There's a Buddhist story, about an old monk teaching a young one.
The young one, goes outside and the old one is chopping wood. The old monk tells how amazing he is at it The young one immediately asks why are you bragging? It's against the teachings.
The old monk replied, I'm not and proceeds to perfectly split five pieces. Describing your skill actually is not bragging is the moral. Or something like that
Only for niche and custom tests. Or maybe extremely small labs. Everything is automated and has been for many many years. The modem machines read the tube barcode, look up the patient/test, perform the test, and upload the results electronically. The only thing a tech touches is loading/unloading the tube and dealing with errors.
Although I guess they can. The ones I've seen are all online.
I consider it a niche of the generic "content creator"... Other examples would be twitch gamers, YouTube channels, even something like onlyfans, etc.
As far as becoming one, start creating content and marketing it. If it becomes popular enough, you get advertising, or sell brand merchandise. If you can live off it, your a professional.
There's a Buddhist story, about an old monk teaching a young one.
The young one, goes outside and the old one is chopping wood. The old monk tells how amazing he is at it The young one immediately asks why are you bragging? It's against the teachings.
The old monk replied, I'm not and proceeds to perfectly split five pieces. Describing your skill actually is not bragging is the moral. Or something like that