u/BagSufficient4416

I have applied to a two year Vet Tech program and been accepted. I'm in Canada if this makes any difference, and already my experience with the university has been positive. I have autism which is why I'm in more contact with the university before it starts to get my accommodations. But I'm not as worried about the university anymore as I am about the job that im going into.

When I look up videos about vet tech all I see are people suffering, discussing their terrible pay and how they are treated badly at work and how they are going to quit soon, already have, or most if not all other people who they did it with have quit.

I don't care about having a ton of money but I want to live a comfortable life and have a cat or two (or three..). Living alone isn't really my end goal as my goal would be to have a partner to live with. But I'm just worried Im going to go into this, enjoy the university and then realize it was for nothing or just to have a bad job. Also not to mention I havent seen or heard of any autistic person being a vet tech...

Do any of you actually enjoy the job and dont see yourself quitting??? Should I just run while i can??

Sorry this post is sort of sad but I want to ask people who have experience instead of just searching on videos and websites.

hello, I first want to say i don’t want to sound offensive for any of this so i apologize if i worded anything poorly.

i’m a trans male and have been on testosterone for a few years now. i’ve seen other trans men use “AFAB” to describe themselves. i called myself it before but now it causes discomfort.

and i’ve seen multiple times trans women discussing how some trans people have “AFAB only” spaces and how that’s transphobic. and part of me agrees it’s weird because i feel discomfort for being called AFAB even though they’re including me in that label (i think)? but also part of me sort of understands because i think it makes sense to have spaces to discuss the trouble of being born with certain body parts.
and i understand the struggle of only ever been sexually hurt by people with a penis… i even feel guilty typing that but i’ve seen before that being the reason people have those spaces. but even then it feels like im calling trans women monsters

i guess my question is what’s the point it becomes transphobia, and when is it not and its just ppl genuinely wanting community and its not offensive?

again i dont mean to offend, this has been on my mind for a long time and troubles me a lot for some reason.
i also feel bad about this because i feel like it gives trans men a bad wrap and i’ve seen trans women hate trans men because of this. these things are why i avoid detailed discussions of being trans online cuz everyone seems to hate eachother

thank you for any input