leopold stotch said:
dont knock the dirty south beeotch!! word.
Yeah, Tough, no insult taken.
The less people wanting to come to the south, the better for the MDs here.
And that brings me to another point.
Think about this....
You've got a coveted gig....nice cash, nice lifestyle, nice everything....
YOU ARE SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT BY ADVERTISING HOW GOOD YOUR SPECIALTY IS.
In the business milleauu, why would a dude do that? Seems like a stupid move in my opinion.
As you can tell, since I'm a frequent poster here, I'm speaking to myself.
And I've thought about that...
I've questioned myself about posting on SDN....
"JET, WTF are you doing? Youve got a great gig. Your specialty has been good to you. You enjoy your job (not the administrative bs though). The choice you made concerning specialty has been fruitful. You no longer have to worry about money."
"SO WHY IN THE F UCK ARE YOU POSTING THIS ON AN INTERNET FORUM, WHICH MAY ENTICE COMPETITION???"
Good question, Jet (geez...I've resorted to talking to myself. I need medication. Or at least another margarita with an extra Don Julio shot)....
Yeah, well,
Anesthesia has been good to me. I've enjoyed my journey/my job/patients that have been appreciative/complex cases/comraderie with co-workers/showing someone how to do a block or an intubation or an epidural/being blessed with knowledge/procedural prowess to make a difference in someones life/being able to pay off my debt to sallie mae the student-loan-crack-*****/being able to make life decisions without money being a factor/ etc etc
And I'm convinced the job market is good, and that the propegated-CRNA-threat is not an issue, from a czar point of view.
So I made a decision a cuppla years ago.
I'm gonna be an attending that spreads the wealth, someone who doesnt feel threatened by posting the greatness of their gig.
And I'm in good company.
Actually I'm humbled by the attendings on this board.
Mil/UT/Noyac are truly rockstars of this biz.
I guess I'm having a hard time relaying the significance of these posters to you budding med students/residents...
They are a resource that should be considered invaluable to you.
I'm thankful to be a part of a movement by real private practice docs that are giving something back to the dudes/dudettes behind us. We had no such resource.
Theres enough bank/patients/great experiences/challenges/victories/defeats/good days/bad days
for all of us.
Welcome to
The Ring.