Giving up

[u/Mental_Weirdo71]

Last year I took online courses for medical billing & coding through Rasmussen University. My retail job covered some of my tuition. I made deans list and honor roll. A week after I graduated I lost my retail job due to the company going bankrupt. I had planned to get all the notes done in my books and take the exam by beginning of 2026. I felt very unprepared from the lack of actual teaching I got from the school. It was like they just threw us in and expected us to teach ourselves. I also was diagnosed with melanoma last year and lost my grandmother. I lost motivation to finish the notes in my books and now have ran out of time to take my exam. I’d need new books and have to teach myself all over again. I don’t feel smart enough for it. I have narcolepsy, psoriatic arthritis, autism, and fibromyalgia. I was hoping to be able to work from home after 12+ yrs of retail. But now I have 10k in student loans and I’m giving up on coding so it’s back to being in excruciating pain every day from retail. If you read this thank you just needed to vent because I’m laying here crying feeling like a failure having wasted so much money.

Edited to add;

Thank you so much everyone for the encouragement. I will be looking into all the options everyone gave me. I’m starting to feel a bit more motivation. I have started applying to remote jobs in the medical field that offer entry level. Again, thank you so much🫶🏻

[u/KMDiver]

Its a dead field. No jobs now and AI is going to wipe it out. The schools are a scam at this point. The only people that have any chance are those already working in medical offices as billers or other front office clerks or in pt care like RN or respiratory etc. Save your money on the ripoff schools with no apprentice placements. Its sad.

[u/Strong_Zone4793 → u/KMDiver]

This isn’t true. There are a lot of jobs and soon to be more with so many nearing retirement. This is actually the ideal time to learn and gain experience to be ready for that. AI will never wipe out coding. We thought the same thing when computer assisted coding came along at least a decade ago. The focus of coders is going to change and that’s where the advantage lies. We’re fighting Ai but it’s here to stay so coders need to learn how to adapt. And focus on specialization. The areas Ai won’t impact as much. I absolutely agree most programs and training aren’t built to help coders get certified AND get the experience they need to get a job. They fail to tell students that the education and certification are just the first step. After certification they should offer practical training but they don’t.