Have you ever wondered what stenographers like best about their career decision? What are the challenges the job brings? What is fun about your job? We sat down to hear what our court reporters all around the nation had to say about their chosen career path and we were blown away with the responses.
What do you like about your court reporting career?
- I like the freedom of being self-employed and the flexible hours. Earning potential is based on my willingness to work and ability to finish transcripts in a timely manner, so I like to work hard!
- Meeting fascinating people and going to interesting places and hearing intriguing stories.
- The flexibility of working when I want and not know what the next day holds.
- Meeting so many interesting people over the years, learning about so many different subject matters. Constantly challenging myself to become a better writer.
- Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility.
What is one of the biggest challenges you face in your career?
- Finding stretches and strengthening to counter the repetitive movements over so many years.
- Keeping up with all the latest technology.
- At the present time, a challenge I face in my career is being able to hear every single spoken word during remote depositions and distracting background noise from non-muted participants.
- Anxiety – it never diminishes!
What was the funniest thing you experienced during a deposition (maintaining confidentiality)?
- One of the defendants represented himself and was questioning a former employee. He was asking “Perry Mason” type questions until the witness finally yelled, “Yes, it’s true!! It’s all true!” One of the other defense attorneys fell off of his chair because he was laughing so hard. I had tears running down my face from laughter.
- When I lived in LA I took the depo of a famous musician. It was a class action suit, so before she testified, another woman testified first. The famous musician sat at the end of the really long conference table to wait her turn. The musician fell asleep and started snoring, and nobody wanted to say anything.
- The witness running away from the lawyer before we even started, and she was running after him to try to get him to testify.
- There’s been a few times when the answer (meant to be comical) cracks up everyone in the room and both sides get the giggles.
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