Career Options

[kalishakti]

Thanks for the replies!

I would love to be self-employed but because of my family situation I need to find a position that provides traditional group medical insurance.

IT interests me because there seems to be a lot of openings for high-paying, fully remote IT jobs. However, I would be coming into it as a total beginner, both in terms of technical skills and in terms of knowledge about the industry.

I have considered nursing and completed several pre-requisite courses including a B&M lab. I don't think it's in my budget or schedule at this point to attend nursing school. I wonder how much call center nurses can expect to earn. Healthcare (other than physicians or hospital executives) has a bit of a reputation, at least in my area of the south, for having good job security but very low pay. Even many nurses (RNs) in my state and neighboring states make less than $25 an hour, which is not much more than I am currently making. As a registered pharmacy technician I made $8.74/hour. Counseling would be a fulfilling career, but would also require a big investment in the form of another master's and I don't know if the earning potential is there.

I may possibly consider non-remote farther down the road but I am not sure when that would be. My mother in law is a dementia patient who needs continuous supervision. I could possibly commute depending on what happens with her health situation but that would not be anytime in the foreseeable future. I would need to earn enough to offset the transportation, clothing, meals etc. costs.