Sinister

[caliking87]

I just want to say I am grateful for SDN. where else could we post truths to equalize the constant lies being thrown at us from those who are trying to “grow the profession”. To any pre-pod out there who this may reach: Do NOT go to podiatry school. The debt will ruin your life. I can honestly say 90%+ of my life’s stress has come from the outrageous debt the schools guiltlessly throw into students. It will consume every facet of your life. It feels like play money during school. “You’re gonna be making doctor money” so the 50k yr of tuition isn’t bad right???
Wrong.
Ask ANY 3rd year resident right now what their current job contract is. 9/10 of them are sub 200k.
This is a predatory field. I regret it every single day.
To those creating podcasts and websites about how amazing this field is: go talk to 3rd year residents or new grads and acquaint yourself with how challenging and disappointing this field is. If you already know this and continue to push for more students to ruin their life, you are evil

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[Adam Smasher]

You know what? I was just thinking how we haven't had a thread get locked for a while

 

[caliking87]

As long as people can still read it 😂😂

 

[heybrother]

Before someone comes on here and says this is just another SDN regular who is angry and disgruntled - they only have 19 posts so they are not a regular. Just a disgruntled podiatrist.

 

[caliking87]

Also, the Discover podiatry website advertises 215-350 as salaries. SOME SCHOOLS DONT EVEN PAY THEIR OWN FACULTY THAT

 

[Feli]

Also, the Discover podiatry website advertises 215-350 as salaries. SOME SCHOOLS DONT EVEN PAY THEIR OWN FACULTY THAT

No school does, man... the dean will make that at some pod schools.

The regular faculty/clinical DPMs for pod schools make significantly less (most start below that range, and perhaps low end of that range if they have been there a long while). Just look at the resume of core faculty at most pod schools... usually average training at best... many not board cert. They don't pay enough to attract better. It's a business.

The recruit ads with high salary statements is just job security for pod school faculty, so they keep their heads down.
Funny story, though: shortly before I started at Barry, the faculty had collectively approached the university and marketing for doing advertising with "average podiatrist salary" that was higher than any of them made. This stuff is sadly tale as old as time.

They'll tell busted pre-meds pods that podiatrists all make $200k+ or 300k++, yet at the same time, they will offer their own grads $150k to be full time teach/clinic pod school faculty (maybe tiny bonus if they seem a lot of clinic). And they wonder why their grads are upset and their faculty are nearly all with one foot out the door and looking for $200k-250k "good" VA or rural hospital pod jobs. 🙁