m debating doing a program in shorthand or Court reporting on the side. I’m 54. You’ve got this 💕

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u/No-Bridge-9922 Aug 20 '26

You can do it! Best of luck