[Neurorad]

Originally Posted by younghov85

Man I pray to make a dermatology or radiology residency

Decide now, and do some research or other extra work, to get your foot in the door.

[007e92]

Originally Posted by esbezee92

wow what do you guys do and how much do you get payed to stare off into space or go online

account management/electronic trading institutionanal brokerage sales

its only slow right now though because most of my work is done. there are times when i get a pile of junk on my desk though or there are new clients to train. when that happens im usually busy for a good couple of weeks.

pays not that great. $55k with $15k bonus

[stefman]

Originally Posted by daveyg

I work my ass off for my $$$$$

+1

I work 7 days a week and haven't taken any time off since xmas

I'm tired

[Beerflakes]

I spent about 90% of my time surfing... 5% walking around and chatting it up with co-workers, 2% grabbing a soda or hitting up the baño... Maybe 3% actual work.

I'd rather be busy the entire time, being bored really sucks. That's State jobs for ya

[Corey]

Originally Posted by Moze

I spent about 90% of my time surfing... 5% walking around and chatting it up with co-workers, 2% grabbing a soda or hitting up the baño... Maybe 3% actual work.

I'd rather be busy the entire time, being bored really sucks. That's State jobs for ya

yeah I can't stand it, I pretty much sit here for 8 hours a day hoping someone will stab me so I'll have an excuse to leave

[eleven11]

Nah, not doing surgery - talked myself out of that, thankfully (came close, though). Doing anesthesiology, and plan on doing a pain fellowship (pain rocks!).

Work regulations - yeah, luckily our program actually follows these fairly well. Many don't, however. The general surgery program here commonly has residents in the 110-120 range. Of course they have to lie and say, 78, 75, etc. or they get ripped to shreds.

Radiology/dermatology - if you're really interested in these, make sure you spend a few weeks rotating in them first. Nice lifestyle, but I got bored really fast.

[Mo]

Im in fashion so im always working. I'll give myself five minute breaks to smoke a quick cigarette otherwise that's about it. I live on my black berry!!!!!!!

[musc]

See patients about 20 hours a week m-th. Do rest of work at home for about 15 hrs a week. Every Fr,Sa,Su off. No call.

[chbrules]

I do IT contracting work, so I kinda just work when I please. Usually I end up procrastinating, but it actually gives me motivation to work. I'm a workaholic when I get in the game, though. I've worked for 14 hours straight once on projects.

[Professor///M]

Wow, a lot of you have jobs that robots will be doing soon.

I work 12-13 hours a day, and I'm lucky if I get maximum 10 minutes to eat something.

Makes me jealous to know that others get paid to do nothing. But it's also more rewarding to get paid to do what I do, despite the poor conditions.

[FotiosF90M5]

I own a couple restaurants.There is always something keeping me busy.It never ends.totally worth it though.No one tells me what to do.

[platelet]

Originally Posted by younghov85

Man I pray to make a dermatology or radiology residency

Make sure you love the field you're going into. A nice lifestyle doesn't guarantee happiness. I considered rehab/pain for the lifestyle, but found it dull and boring during the rotation, and not worth any amount of money to me. I guess i like to incur pain rather than relieve it.

Sidharth Yadav D.O. PGY-3
Cardiovascular Disease Fellow on July 2, 2007

[Awb17x]

Been to iraq once.... going back in Feb... Im a US marine... i bust my ass.... doesnt mean i busted my ass for the car tho haha ... my wife is the SHIT! hahah

[firstkill]

Originally Posted by younghov85

Man I pray to make a dermatology or radiology residency

good luck!

or u can go to a tiny program that uses night float system and rarely any overnight call.


fk

[magmd]

Originally Posted by younghov85

Man I pray to make a dermatology or radiology residency

ahha...buddy, you better do more than praying.

Derm has become very competitive these days because of applicants like you---students that really do not know anything about derm, but apply because they think it will be an easy residency. What you do not realize is that in the end, you have to practice as a Dermatologist. It is not enough to just do the residency, you have to actually be competent and enjoy doing the work. Making your residency selections on the basis on what you believe will require the least amount of work, is just plain stupid. You better hope I am not one that screens your application one day....because I am really tired of this type of mentality.

Over the last 3-5years, we have noticed that the majority of medical schools across the country are having 10-17 students applying for a derm position...when most Derm residency programs still only take 2-5 people per year. Do the math, and continue saying your prayers.

[neuzpeed]

I work 10 hour shift 8 day straight then I get 6 days off. Love the work schedule!! I plan trips for my days off its like a vacation every other week! I work maybe half the time, the rest is spent surfing or reading.

Money is good too I'm a pharmacist.

[platelet]

Originally Posted by younghov85

Man I pray to make a dermatology or radiology residency

One last word of advice for a young doc to be. when you start your internship, try to empathize with your patients, and make an honest effort to perform your house officer duties well. It isnt glamorous, but its not supposed to be. Show a willingness to learn, or a resident like myself will make you feel like a waist of space on a daily basis. good luck!

[younghov85]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

Decide now, and do some research or other extra work, to get your foot in the door.

I mean I still have a year to go in undergrad, but I have done my research. I just wanna shadow both types of doctors and see the ins and outs of both areas

[younghov85]

Originally Posted by eleven11

Nah, not doing surgery - talked myself out of that, thankfully (came close, though). Doing anesthesiology, and plan on doing a pain fellowship (pain rocks!).

Work regulations - yeah, luckily our program actually follows these fairly well. Many don't, however. The general surgery program here commonly has residents in the 110-120 range. Of course they have to lie and say, 78, 75, etc. or they get ripped to shreds.

Radiology/dermatology - if you're really interested in these, make sure you spend a few weeks rotating in them first. Nice lifestyle, but I got bored really fast.

Did you have to do extremely well on your boards to get into an anesthesiology residency?

[younghov85]

Originally Posted by platelet

One last word of advice for a young doc to be. when you start your internship, try to empathize with your patients, and make an honest effort to perform your house officer duties well. It isnt glamorous, but its not supposed to be. Show a willingness to learn, or a resident like myself will make you feel like a waist of space on a daily basis. good luck!

Thank you for the advice!!!

[younghov85]

Originally Posted by magmd

ahha...buddy, you better do more than praying.

Derm has become very competitive these days because of applicants like you---students that really do not know anything about derm, but apply because they think it will be an easy residency. What you do not realize is that in the end, you have to practice as a Dermatologist. It is not enough to just do the residency, you have to actually be competent and enjoy doing the work. Making your residency selections on the basis on what you believe will require the least amount of work, is just plain stupid. You better hope I am not one that screens your application one day....because I am really tired of this type of mentality.

Over the last 3-5years, we have noticed that the majority of medical schools across the country are having 10-17 students applying for a derm position...when most Derm residency programs still only take 2-5 people per year. Do the math, and continue saying your prayers.

I will! I realized about what I would be facing if I aimed towards Dermatology, but I will still stay optimistic

[777ER]

Eh for me...I work in line maintenance for an airline.

At my base, it's up to a few service checks a day which is topping off the engine oil, downloading the engine performance/flight data onto a laptop, check the tire pressures, brake wear, paperwork in the logbook.

The rest is line calls which my base gets called on the cell phones or the office phone from the maintenance control in the airline's headquarters. I go out and fix them, and put them back into service.

When I started working at this airline a year ago, I was doing about 9-10 service checks a day with 2 or 3 guys.
Each service checks takes about 10-20 mins depending on the workload needed for each plane, more if wheel or brake has to be changed.

As a few months ago, the major told my airline we have too many jets based at my base and needs to be spread out on the east coast...so now its down to 2-3 service checks a day and a few line calls.

I'd say the real work is about 3 hours, the rest is browsing the net or relaxing in the office.