tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183079457619148936.post2979567695076719187..comments2023-08-01T09:56:37.893-04:00Comments on Gregory House, PA-C: Attempts at DisillusioningGregory House, PA-Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03114548202436644026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183079457619148936.post-40678840720811554292006-07-02T01:23:00.000-04:002006-07-02T01:23:00.000-04:00Basically, you're going to be working with idiots ...Basically, you're going to be working with idiots no matter what field you go into. It's important that you do something you love, where you can continue to learn and grow, and there's nothing wrong with making some decent money. Making money is also relative, the podiatrist bitching about his income is either comparing himself to his peers or his income is slowly declining instead of increasing. He doesn't remember what's it like being a student, shopping at thrift stores and eating ramen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183079457619148936.post-69422749098488148982006-07-03T00:29:00.000-04:002006-07-03T00:29:00.000-04:00I think it's fair to say that virtually no one ini...I think it's fair to say that virtually no one initially went into medicine "for the money." But I can relate, to a degree, to what those guys were implying: reimbursement issues, insurance issues have become such a dominant theme in the practice of medicine that it's hard to retain one's initial purity of purpose. And I think that you'll find such talk is more likely to come from docs "of a certain age," who have practiced through the transition times from the gooder old days to now. There's a certain irony that the system has turned us into what we never wanted to be: worker-bees who must constantly think about the bottom line. On the other hand, entering into it now gives you a certain advantage. You'll not have known what it once was. Which is good, because it ain't going back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com