Starting a business while working shifts

[fzwarrior]

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Ever hear of anyone who has started a business that does not involve practicing medicine while working shifts as an ER doc? Seems like EM would be a good option for those looking for the flexibility to branch out in that way.

 

[Birdstrike]

Any hour worked in EM is equal 1.5 hr doing anything else. This is an undeniable truth of Emergency Medicine. Newbies just refuse to believe it and therefore get burned playing with fire. 30 hr per week of EM = 45 hr per week doing anything else. Refuse to believe it and get hurt. I've lived it. Every one of the 15 hours you can't imagine would be filled with anything other than starting businesses, goofing off and enjoying life, is spent recovering. It's true. Know it. Live it. Learn it. Or get hurt.

That being said, can you practice EM and start a side business? Sure. But no easier than a banker, or a family physician who works 45 or 50 hr per week.

Trust me. When you get off a 6 pm to 4 am shift, finally get home and get in bed at 5:30 am, wake up at 8:30 am unable to sleep any more with the sun blaring in your eyes after 3 hr sleep, you won't want to start a side business. You'll want nothing more than to put on eye blinders and go back to sleep. Add to that, the fact that the the 32 hr EP work week isn't even real for most EPs. Due to the EP shortage that has no end in sight, most end up working much more and pressured to do so, ad infinitum.

The 32 hr EP work-week evolved not for sh-ts and giggles. It evolved as a means of survival. EM is one of the, if not the, toughest speciality in all of Medicine. Free advice. Worth gold. Cash it in.

 

[emergentmd]

Ever hear of anyone who has started a business that does not involve practicing medicine while working shifts as an ER doc? Seems like EM would be a good option for those looking for the flexibility to branch out in that way.

Any hour worked in EM is equal 1.5 hr doing anything else. This is an undeniable truth of Emergency Medicine. Newbies just refuse to believe it and therefore get burned playing with fire. 30 hr per week of EM = 45 hr per week doing anything else. Refuse to believe it and get hurt. I've lived it. Every one of the 15 hours you can't imagine would be filled with anything other than starting businesses, goofing off and enjoying life, is spent recovering. It's true. Know it. Live it. Learn it. Or get hurt.

That being said, can you practice EM and start a side business? Sure. But no easier than a banker, or a family physician who works 45 or 50 hr per week.

Trust me. When you get off a 6 pm to 4 am shift, finally get home and get in bed at 5:30 am, wake up at 8:30 am unable to sleep any more with the sun blaring in your eyes after 3 hr sleep, you won't want to start a side business. You'll want nothing more than to put on eye blinders and go back to sleep. Add to that, the fact that the the 32 hr EP work week isn't even real for most EPs. Due to the EP shortage that has no end in sight, most end up working much more and pressured to do so, ad infinitum.

The 32 hr EP work-week evolved not for sh-ts and giggles. It evolved as a means of survival. EM is one of the, if not the, toughest speciality in all of Medicine. Free advice. Worth gold. Cash it in.

I agree. 32 hr shift work is different than 9-5 four dys a week. Sure you will alot of days off to do stuff, but its all over the place. Hard to start a business when you can not have set hours.

Start investing in real estate. Build up a nice portfolio. Let someone manage it for you. Collect money.

 

[Birdstrike]

I agree. 32 hr shift work is different than 9-5 four dys a week. Sure you will alot of days off to do stuff, but its all over the place. Hard to start a business when you can not have set hours.

Start investing in real estate. Build up a nice portfolio. Let someone manage it for you. Collect money.

When you see me and emergentmd agreeing, the likelihood of us being right has got to be damn near 100%. Lol. We almost never agree. I'd say when we do, the truth is likely undeniable.

 

[emergentmd]

When you see me and emergentmd agreeing, the likelihood of us being right has got to be damn near 100%. Lol. We almost never agree. I'd say when we do, the truth is likely undeniable.

Ha... I thought the same thing. Nothing wrong with disagreements. Nothing is ever black or white.

I tell everyone when they go into medicine, that you don't want to work this hard when you are 50. Work hard at 50 if you want to, not because you need to.

You make alot of $$$. Save some. Open up a side business. Invest in Real estate. Create passive income.

When I am 50+, and I am working as hard as I am now,

1. I would be happy if I wanted to
2. I would be depressed if I needed to

There is a big difference working the same amount of hours. Work towards being that Doc that wants to work alot of hours. The depressed docs are the ones that Have to work insane hours when they are 50+........