Before I start, I'd like to say that I really love my job. I don't make a lot of money and I don't work a lot of hours, even though the hours I do work are annoying and mostly incompatible with family life.
The reason I prefaced with this is because I keep seeing people saying that people that complain about AT just chose the wrong profession. I vehemently disagree. We should be paid a premium for the amount of family/social life we give up. But that's not the case. Why?
Tbh I completely love interacting with my kids. I like teaching them about proper mechanics, lifts, illnesses. I like talking to them about relationships; with parents, coaches and SOs.
I don't believe AT is a sustainable profession on its own. We dicked around for a lot of years and now we're trying to play catch-up. Too late. We still don't have recognition amongst many physician groups. Not to mention the anti-AT sentiment amongst PT, APT, SchoolNurses etc.
tldr Long winded answer, I love my job and discourage anyone that expresses an interest in it