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Feb 1, 2015
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SJS
Don't listen to him Slim
Graduating residency is great. More free time, more money. I look back at my attendings who always griped about how the residents didn't know how bad the attendings had it (as I did all the paperwork, notes, h+Ps, etc) and I laugh at their lies.
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I think the one thing I look forward to most about finishing residency
Slim
2/1/15 12:21pm
You'll eat more as you start paying off loans and buy your wife her house
gaspasscoug
2/1/15 12:27pm
You're making me extremely sad right now.
Slim
2/1/15 12:30pm
Don't listen to him Slim
SJS
2/1/15 12:35pm
Just keeping it real...it's better, no doubt, but you can't stop being frugal
gaspasscoug
2/1/15 12:41pm
Are you allowed to moonlight?
disco
2/1/15 12:28pm
No
Slim
2/1/15 12:30pm
That really sucks- not only did it save us financially but it was a great
Bill
2/1/15 1:06pm
Internal med
Slim
2/1/15 1:29pm
Food stamps bro!
timponyloco
2/1/15 12:40pm
I get paid "too much". I wouldn't qualify.
Slim
2/1/15 12:42pm
such is the plight of the middle class
mottman
2/1/15 12:46pm
I wasn't on food stamps but I got WIC assistance. We got a block of cheese and
SouthernCoug
2/1/15 4:32pm
There is a place for it, but it is abused. .
timponyloco
2/1/15 9:05pm
Have you considered food stamps?
MormonDevil
2/1/15 1:07pm
Where's my popcorn?! This is gonna get good.
IGlowInTheDark
2/1/15 1:09pm
I made close to 60k last year. I won't qualify. 60k doesn't go very far when I
Slim
2/1/15 1:25pm
I finished residency c nothing but 3 kids and $80000 in the hole
Tom Trails
2/1/15 1:28pm
80k was less than 2 years of med school.
Slim
2/1/15 1:30pm
Point being
Tom Trails
2/1/15 1:43pm
Thanks. I sure hope so.
Slim
2/1/15 1:43pm
Here is my free advice
Tom Trails
2/1/15 1:51pm
Do you start putting money into retirement during residency
WorfoSAUR
2/1/15 2:43pm
answer to your question
Tom Trails
2/1/15 5:18pm
Great advice. I didn't do #1 or #3 and as a result I can't retire (yet)
SouthernCoug
2/1/15 4:37pm
that sucks. I am fortunate enough to be at an institution that
Littlerich
2/1/15 2:57pm
By the end of residency my loans were around 280,000. My
westcoastcoug
2/2/15 6:46am
I'm starting a job as I hospitalist in July. I'd love to pay them off that
Slim
2/2/15 7:36am
I picked up a few during my off weeks but we just set a low budget. My contract
westcoastcoug
2/2/15 8:07am
I work as a hospitalist on a psychiatric unit. I love all the time off!
UpperCirqueUte
2/2/15 10:59am
It's way nice. I planned to do ortho as an MS3, but decided I wanted
westcoastcoug
2/2/15 1:01pm
just about the same boat I'm in. Gotta consider what your money costs you.
IGlowInTheDark
2/2/15 1:11pm
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