learned a lot about medical terminology, and really this is where I got my first taste of medical coding. Although I was not a coder, that's really where I learned about, you know, how coding is used in the health insurance and, you know, the overall health care industry as a whole. So from that point, my next step was with a third party in the health care industry, dealing with provider enrollment. Not so much coding in that area, but kind of more in the revenue cycle. Again, getting my feet wet in that area as well. From that point, I moved on to a hospital working on the accounts receivable side. Again, getting a little bit of more familiar with the coding aspect, but not yet a coder. It was at this point where, you know, I was really looking to move on in my career. I was in this position for a little while. I wasn't really, you know, wasn't really growing, wasn't really doing what I wanted to do. Had two young kids, really little kids at that point. I was studying for my master's degree. And at the same time, I happened to use a network, a friend who I happen to network with in a, you know, in this health care system where I currently work. And, you know, he mentioned, why don't you go out and get your CPC? You know, go get certified and that's going to open so many doors for you. So what I did is I basically went home that day, you know, after we talked, went home, uh, sign up for the AAPC course, the self-guided course for the CPC, and began studying for it right away. Again, while I'm studying for my master's degree