Lol, you think nurses will work for a discount? They're all unionized and will go on strike the second they dont get their mandated 10% annual raise and pension paid off. Nurses around here easily clear 2-300K with OT.
To be fair, they can probably lose everything they have if they screw up even once. Same with regular doctors or pretty much anyone in the medical industry. So they do earn their pay. Personally I would do a job like that for maybe 15-20 years then retire off all that cash and invest a big chunk of it and live off the interest. Could still do a small low stress job on the side too just to keep busy.
Same with pro sports, if I played in the NHL I'd just take a 5-10 year contract and then retire off the money. Some of those guys make like 10 mil per contract, it's pretty crazy. Of course they do have to put their bodies through a lot and not just anyone can play good enough.
Ok, you've stated this in a thread in P&N. Where the eff do you live??? My daughter is an ICU charge nurse, she's part of the union and gets nowhere near what you're describing. She also works at a level 1 trauma hospital, not some backwoods place. I've known plenty of nurses in my life and they don't earn what you're claiming either.
Doing some duct work on this doctors mansion..he gutted his 5 year old mansion to change rooms around :shrug:
Turns out this indian guy who can't be much older than 30 makes 20k a week.
WTF. you sit and hold a mask over a patients mouth.
Ok, you've stated this in a thread in P&N. Where the eff do you live??? My daughter is an ICU charge nurse, she's part of the union and gets nowhere near what you're describing. She also works at a level 1 trauma hospital, not some backwoods place. I've known plenty of nurses in my life and they don't earn what you're claiming either.
In 50 years 80% of the jobs around today will be gone or completely different.
Ok, you've stated this in a thread in P&N. Where the eff do you live??? My daughter is an ICU charge nurse, she's part of the union and gets nowhere near what you're describing. She also works at a level 1 trauma hospital, not some backwoods place. I've known plenty of nurses in my life and they don't earn what you're claiming either.
In my next life I'm coming back as an Anesthesiologist
CA is a special case. anywhere else in the US they aren't making anywhere near that much money
same goes for Docs
my BIL gets paid 50% of WHATEVER HE BILLS, as an orthopedic surgeon in CA, he lives in the boonies as well, and clears over a million a year. that 50% deal is what the hospital deal is apparently. the hospital doesn't directly employ him, but that's how it works
if he was in NY where I am with the same work load he would make maybe 1/2 of that
I think it helped that my dad's partner was his brother. That and the facts that their father took care of the office (i.e. billing) for a great deal of their career and that the atmosphere in the hospital (as with most hospitals, AFAIK) was one of great camaraderie. Quite a few times I had a meal in that hospital's diner and the atmosphere was one of warmth and friendship. I've since been in a lot of work situations (i.e. my own) where the mood was nowhere near that.I had a root canal done a couple of months ago. Between 2 visits, the orthodontist probably spent a total of 30 minutes with me. He was good - damn good. I'd rather have him do a root canal than go in for a simple tooth cleaning - that much more comfortable.
That's all he does all day - root canals. 8 hours a day, nothing but root canals. And, based on the cost, the guy is making a crap ton of money.
I'd go bonkers - even with the income, I wouldn't be happier than I am now. And, there are plenty of studies about overall happiness & income that show above a certain level, you're no happier. To do the same thing over and over and over, day after day after day?? Not the life for me. I don't know enough about an anesthesiologists job to comment one way or the other, but without an ample amount of variety, I'd get very bored, quickly.
Well, I like to think of Jay Leno's comment that money can't buy happiness... but it can help.In my next life I think I'm coming back as a rich kid.
I had a root canal done a couple of months ago. Between 2 visits, the orthodontist probably spent a total of 30 minutes with me.
Just like flying cars and hooverboards......I still don't see ANY of those.
Nonsense.
In your next life, karmic law dictates that you be downgraded to a ferret.
I had a root canal done a couple of months ago. Between 2 visits, the orthodontist probably spent a total of 30 minutes with me. He was good - damn good. I'd rather have him do a root canal than go in for a simple tooth cleaning - that much more comfortable.
That's all he does all day - root canals. 8 hours a day, nothing but root canals. And, based on the cost, the guy is making a crap ton of money.
I'd go bonkers - even with the income, I wouldn't be happier than I am now. And, there are plenty of studies about overall happiness & income that show above a certain level, you're no happier. To do the same thing over and over and over, day after day after day?? Not the life for me. I don't know enough about an anesthesiologists job to comment one way or the other, but without an ample amount of variety, I'd get very bored, quickly.
Not really, noone arrives that way. As stated in the thread, after HS graduation it's 4 years of premed, 4 years of med school, 4 years internship/residency. I suspect that very few med students have their sights on anesthesiology.In my next life I'm coming back as an Anesthesiologist
I think you mean endodontist.I had a root canal done a couple of months ago. Between 2 visits, the orthodontist probably spent a total of 30 minutes with me. He was good - damn good. I'd rather have him do a root canal than go in for a simple tooth cleaning - that much more comfortable.
That's all he does all day - root canals. 8 hours a day, nothing but root canals. And, based on the cost, the guy is making a crap ton of money.
They say that an anesthesiologist's job is 99% boredom and 1% utter panic.I'd go bonkers - even with the income, I wouldn't be happier than I am now. And, there are plenty of studies about overall happiness & income that show above a certain level, you're no happier. To do the same thing over and over and over, day after day after day?? Not the life for me. I don't know enough about an anesthesiologists job to comment one way or the other, but without an ample amount of variety, I'd get very bored, quickly.
Many years ago my youngest sister graduated from dental tech school and met a young man that had graduated from dental school. Together they started a general practice. Eventually they married. A couple of years ago they sold the practice and retired. When I asked him why the retirement he said "You can only put your fingers in someone's mouth every day for so long."I had a root canal done a couple of months ago. Between 2 visits, the orthodontist probably spent a total of 30 minutes with me. He was good - damn good. I'd rather have him do a root canal than go in for a simple tooth cleaning - that much more comfortable.
That's all he does all day - root canals. 8 hours a day, nothing but root canals. And, based on the cost, the guy is making a crap ton of money.
I'd go bonkers - even with the income, I wouldn't be happier than I am now. And, there are plenty of studies about overall happiness & income that show above a certain level, you're no happier. To do the same thing over and over and over, day after day after day?? Not the life for me. I don't know enough about an anesthesiologists job to comment one way or the other, but without an ample amount of variety, I'd get very bored, quickly.
Maybe that's why dentist have the highest rate of suicide?Many years ago my youngest sister graduated from dental tech school and met a young man that had graduated from dental school. Together they started a general practice. Eventually they married. A couple of years ago they sold the practice and retired. When I asked him why the retirement he said "You can only put your fingers in someone's mouth every day for so long."