Odds of Hanging On
Once you've started "making it" as a stenographer, you'll find the work comes easy and often. Court reporting alone is projected to see a 14% increase in jobs through 2020 (source). Since the biggest requirements for this job are being able to sit, see, hear, and type, you can pull that off as long as your body stays healthy—or until your bareknuckle boxing career takes off. You probably can't do both.