Typist with 12 fingers claims sexism is the reason he can't find work

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19. CAD work would be right up your alley

"I always assumed some kind of engineering degree would be required" <-- having an engineering degree is a good way to get your resume' removed from the running; companies don't want to pay engineering salaries for a CAD technician, or train up someone who's just going to be looking for greener pa$ture$ in a couple years anyway, if you know what i mean.

"I have lots of experience working with machinery blueprints." <-- You'd be a natural for MCAD training then.

A lot of the transcription that's been getting done over the last couple decades is actually blueprint-to-CAD. There are plenty of shops that wanted to have their original paper schematics processed and maintained as computer files. And it's still happening. Every day when i walk down the hall to get my morning caffeine fix at (large tech company where i work) i see a bloke transferring schematics from paper onto a computer -- that's his job, or a big part of it. If you have good typing speed and any kind of aptitude or affinity with the subject material, you have a good shot at something like that.

Give it a try! and good luck to you