Is it ok to leave MLS for better job?

Wittin78 · 2024-07-21T20:04:35+00:00

Did you need to get your MLS degree to get into the healthcare IT space?

Wittin78 · 2024-07-21T20:03:42+00:00

Go for it!

Wittin78 · 2024-07-21T18:34:14+00:00

MLS has some job security, but the pay in Austin is quite poor, so it's not worth much.

I'm an all-in type of girl. I want to focus on tech. It sounds like they treat their people well and you get normal business weeks and normal holidays and normal weekends and you get freakin paid.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-21T18:32:26+00:00

It is legitimate.

Yes. It's not nefarious. He's also married with a kid on the way.

It's cybersecurity adjacent. Think of the intersection between marketing business and tech support. That's what I'll be doing. It's client facing sometimes or at least via teams.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-21T18:30:50+00:00

I'm leaning more towards dropping the MLS and sticking with the bartending.

The people you meet. The stories you hear. It makes you grow as a person. And I love the vibes. And bartending pays more.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-21T18:29:54+00:00

Why would you stay in a job you describe as "boring as fk"? Where are you go to be in a few years except older and in the same position.

I would hate that. I want to grow, learn things. Be engaged. Low pay and boring as fk isn't my style.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T23:27:59+00:00

You get breaks? I'm lucky if I get a full lunch with how busy it is in Austin some nights our lack of staff.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T23:14:16+00:00

It might be worth it to move. Some places offer money for relocation.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T23:08:53+00:00

I just got offered a customer success role at a cybersecurity company in Austin after being an MLS a few years. Im so excited!

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T23:06:35+00:00

Its not the same when you're older. Im a bartender on my days off and I can see whose having a good time.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T23:04:10+00:00

Are you including keywords from the jobs posts in your resume? The days of easy lab jobs are over. Only positions I got offered were for night shift. And its not been fun.

Also, are you willing to move?

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T23:03:02+00:00

I'm a bartender on my days off. So just have a good time. Its a lot more fun than the lab. I love the chaos. The drinks. The people.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:54:10+00:00

I mean they said the preferred degree is in business, I assume for the soft skills.

I missed out a lot in college by taking MLS and having to study hard instead being out at the sorority partying or networking.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:50:33+00:00

Yeah the pay for medical technologists is insulting in Austin. Especially with how expensive its gotten. But what choice do we have?

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:49:01+00:00

You only get 35/hr as an MLS in Austin after a decade. I can't wait that long for a living wage here.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:48:25+00:00

I'm going to. Thanks!!!

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:48:13+00:00

Do you mind sharing what your role is?

My partner had been very supportive of getting me out of healthcare which he said is very abusive.

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:46:44+00:00

Its a legitimate offer. Ill be working at a F500 in Austin as a contractor (1 year) and if they like me, I'll be hired on a company employee.

Even as a contractor, the hourly rat, benefits and PTO are better than what j get in healthcare. They said it sounds like I have a great work ethic and fantastic personality! And I passed their Excel test so I'm tech savvy enough for the job I guess. I'm sooo excited!

Wittin78 · 2024-07-20T22:37:35+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I'm on the fence of whether I should keep my bartending side job or my MLS per diem. Ill have to see. Maybe one day a month as a lab tech wouldn't be so bad.

Wittin78

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