Random job thoughts
Just over three weeks ago I was told that my position at the place I worked at for 18 years was "terminated due to reorganization". Since then I've been trying to figure out what I want to do with the skills I have from my job and those that I have from going to Massage Therapy school. So far I'm leaning more towards Massage Therapy than going back to programming.
Due to the physical nature of massage therapy it would probably be best if I did that part time and did something else part time (possibly programming). Trouble with that is that I have been programming for those 18 years in COBOL/DB2/CICS and recently was learning IMS. Not sure where to go with that. If anyone has any idea please comment! I did have a small stint in Java/jsp using oracle gateway to get to a DB2 database.
As for the massage therapy portion - I have my license and want to continue to put my skills to good use. I have a scar tissue class set up for August 1 & 2 for some CEUs for next renewal cycle and plans to get the rest of them later this year or ealy next year. My hope is that I will gain enough clients to have three sessions at least 4 times a week. If anyone is in the Pittsburgh area please look me up. I'd like to do more trades with fellow LMTs to get more practice in while I'm in this transition phase. I have been urged by clients to get a facebook business page set up, so I'll be working on that sometime in the coming week. Need to take a couple of pictures first. Wish me luck for my talk tomorrow with my chiropractor - he's looking to add massage therapy to the services offered at his practice and would like to work with me if I'm willing.
So many things to think about.
Due to the physical nature of massage therapy it would probably be best if I did that part time and did something else part time (possibly programming). Trouble with that is that I have been programming for those 18 years in COBOL/DB2/CICS and recently was learning IMS. Not sure where to go with that. If anyone has any idea please comment! I did have a small stint in Java/jsp using oracle gateway to get to a DB2 database.
As for the massage therapy portion - I have my license and want to continue to put my skills to good use. I have a scar tissue class set up for August 1 & 2 for some CEUs for next renewal cycle and plans to get the rest of them later this year or ealy next year. My hope is that I will gain enough clients to have three sessions at least 4 times a week. If anyone is in the Pittsburgh area please look me up. I'd like to do more trades with fellow LMTs to get more practice in while I'm in this transition phase. I have been urged by clients to get a facebook business page set up, so I'll be working on that sometime in the coming week. Need to take a couple of pictures first. Wish me luck for my talk tomorrow with my chiropractor - he's looking to add massage therapy to the services offered at his practice and would like to work with me if I'm willing.
So many things to think about.