There is no end to threads highlighting all the ways in which mid level encroachment and administrative overreach have negatively impacted the expected experience of psychiatrists. It is curious that the only part of the argument that doesn't hold is that everyone is that nobody actually seems to be in a worse situation. When I started residency, it was expected that a new grad would make about $160k a year out of training. I remember how some would brag about being able to snag jobs paying $250k by moving to less desirable states in around 2015, and my first attending job in 2017 as a child psychiatrist paid $192k. Despite consistent predictions of everything being terrible, myself and all my colleagues are all doing substantially better than that, for the same amount of work. I think it's fine.
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