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04-25-2021, 03:39 PM
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04-25-2021, 03:41 PM
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04-25-2021, 03:42 PM
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04-25-2021, 03:43 PM
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- GNSweetPrince
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- GNSweetPrince
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Pilot, got into it because I went to a college where most of the graduates became pilots. Figured it would be cool so here I am.
I rate it 9/10.
Pros:
- Work about 30 hrs/week
- Ladies love it
- travel frequently
- pay is decent
Cons:
- No chances to jump to to top of the hierarchy (you will never be a moneymogger)
- slightly more dangerous than average career, and more likely to get cancer
- I don't get to choose where to live
I rate it 9/10.
Pros:
- Work about 30 hrs/week
- Ladies love it
- travel frequently
- pay is decent
Cons:
- No chances to jump to to top of the hierarchy (you will never be a moneymogger)
- slightly more dangerous than average career, and more likely to get cancer
- I don't get to choose where to live
04-25-2021, 04:02 PM
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04-25-2021, 04:24 PM
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- ralphlaurenbrah
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- ralphlaurenbrah
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Anesthetist. Masters degree. Wanted to go to med school but it was too long.
Pros: starting salary is $150-$200k depending on the area. Tops out about $50k higher than that with experience.
6 weeks paid vacation starting. I know someone who gets 10 weeks paid vacation and another that gets 13.
Girls/people have mad respect for you
Pretty cool job to put people to sleep for various surgeries.
Cons:
Can be boring as **** when you are stuck reading a book or looking at your phone/iPad/laptop for long surgeries. People usually come give you breaks for 15-30 mins every so often and expect you to do the same in return. Helps you stay sane.
EXTREMELY stressful. There are almost no other jobs as stressful as this job. People die within 5 mins without oxygen and sometimes it’s very hard to get an airway on someone and they are turning blue/dying in front of you and you are the only one that can save them. Also people have tons of crazy **** like their blood pressure or heart rate tanks or their heart goes into an arrhythmia or they have a spasm in their lungs or vocal cords and can’t be given oxygen and you have to fix it FAST. I see something life or death almost every single week and every anesthesia provider I know has their hands shaking like a leaf in the operating room, mine included. If you think your job is stressful you literally have no idea what true stress is like. I’m super chill and my hands literally ****ing visibly shake and so does everyone else even if they’ve been doing anesthesia for 20+ years. Honestly I wish I chose another job due to the stress. It’s literally life and death and you are there to make the correct diagnosis and treatment decision with very very little time and save the patient with minimal diagnostic information because the patient is usually asleep and/or paralyzed.
Pros: starting salary is $150-$200k depending on the area. Tops out about $50k higher than that with experience.
6 weeks paid vacation starting. I know someone who gets 10 weeks paid vacation and another that gets 13.
Girls/people have mad respect for you
Pretty cool job to put people to sleep for various surgeries.
Cons:
Can be boring as **** when you are stuck reading a book or looking at your phone/iPad/laptop for long surgeries. People usually come give you breaks for 15-30 mins every so often and expect you to do the same in return. Helps you stay sane.
EXTREMELY stressful. There are almost no other jobs as stressful as this job. People die within 5 mins without oxygen and sometimes it’s very hard to get an airway on someone and they are turning blue/dying in front of you and you are the only one that can save them. Also people have tons of crazy **** like their blood pressure or heart rate tanks or their heart goes into an arrhythmia or they have a spasm in their lungs or vocal cords and can’t be given oxygen and you have to fix it FAST. I see something life or death almost every single week and every anesthesia provider I know has their hands shaking like a leaf in the operating room, mine included. If you think your job is stressful you literally have no idea what true stress is like. I’m super chill and my hands literally ****ing visibly shake and so does everyone else even if they’ve been doing anesthesia for 20+ years. Honestly I wish I chose another job due to the stress. It’s literally life and death and you are there to make the correct diagnosis and treatment decision with very very little time and save the patient with minimal diagnostic information because the patient is usually asleep and/or paralyzed.
04-25-2021, 04:30 PM
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- zknarc
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- zknarc
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Bioinformatics.
Had a mental breakdown in part due to my career in Aerospace as a Project Manager, awful job and industry to be in over here. Went back to uni, and took on another £10K of student debt. Started at the bottom all over again. Much better working environment, I'll likely be hurt badly by not having a phd and bail out into more of a software role. I drive a £2k Suzuki at 37 and lucky if I buy a property by 45 but at least I have my mental health.
Had a mental breakdown in part due to my career in Aerospace as a Project Manager, awful job and industry to be in over here. Went back to uni, and took on another £10K of student debt. Started at the bottom all over again. Much better working environment, I'll likely be hurt badly by not having a phd and bail out into more of a software role. I drive a £2k Suzuki at 37 and lucky if I buy a property by 45 but at least I have my mental health.
Originally Posted By ralphlaurenbrah⏩
Which country are you in? Friend of mine only recently qualified as an anaesthetist at 38 after god knows how many years of constant exams all after getting through med school.Anesthetist. Masters degree.
If you can't handle me when I'm incel, you don't deserve me when I'm chad
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