Steady pay and hours, job-security due to shelter from economic booms and bust or changing industry trends, low/no co-worker drama. You clock in, you clock out.

Once upon a time, these were very desirable traits in a job. In a certain light, I could see it being fairly pragmatic and sound advice from a Dad who a) genuinely probably just wants whats best for their kid and b) has a narrow or naive view of vocations beyond his own direct and hands on experience.

But - lol - ROFL - what a boring job, boring way to live. omg.

I have known many court stenographers. I can't picture you sitting there changing the empty paper roll on your machine.

The stenographer keyboard always fascinated me. But also, why can’t we just record these events instead of having someone type what was said? Siggy probably knows the answer