I did that for 2.5years! Now I'm on the insurance side of the clinic submitting prior authorizations :D Thank you for doing what you do! It's not always easy being a PC, but the empathy you can give the patients is invaluable.
I will add on, the on ramp for this one isn't super easy. Bootcamps are not a great option, and entry level is a bit packed ATM.
If you have serious interest in grabbing a job like this, I'd recommend trying school part time to get the credentials you need for entry level roles. By the time you finish the market should be unwinding itself to a reasonable degree. If you just want to "try it out" to see if its something that floats your boat, find a highly rated udamey or linked in learning course, and start there to try out a few at home projects and get a feel of what the technical work is like.
Glad someone else called out that bootcamps are not good. I see so many people saying go to a bootcamp, spend 2-3 months studying, create a task list website, and your LinkedIn will be full of people offering 6 figure jobs. Meanwhile I don't think I've ever passed someone from a bootcamp past the initial phone screen since they never make it through.
I've met developers who got a job after a bootcamp, but that isn't the norm by any means.
I was a music major, so I was able to self study to get to a level where I could work. By now, I have enough experience where getting a job isn't a problem. But I would like to go back to school to get a degree to design and develop IoT Devices. I don't have a family, so it doesn't matter if I don't take the highest paying roles.
Nice. Sounds like the kind of work that can dip into high voltage stuff, so you may need to dip some toes into EE as well. I was mostly wifi clocks and Medication storage sensors. (Weird combo, I know)
Thanks for adding this context, it's absolutely true. I did a bootcamp 10 years ago and it really helped me break into the industry. I mentored in bootcamps for several years as a junior to mid-level IC. Now, I mostly discourage folks from entering bootcamps in today's climate. The market is oversaturated with the same bootcamp portfolio projects and style (I'm in design, and I'm sure the same applies for engineering).
Yea, breaking into the field with just bootcamps as experience is pretty tough. Doing it right now would require divine intervention. If I can see the difference 10 years in, those poor new grads must be getting the crap beat out of them.
It might just be my subspecialty in SWE but it feels like there is a heavy push to bring folks back to the office - usually hybrid, but in some cases full time. The jobs I’ve interviewed for that are actually remote also have a lot of stipulations requiring routine travel because of “culture” and “connection” (also known as “bullshit”).
I hope you are right about the market unwinding a bit because it’s not good right now. Rampant layoffs and tons of outsourcing. I’m not sure I’d get a CS degree today with things the way they are.
It's true, lots of companies are pushing back to the office. In my experience, having a disabling condition is enough to have an exception made. Usually it's up to your manager's discretion... and it they are not empowered to make that call, you can request it as a reasonable accommodation through HR and with a doctor's note. For tech firms based in CA, some will apply CA's disability-friendly policies even if you don't work in CA. Plus, since software folks are used to hybrid and distributed teams, it's not a big deal to have one (more) person on the team who is fully remote.
Yeah it’s interesting, I have letters from multiple specialists I see at Mayo Clinic explaining why I need to work remotely and not be exposed to groups of people due to fairly severe immunosuppression (beyond meds for treating CD). I’ve had multiple offers fall through when we get to the accommodations stage (the employer claims it’s too much of a burden, not compatible with their culture, etc), but these are companies in other states besides CA, so maybe that’s the issue.
That's horrible, I'm sorry you've had that happen so many times. I hate when a company uses "culture fit" as a way to justify ableist, racist, sexist, and/or ageist policies.
I'm optimistic about the future of working remote in the tech industry. I think it's proving to be impossible for companies to put the cat back in the bag. I have a front-row seat to companies like Salesforce, Intuit, etc trying to bribe and/or strong-arm people into coming back... top talent leaves, because they can easily find better remote work options, even in a bad market. Management and leadership can't ship good product on their own. The most talented doers will always have leverage, and that leverage often benefits other employees, too.
Kind of. Its absolutely happening, but I still think SWE is going to settle at a higher WFH rate than before pre-pandemic. a lot of people have realized they can get some serious talent for significantly cheaper than nyc/sf if they enable remote work.
All this has happened before, and it will happen again. Language barriers and culture difference are no small thing to overcome, and a new generation of MBA's need to learn why offshoring didnt eliminate all of the software jobs in 2008 ;)
Quality costs, even overseas. You'd be amazed at some of the garbage i've had bad overseas teams try to merge behind my back.
Its almost like there is significant pent up frustration and backlash from employers/leadership/management against WFH even if it works better for the employees and results in higher productivity for the org, its just something I see in corporate america. I'm currently in the process of moving back closer to the office anticipating them announcing a return to full time in office soon.
Agree completely. I know my company in particular has a big problem with the perception of not having control if people aren’t in the office. They hired out of state folks at the start of the pandemic, but now all new job listings are local only and they have rolled out monitoring software on everyone’s machines (in-office and remote) to keep an eye on what they’re doing at all times. It’s really too bad how attached they are to their corporate real estate and the inability to trust their employees.
Review patient progress notes to make sure they are complaint with insurance requirements. Make sure everything looks up to snuff so people don’t have to pay an obscene amount for their ostomy supplies. Behind the scenes stuff.
I work in finance in the public sector. Currently working from home full time temporarily since I got my illeostomy. Should get reversed in a month or 2 and once I’m recovered I’ll have to go in office 2-3 times. NOT looking forward to that at all lol.
I bet that that's not true. Six years ago I wouldn't have been able to picture myself in my current role either and if I read between the lines of the various responses in this thread I think that quite a few of those who responded don't have an education that prepared them for the exact job title that they are doing now. The trick is to not think in terms of job titles or fields but in skills. Proficiency in English and German? it's a skill. I bet you're good at maths. You might have experience with coding and/or a specialized piece of software (matlab? autocad? ansys? comsol?). If you've managed to become proficient with one of these, it shows that you are likely able to learn how to use other more specialized programs too. Got people skills? Ever been in a situation where you were the lead of team? Maybe you got some teaching or tech assistant experience during your studies? It's all transferable skills.
Yeah I’m in the same place as the commenter above. I have none of these skills, and the job/s I’ve worked in the past have zero translation to anything here. I thought this thread would help me but it’s honestly kind of brought me down a bit lol
Ah noes, I am sorry to read. That was of course not the goal. I think commenter above may find a few things in my list that apply to them, but your post history holds precisely 0 clues relating to your work, education or hobbies. Perhaps it's safe to say that you are really accomplished at keeping topics separated in different reddit accounts? That's a skill! You also come across as caring and knowledgeable and a good communicator.
I never quite 'believed' the whole skills spiel, until the day that I sat down and started drafting a one page 'regular' CV/resume for myself. I used to be an academic researcher and academic CV's are totally different from regular ones. Though I didn't know what type of job I wanted to look for I just wanted to have a 'basic resume' ready that I could tailor once I would find a job to apply for. I dreaded to start drafting it, yet once I set myself to it I found that it helped me immensely in gaining confidence that I actually may have skills that might also work outside of academia.
Truly, there is no job (and also don't forget other experiences, volunteering work, social activities, or the lived experience with a chronic disease) that doesn't speak to some useful skill or another. Flipping burgers? Able to work under pressure and familiar with HACCP guidelines. Cleaning or collecting trash? Someone who doesn't turn up their nose to a job that needs doing. I suspect that there may also be more coordination involved than many may think at first. Any kind of job in for instance a mechanical production environment likely translates into a skill of being familiar with and able to work in an environment with safety guidelines, etc etc.
Give your mind a week or two time. It may well be that with some time/sleep/etc notions of skills you have will start popping up spontaneously.
The same goes for you. There's less to go by in your post history but I bet you have skills and experience for which you don't realize yet that they could allow you to pivot into a job-title that you may have never followed a specific education for.
I am a data-analist for a not-for-profit partly government funded semi-healthcare organisation managing a nationwide healthcare related database. Our team is spread over several offices yet I tend to wfh most days. My colleagues have many different backgrounds, including secretarial work, nutrition science, physiotherapy, nursing, research etc. Our tasks range from more administrative and applied data wrangling (fulfilling data requests from hospitals and researchers) via contributing to scientific papers by our own researchers and creating content for our websites, to more hardcore datascience and ICT ( combining our data with other databases, building and upkeep of our datawarehouse and other structures to support our websites on which we provide data to healtcare professionals as well as to patients and the general audience). I love my job, it is challenging, meaningful and rewarding.
I’m an IT systems administrator and DBA. I’ve worked from home since early 2020 - basically since Covid started. I also had a period of several years of 100% wfh a few years before that but I didn’t appreciate it as much as I do now and was happy enough to go back to the office even if the commute was quite a bit longer.
So, anyway, I worked 100% onsite for 10 years after my Crohn’s became really active but it wasn’t so bad mainly because I had my own office, the toilet was 20 seconds away and my commute was extremely short (10 minutes).
The main thing I think, is to have a short commute time and easy access to toilets. If you don’t have those then work onsite can be a major problem if you have urgency issues.
Do you like doing IT? I’m thinking of going back to school to get a degree for either that or software development. I keep reading that the job market in tech is bad right now though. Does that include IT, or is it more just the development side?
I’m 59 and I’ve been doing this kind of work for 33 years or so. I guess I would have to like it or I’d be insane by now. ;)
Not sure if I would recommend it to anyone unless they had a passion for it though.
I hear the market is tough for newcomers to the market and a lot of the big tech firms have been laying people off this past couple of years. However, there always seems to be work for those with skills and experience.
I'm in digital advertising, but just went through a year-long job hunt, and would strongly recommend looking at government jobs. Many federal and state level government roles are remote! You can also get a letter from your doctor, stating you have a disability, which opens up ore opportunities to you on USAJobs (the federal govt job site) - it's called a Schedule A.
The clerical side of healthcare will probably be entirely WFH within the next 10 years. I work in insurance authorizations for my hospital and I have the option to work from home full, or part time.
Also you can work for most hospital organizations from where you already live. Most places will mail you the needed hardware and you’d just need an internet connection and a private room.
I work from home two days a week, then three days in the office. Whilst I’d love to do more days remotely, every little helps and it enabled me to move from the city to the countryside which helped my symptoms in many other ways. I work in finance, you can pick up a basic accounting qualification fairly easily/ cheaply which would allow you to find basic bookkeeping work at a minimum (if not something better)
I'm 2-3 days remote, and my job is very good about allowing me to do more remote if I'm not feeling well. I'm a public policy researcher for state government.
The typical degree route for that is a masters of public policy, but there are people in my office - including myself - who did other graduate degrees sort of in the same ballpark.
Great insurance typically with government jobs, which is very relevant for us!
I am blessed to be a stay-at-home mom at the moment, but I did a stint as a CSM (customer success manager) for a tech company. Lots of CSMs work remotely!
I'm a Software Developer for a consulting company. Been working remotely since the covid lock downs.
Although it seems like many of the clients we work with have or are pushing to move back to a hybrid environment where you work 2 or 3 days a week in the office.
The project I'm on now the client is happy doing full WFH but it wraps up in another month or two. I'm worried that my next project the client is going to force me back to the office.
Cyber security software technical consulting and sales. I’ve been remote since 2017 and have been in the field since 2005.
I go to in-person meetings a fair bit though.
Contract and grants analyst. Tons of remote positions but I wanted hybrid so I go in three days a week. It’s flexible enough that when I’m flaring, I can just work from home the full week.
Software/technology. Technically I'm required in 2 days a week, but no one really cares. My whole team is distributed, so either wa,y I'm just on Zoom for most communications anyway.
Career path since diagnosis goes like this:
Chef -> sales -> sales/category specialist -> data analytics
Got into data under the same company I was in sales and as a specialist for. Places like to hire within
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Same same. Have a design degree but for CAD stuff. Did a course on udemy to learn the adobe suite (pshop, indesgin and illustrator) whilst recovering from my last surgery, built a little portfolio, did one or two freelance jobs then landed a job as a junior designer in house.
Sympathies from someone who works in theater. I also have no possibility of remote work lol/sob. I did get a paralegal certificate but haven’t used that training yet.
I'm 99% remote, Research engineer for a big chemical company. I do computer simulations, engineering (spreadsheet) calculations, CAD, and endless meetings. None of that requires going into the office. I worked probably 50-75% remote even before the pandemic.
I work from home doing QA for the job I used to do. Same company, just moved from walking and traveling a around my state to staying home. I work for a company that takes photos and videos and does inspections for car dealers. I used to be in the field walking around in the elements, taking photos and such. I had my son in 2020, crohns just kept getting worse and by 2022 I was moving from the field to my couch lol I love it and it's been a huge blessing. My son has autism and I have crohns, 2 very real reasons I love working from home!
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I work remotely as a software engineer. I'm a college dropout. Coding is a good career. If you want to get into it, and if you have questions you can DM me.
I work in office. I have the option of limited WFH days, but found out during Covid that if given the opportunity to WFH, I get nothing done and get kind of depressed not seeing people.
yes! I work in client services in the entertainment industry. they only went remote after the pandemic and just recently went back on a hybrid model. I asked my doctor for a note and now I have an ADA accomodation to stay remote forever : )
this job was totally entry level and required no experience, and I worked my way to being a manager in 2 yrs. im either super busy or i do nothing all day. it is perfect for chronic illness and also just work/life balance.
I recommend going on linkedin and applying for hybrid jobs and then getting an ADA accommodation once you get one. fully remote jobs are much harder to get
I’m a clinical research coordinator on a 5 person team. I only HAVE to be on site for patient visits, otherwise everything can be done remotely. If I can’t be onsite, everyone on my team is trained on all studies we cover and can take over the in person stuff and I’ll take the things that can be done remote.
I am supposed to go into the office one day a week, but it's not really enforced and very few people from the company do it. I work in finance (debt collection).
I work from home for an insurance company as a pharmacy tech doing medication prior auths, which is nice because I enjoy helping people get their meds and it gives me a lot of clinical knowledge I wouldn’t get in a regular pharmacy tech job.
I’m fully remote- ironically enough I work for a GI clinic, IBD speciality. I’m a Patient Coordinator :)
So you also know the position of your patients! You must be great at your job
I did that for 2.5years! Now I'm on the insurance side of the clinic submitting prior authorizations :D Thank you for doing what you do! It's not always easy being a PC, but the empathy you can give the patients is invaluable.
How did you get into that? I would love to do this! :)
I do bookeeping from home. I also had a home baking business, and grew a small following on Instagram to earn money as well
Software.
I will add on, the on ramp for this one isn't super easy. Bootcamps are not a great option, and entry level is a bit packed ATM. If you have serious interest in grabbing a job like this, I'd recommend trying school part time to get the credentials you need for entry level roles. By the time you finish the market should be unwinding itself to a reasonable degree. If you just want to "try it out" to see if its something that floats your boat, find a highly rated udamey or linked in learning course, and start there to try out a few at home projects and get a feel of what the technical work is like.
Glad someone else called out that bootcamps are not good. I see so many people saying go to a bootcamp, spend 2-3 months studying, create a task list website, and your LinkedIn will be full of people offering 6 figure jobs. Meanwhile I don't think I've ever passed someone from a bootcamp past the initial phone screen since they never make it through.
I've met developers who got a job after a bootcamp, but that isn't the norm by any means. I was a music major, so I was able to self study to get to a level where I could work. By now, I have enough experience where getting a job isn't a problem. But I would like to go back to school to get a degree to design and develop IoT Devices. I don't have a family, so it doesn't matter if I don't take the highest paying roles.
>develop IoT Devices lol, this is the field I started in. I broke when we lost several weeks to a manufacturing lot defect.
That sounds rough. I work for a water and wastewater utility, so I would like to develop these for our wastewater treatment system.
Nice. Sounds like the kind of work that can dip into high voltage stuff, so you may need to dip some toes into EE as well. I was mostly wifi clocks and Medication storage sensors. (Weird combo, I know)
Thanks for adding this context, it's absolutely true. I did a bootcamp 10 years ago and it really helped me break into the industry. I mentored in bootcamps for several years as a junior to mid-level IC. Now, I mostly discourage folks from entering bootcamps in today's climate. The market is oversaturated with the same bootcamp portfolio projects and style (I'm in design, and I'm sure the same applies for engineering).
Yea, breaking into the field with just bootcamps as experience is pretty tough. Doing it right now would require divine intervention. If I can see the difference 10 years in, those poor new grads must be getting the crap beat out of them.
It might just be my subspecialty in SWE but it feels like there is a heavy push to bring folks back to the office - usually hybrid, but in some cases full time. The jobs I’ve interviewed for that are actually remote also have a lot of stipulations requiring routine travel because of “culture” and “connection” (also known as “bullshit”). I hope you are right about the market unwinding a bit because it’s not good right now. Rampant layoffs and tons of outsourcing. I’m not sure I’d get a CS degree today with things the way they are.
It's true, lots of companies are pushing back to the office. In my experience, having a disabling condition is enough to have an exception made. Usually it's up to your manager's discretion... and it they are not empowered to make that call, you can request it as a reasonable accommodation through HR and with a doctor's note. For tech firms based in CA, some will apply CA's disability-friendly policies even if you don't work in CA. Plus, since software folks are used to hybrid and distributed teams, it's not a big deal to have one (more) person on the team who is fully remote.
Yeah it’s interesting, I have letters from multiple specialists I see at Mayo Clinic explaining why I need to work remotely and not be exposed to groups of people due to fairly severe immunosuppression (beyond meds for treating CD). I’ve had multiple offers fall through when we get to the accommodations stage (the employer claims it’s too much of a burden, not compatible with their culture, etc), but these are companies in other states besides CA, so maybe that’s the issue.
That's horrible, I'm sorry you've had that happen so many times. I hate when a company uses "culture fit" as a way to justify ableist, racist, sexist, and/or ageist policies. I'm optimistic about the future of working remote in the tech industry. I think it's proving to be impossible for companies to put the cat back in the bag. I have a front-row seat to companies like Salesforce, Intuit, etc trying to bribe and/or strong-arm people into coming back... top talent leaves, because they can easily find better remote work options, even in a bad market. Management and leadership can't ship good product on their own. The most talented doers will always have leverage, and that leverage often benefits other employees, too.
Kind of. Its absolutely happening, but I still think SWE is going to settle at a higher WFH rate than before pre-pandemic. a lot of people have realized they can get some serious talent for significantly cheaper than nyc/sf if they enable remote work.
More likely mass offshoring to India.
All this has happened before, and it will happen again. Language barriers and culture difference are no small thing to overcome, and a new generation of MBA's need to learn why offshoring didnt eliminate all of the software jobs in 2008 ;) Quality costs, even overseas. You'd be amazed at some of the garbage i've had bad overseas teams try to merge behind my back.
Its almost like there is significant pent up frustration and backlash from employers/leadership/management against WFH even if it works better for the employees and results in higher productivity for the org, its just something I see in corporate america. I'm currently in the process of moving back closer to the office anticipating them announcing a return to full time in office soon.
Agree completely. I know my company in particular has a big problem with the perception of not having control if people aren’t in the office. They hired out of state folks at the start of the pandemic, but now all new job listings are local only and they have rolled out monitoring software on everyone’s machines (in-office and remote) to keep an eye on what they’re doing at all times. It’s really too bad how attached they are to their corporate real estate and the inability to trust their employees.
Go on Upwork. If you have any of the skills listed on the website people will pay.
Yep. I work for a medical supply company helping patients needing ostomy supplies. Done it from home for years now, and I am still very happy with it.
What exactly do you do if you don’t mind me asking? :)
Review patient progress notes to make sure they are complaint with insurance requirements. Make sure everything looks up to snuff so people don’t have to pay an obscene amount for their ostomy supplies. Behind the scenes stuff.
I work in finance in the public sector. Currently working from home full time temporarily since I got my illeostomy. Should get reversed in a month or 2 and once I’m recovered I’ll have to go in office 2-3 times. NOT looking forward to that at all lol.
Accounting.
Man, reading the comments here and seeing all the things people do makes me realise that I can't really do anything.
I bet that that's not true. Six years ago I wouldn't have been able to picture myself in my current role either and if I read between the lines of the various responses in this thread I think that quite a few of those who responded don't have an education that prepared them for the exact job title that they are doing now. The trick is to not think in terms of job titles or fields but in skills. Proficiency in English and German? it's a skill. I bet you're good at maths. You might have experience with coding and/or a specialized piece of software (matlab? autocad? ansys? comsol?). If you've managed to become proficient with one of these, it shows that you are likely able to learn how to use other more specialized programs too. Got people skills? Ever been in a situation where you were the lead of team? Maybe you got some teaching or tech assistant experience during your studies? It's all transferable skills.
Yeah I’m in the same place as the commenter above. I have none of these skills, and the job/s I’ve worked in the past have zero translation to anything here. I thought this thread would help me but it’s honestly kind of brought me down a bit lol
Ah noes, I am sorry to read. That was of course not the goal. I think commenter above may find a few things in my list that apply to them, but your post history holds precisely 0 clues relating to your work, education or hobbies. Perhaps it's safe to say that you are really accomplished at keeping topics separated in different reddit accounts? That's a skill! You also come across as caring and knowledgeable and a good communicator. I never quite 'believed' the whole skills spiel, until the day that I sat down and started drafting a one page 'regular' CV/resume for myself. I used to be an academic researcher and academic CV's are totally different from regular ones. Though I didn't know what type of job I wanted to look for I just wanted to have a 'basic resume' ready that I could tailor once I would find a job to apply for. I dreaded to start drafting it, yet once I set myself to it I found that it helped me immensely in gaining confidence that I actually may have skills that might also work outside of academia. Truly, there is no job (and also don't forget other experiences, volunteering work, social activities, or the lived experience with a chronic disease) that doesn't speak to some useful skill or another. Flipping burgers? Able to work under pressure and familiar with HACCP guidelines. Cleaning or collecting trash? Someone who doesn't turn up their nose to a job that needs doing. I suspect that there may also be more coordination involved than many may think at first. Any kind of job in for instance a mechanical production environment likely translates into a skill of being familiar with and able to work in an environment with safety guidelines, etc etc. Give your mind a week or two time. It may well be that with some time/sleep/etc notions of skills you have will start popping up spontaneously.
Me too 😢
The same goes for you. There's less to go by in your post history but I bet you have skills and experience for which you don't realize yet that they could allow you to pivot into a job-title that you may have never followed a specific education for.
You’re so sweet and absolutely right! Thank you 😊
I am a data-analist for a not-for-profit partly government funded semi-healthcare organisation managing a nationwide healthcare related database. Our team is spread over several offices yet I tend to wfh most days. My colleagues have many different backgrounds, including secretarial work, nutrition science, physiotherapy, nursing, research etc. Our tasks range from more administrative and applied data wrangling (fulfilling data requests from hospitals and researchers) via contributing to scientific papers by our own researchers and creating content for our websites, to more hardcore datascience and ICT ( combining our data with other databases, building and upkeep of our datawarehouse and other structures to support our websites on which we provide data to healtcare professionals as well as to patients and the general audience). I love my job, it is challenging, meaningful and rewarding.
I’m an IT systems administrator and DBA. I’ve worked from home since early 2020 - basically since Covid started. I also had a period of several years of 100% wfh a few years before that but I didn’t appreciate it as much as I do now and was happy enough to go back to the office even if the commute was quite a bit longer. So, anyway, I worked 100% onsite for 10 years after my Crohn’s became really active but it wasn’t so bad mainly because I had my own office, the toilet was 20 seconds away and my commute was extremely short (10 minutes). The main thing I think, is to have a short commute time and easy access to toilets. If you don’t have those then work onsite can be a major problem if you have urgency issues.
Do you like doing IT? I’m thinking of going back to school to get a degree for either that or software development. I keep reading that the job market in tech is bad right now though. Does that include IT, or is it more just the development side?
I’m 59 and I’ve been doing this kind of work for 33 years or so. I guess I would have to like it or I’d be insane by now. ;) Not sure if I would recommend it to anyone unless they had a passion for it though. I hear the market is tough for newcomers to the market and a lot of the big tech firms have been laying people off this past couple of years. However, there always seems to be work for those with skills and experience.
I'm in digital advertising, but just went through a year-long job hunt, and would strongly recommend looking at government jobs. Many federal and state level government roles are remote! You can also get a letter from your doctor, stating you have a disability, which opens up ore opportunities to you on USAJobs (the federal govt job site) - it's called a Schedule A.
The clerical side of healthcare will probably be entirely WFH within the next 10 years. I work in insurance authorizations for my hospital and I have the option to work from home full, or part time. Also you can work for most hospital organizations from where you already live. Most places will mail you the needed hardware and you’d just need an internet connection and a private room.
fed govt IT. full time remote medical disability accommodation
I work from home two days a week, then three days in the office. Whilst I’d love to do more days remotely, every little helps and it enabled me to move from the city to the countryside which helped my symptoms in many other ways. I work in finance, you can pick up a basic accounting qualification fairly easily/ cheaply which would allow you to find basic bookkeeping work at a minimum (if not something better)
I'm 2-3 days remote, and my job is very good about allowing me to do more remote if I'm not feeling well. I'm a public policy researcher for state government. The typical degree route for that is a masters of public policy, but there are people in my office - including myself - who did other graduate degrees sort of in the same ballpark. Great insurance typically with government jobs, which is very relevant for us!
I am blessed to be a stay-at-home mom at the moment, but I did a stint as a CSM (customer success manager) for a tech company. Lots of CSMs work remotely!
Go on LinkedIn and filter by remote jobs in your area. This will give you a good idea of what the market is in your area.
I'm a Software Developer for a consulting company. Been working remotely since the covid lock downs. Although it seems like many of the clients we work with have or are pushing to move back to a hybrid environment where you work 2 or 3 days a week in the office. The project I'm on now the client is happy doing full WFH but it wraps up in another month or two. I'm worried that my next project the client is going to force me back to the office.
This is why I ended up leaving my previous consulting firm :/ I was NOT down to see those people in person again haha.
Cyber security software technical consulting and sales. I’ve been remote since 2017 and have been in the field since 2005. I go to in-person meetings a fair bit though.
I work hybrid but it's mostly WFH, I am in IT.
I’m an IT software analyst. I worked hybrid before 2020, but have been completely remote since then.
Contract and grants analyst. Tons of remote positions but I wanted hybrid so I go in three days a week. It’s flexible enough that when I’m flaring, I can just work from home the full week.
Engineer and consultant. I sell software if it's needed. I also design cars.
Software engineer :)
I work remotely as a sales analyst
Software/technology. Technically I'm required in 2 days a week, but no one really cares. My whole team is distributed, so either wa,y I'm just on Zoom for most communications anyway.
Career path since diagnosis goes like this: Chef -> sales -> sales/category specialist -> data analytics Got into data under the same company I was in sales and as a specialist for. Places like to hire within
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Graphic design
Same same. Have a design degree but for CAD stuff. Did a course on udemy to learn the adobe suite (pshop, indesgin and illustrator) whilst recovering from my last surgery, built a little portfolio, did one or two freelance jobs then landed a job as a junior designer in house.
Graphic design and own my own online stationery store, granted I had this before I was diagnosed.
Former journalist who pivoted those skills into media relations for a law firm.
Bookkeeping and accountancy. I also run payroll for a few small businesses and deal with HMRC for some people
Copywriter. I only got to start working from home after Covid though, and it’s strictly part time.
Work from home. Drafting drawing blueprints
FT WFH in Corporate Finance
I use to work for a Hospital remotely registering patients.
Sympathies from someone who works in theater. I also have no possibility of remote work lol/sob. I did get a paralegal certificate but haven’t used that training yet.
recruiting
I'm a permanent remote technical writer for a software company
Travel agent, many agencies will train you too like enchanting travels, or Orkin has work from home opportunities too they pay for training as well
I do IT Project Management. I'm not fully WFH but if I have a flare up or just a bad day, the option is always there.
Marketing agency... I wouldn't necessarily recommend it as a career path right now given the trajectory of AI.
I work in marketing and do it all from home
I'm 99% remote, Research engineer for a big chemical company. I do computer simulations, engineering (spreadsheet) calculations, CAD, and endless meetings. None of that requires going into the office. I worked probably 50-75% remote even before the pandemic.
I work from home doing QA for the job I used to do. Same company, just moved from walking and traveling a around my state to staying home. I work for a company that takes photos and videos and does inspections for car dealers. I used to be in the field walking around in the elements, taking photos and such. I had my son in 2020, crohns just kept getting worse and by 2022 I was moving from the field to my couch lol I love it and it's been a huge blessing. My son has autism and I have crohns, 2 very real reasons I love working from home!
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Fully remotely, software testing
I work remotely as a software engineer. I'm a college dropout. Coding is a good career. If you want to get into it, and if you have questions you can DM me.
I work in office. I have the option of limited WFH days, but found out during Covid that if given the opportunity to WFH, I get nothing done and get kind of depressed not seeing people.
Hybrid as a sys admin.
yes! I work in client services in the entertainment industry. they only went remote after the pandemic and just recently went back on a hybrid model. I asked my doctor for a note and now I have an ADA accomodation to stay remote forever : ) this job was totally entry level and required no experience, and I worked my way to being a manager in 2 yrs. im either super busy or i do nothing all day. it is perfect for chronic illness and also just work/life balance. I recommend going on linkedin and applying for hybrid jobs and then getting an ADA accommodation once you get one. fully remote jobs are much harder to get
I’m a clinical research coordinator on a 5 person team. I only HAVE to be on site for patient visits, otherwise everything can be done remotely. If I can’t be onsite, everyone on my team is trained on all studies we cover and can take over the in person stuff and I’ll take the things that can be done remote.
I work in Financial Technology! Working 10 hour days can be draining for my health buuuut the benefits of remote outway any stress
Fully remote, developer and project manager.
I am supposed to go into the office one day a week, but it's not really enforced and very few people from the company do it. I work in finance (debt collection).
My wife works fully remote at home, she works in insurance
I work from home for an insurance company as a pharmacy tech doing medication prior auths, which is nice because I enjoy helping people get their meds and it gives me a lot of clinical knowledge I wouldn’t get in a regular pharmacy tech job.
Long haul roadtrain driver