Somebody give me some good news

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I'm an M4 about to graduate and start my anesthesia residency. I chose it because I love the job, but I'm also $250K in debt with a wife and kid to support. I always thought the money would make up for all these years I've invested, but I'll be 35 before I'm done with fellowship, and after all the negative outlooks I've read here I'm convinced in ten years I'll be supervising 10 CRNAs who all make more than me, defending myself in litigation for their mistakes, and working 80 hours a week to pay off my loans and feed my family who I never see.

Somebody give me the good news...
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Work hard study hard and start making connections with alumni. Focus on getting a job in private practice. You'll be fine. The sky ain't falling.
 
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MpXnpio said:
I'm an M4 about to graduate and start my anesthesia residency. I chose it because I love the job, but I'm also $250K in debt with a wife and kid to support. I always thought the money would make up for all these years I've invested, but I'll be 35 before I'm done with fellowship, and after all the negative outlooks I've read here I'm convinced in ten years I'll be supervising 10 CRNAs who all make more than me, defending myself in litigation for their mistakes, and working 80 hours a week to pay off my loans and feed my family who I never see.

Somebody give me the good news...
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The good news is that the best workers will always have a job. So work hard to become the best solo anesthesiologist you can be, keep your head low and your spirits high, and go for a fellowship that will jumpstart your career and give you reason for future optimism.
 
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Don't worry, you will pay it all back. Of course you will have to do the nite calls and put up with bs at the hospital. It will take 10 yrs to be financially independent and cut down on work. Important to have work life balance. Most importantly don't send your money to Wall Street Ponzi schemes.
 
I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.
 
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Planktonmd said:
The good news you still can switch and do orthopedic surgery
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You may want to listen to Plankton, ortho is a cash cow. I would switch if I didn't have kids and a wife.
 
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you won't be supervising CRNAs that make more than you. They will always make less than you. While the sky is falling for us, their new grads are almost getting lucky to find a job that starts above $100,000 a year right now. They churn out grads so fast that they might be looking at starting salaries close to RN salaries in the not too distant future.
 
Planktonmd said:
No you are too creative... maybe you should consider plastic surgery!
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Oh, I have a good idea for that too. What if one placed a squeaky toy into the breast implants of porn stars?

'Creative, but Weird' is my middle name. I'm like MacGyver's cousin who's got one too many screws loose.
 
0kazak1 said:
Can I combine ortho and anesthesia? Maybe use a hammer to induce general anesthesia.
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That job in Tulsa is a decent salary but zero benefits and it seems very high risk........
 
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That job in Tulsa is really pretty good. I did a rotation with their anesthesia group as a med student. At the time, the docs seemed to split their time between supervising and doing their own cases equally. The hospital is a good hospital and obviously you will have the opportunity to do everything. The docs at the time would sell vacation days back and forth to each other very liberally so a lot of flexibility. They have CRNA students that train there as well as many local med students who rotate there. Tulsa is a good town. Lots of great music, good parks and trail system. Fairly affordable living. Midtown Tulsa is pricy but very nice and very old money if that is your thing.
 
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That job in Tulsa is really pretty good. I did a rotation with their anesthesia group as a med student. At the time, the docs seemed to split their time between supervising and doing their own cases equally. The hospital is a good hospital and obviously you will have the opportunity to do everything. The docs at the time would sell vacation days back and forth to each other very liberally so a lot of flexibility. They have CRNA students that train there as well as many local med students who rotate there. Tulsa is a good town. Lots of great music, good parks and trail system. Fairly affordable living. Midtown Tulsa is pricy but very nice and very old money if that is your thing.
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The bolded items above are what we in the business refer to as "dealbreakers."
 
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What is wrong with half and half supervision/solo Consigliere? I personally hate supervising, and now work solo, but the split sure as hell is better than 80-100% supervision.
The CRNA students part, I agree. So happy to be in a town with minimal CRNA's.
 
FFP hit the nail right on the head. By the transitive property, Carbocation 1 is an idiot.
 
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