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Episode 175 – A Chat With Evelyn Maina Hallway Chats

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Introducing Evelyn Maina







Evelyn is a very unusual guest in that we brought her into the WordPress community! Years ago when Liam and Tara started this podcast they hired Evelyn as their transcriber. Since then, Evelyn has gotten to know more than 175 WordPressers by transcribing their interviews here on Hallway Chats. Her perspective as an “outsider” was quite heartwarming.







Show Notes







https://havenscribe.com/







https://glowfaceportal.co.ke/







https://www.linkedin.com/in/evalyn-maina/







Transcript:







Topher: Hey everyone, my name is Topher. 







Nyasha: And my name is Nyasha. 







Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. We’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsor, Nexcess, a Liquid Web. brand. Nexcess has been a solid web host for the entire HeroPress Network. So if you need hosting, check them out. 







Our guest today is Evelyn. Welcome. 







Evelyn: Thank you.







Topher: You know, I said that the American ways. Is it right? Just the normal way? 







Evelyn: Yes. Right.







Topher: Okay.







Evelyn: Yes. 







Topher: So by way of introduction, Evelyn does the transcription for Hallway Chats and a lot of stuff at HeroPress, and has been magnificent. So I feel like she’s already a part of the WordPress community because she read so much of our stuff. But that said, I know almost nothing about you, Evelyn. I don’t know your last name. I know you live in Kenya?







Evelyn: Yes.







Topher: And that you do transcription. That’s it. So who are you? 







Evelyn: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. I appreciate. My name is Evelyn Maina. I’m an accountant by profession. 







Topher: Oh.







Nyasha: Wow. 







Evelyn: Yes. So here in Kenya we call it CPAK, and I have a degree in finance. 







Topher: Okay. 







Evelyn: So I started transcription since 2016. So that’s what I’ve been doing all along. And kind of like I no longer practice accounting. 







Topher: Okay. So you’re a full-time transcriptionist now? 







Evelyn: Yes. 







Topher: Okay. What made you get into that, and what made you fall in love it so much that you quit your current job? 







Evelyn: Well, it was actually by accident, I would say. Back in 20… actually 2015 I was working in an insurance company and I got exhausted at some point. I would get anxious and stuff like that, so I decided to take a break from accounting, and from that firm I was working for. And as I was doing that, at some point, I went back to that company to pick up a check that I had left. And a friend of mine told me… because the idea was to take a break for three months, and then get back to it. 







Meanwhile, within that three months, the idea was to find another job. And I went back to that company, my friend gave me a contact of a person and she said, “By the way, there’s a way this friend of mine who work online…” She actually said “work online.” She never mentioned transcription.

Introducing Evelyn Maina







Evelyn is a very unusual guest in that we brought her into the WordPress community! Years ago when Liam and Tara started this podcast they hired Evelyn as their transcriber. Since then, Evelyn has gotten to know more than 175 WordPressers by transcribing their interviews here on Hallway Chats. Her perspective as an “outsider” was quite heartwarming.







Show Notes







https://havenscribe.com/







https://glowfaceportal.co.ke/







https://www.linkedin.com/in/evalyn-maina/







Transcript:







Topher: Hey everyone, my name is Topher. 







Nyasha: And my name is Nyasha. 







Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. We’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsor, Nexcess, a Liquid Web. brand. Nexcess has been a solid web host for the entire HeroPress Network. So if you need hosting, check them out. 







Our guest today is Evelyn. Welcome. 







Evelyn: Thank you.







Topher: You know, I said that the American ways. Is it right? Just the normal way? 







Evelyn: Yes. Right.







Topher: Okay.







Evelyn: Yes. 







Topher: So by way of introduction, Evelyn does the transcription for Hallway Chats and a lot of stuff at HeroPress, and has been magnificent. So I feel like she’s already a part of the WordPress community because she read so much of our stuff. But that said, I know almost nothing about you, Evelyn. I don’t know your last name. I know you live in Kenya?







Evelyn: Yes.







Topher: And that you do transcription. That’s it. So who are you? 







Evelyn: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. I appreciate. My name is Evelyn Maina. I’m an accountant by profession. 







Topher: Oh.







Nyasha: Wow. 







Evelyn: Yes. So here in Kenya we call it CPAK, and I have a degree in finance. 







Topher: Okay. 







Evelyn: So I started transcription since 2016. So that’s what I’ve been doing all along. And kind of like I no longer practice accounting. 







Topher: Okay. So you’re a full-time transcriptionist now? 







Evelyn: Yes. 







Topher: Okay. What made you get into that, and what made you fall in love it so much that you quit your current job? 







Evelyn: Well, it was actually by accident, I would say. Back in 20… actually 2015 I was working in an insurance company and I got exhausted at some point. I would get anxious and stuff like that, so I decided to take a break from accounting, and from that firm I was working for. And as I was doing that, at some point, I went back to that company to pick up a check that I had left. And a friend of mine told me… because the idea was to take a break for three months, and then get back to it. 







Meanwhile, within that three months, the idea was to find another job. And I went back to that company, my friend gave me a contact of a person and she said, “By the way, there’s a way this friend of mine who work online…” She actually said “work online.” She never mentioned transcription.

24 min