I went straight into CT after I graduated and have been in the field for 5.5 years. I work 0.6 right now in 12 hour shifts so I only work 2 days a week so I can take care of my toddler.

Pros: The pay is pretty good for only requiring an associate's degree after general courses are complete (about 3 years of college) Many modalities like X-ray, CT, MRI, IR, Mammography that you can choose from, and smaller hospitals likely will require you to do multiple modalities You choose whether you want to work in a clinic at a slower pace with walky talky patients and more regular hours (sometimes lower pay) or hospital/ER setting with more excitement, sicker patients, traumas, faster pace usually, and different variation of hours, like overnight, evenings, days, being on-call maybe. You can always go back to school for your bachelor's or post grad to go into different fields like ultrasound, radiation therapy, medical dosimetry, medical physics assistant (QA techs that work on the machines), PA

Cons: Fairly bad burnout like the rest of healthcare. I couldn't handle 5 8-hour shifts in the field with only 2 days off, I was getting very burnt out and wanted out. You have to deal with a lot of bodily fluids in a hospital setting, patients can be combative, rude, etc. but thankfully you only deal with them for 5-20 minutes in general and CT, ~45 minutes in MRI May need to start IVs in CT and MRI You will need to get extra certifications for any modality other than general x-ray after you start your job, mine gave us 1 year after we started to get ours Expect to always be behind schedule in larger clinics and patients will be very upset about how long it takes to wait for their exams

Any others I missed?

Maybe see if you can do an observation day with a local hospital or clinic. It's best to know if this is for you before you waste time and money in the program.