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Mar 30, 2023
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qwerew
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dealing with lots of people and expectations and regulation is a major stress
that hardly seems worth the above avg. pay. I guess the grass is always greener.
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I wish I had gone to dental school.
OverratedHumor
3/30/23 6:02am
My parent’s neighbor is a dentist. Only works 3 days a week. Plays a lot of golf
JohnnyC
3/30/23 6:11am
Dude be proud of your engineering mind. If I had to go to work every day knowing
Setpoint
3/30/23 6:12am
Gotta have a stronger stomach than me for sure.
Gunga Galunga
3/30/23 6:15am
be happy you could have been a gynecologist or proctologist
BYU Grounds
3/30/23 8:56am
Tough choice?
Stalwartbob
3/30/23 10:22am
Or a urologist
ptcougr
3/30/23 10:38am
There are some problems of over supplied dental markets in Utah…
Billie Ruben
3/30/23 6:12am
Like sticking your fingers in someone's mouth all day
BYULAWGUY
3/30/23 6:36am
Meh.. i know really wealthy dentists in utah county that have started in the
Recipefordisaster
3/30/23 6:55am
Nah I hear medicine is the worse. But I agree dentist have it good
waveslayer
3/30/23 6:14am
Do you wanna live in Utah? Cause dentists get paid crap in Utah.
doctorcoug
3/30/23 6:20am
Texas!
OverratedHumor
3/30/23 6:32am
Not according to the house my cousin that’s a dentist is building.
cougaman
3/30/23 6:37am
I’ve tried to steer my boy to med school. He’s choosing dental. I think he’s
Idacoug
3/30/23 6:26am
I’m 100% with you….
Idacoug
3/30/23 6:29am
Dentistry is good. Its alive and well as a profession. But here are so pros/cons
Recipefordisaster
3/30/23 6:43am
You sound like my brother.
Colorado
3/30/23 6:54am
Is he a dentist;)
Recipefordisaster
3/30/23 6:56am
yes. He has a lot of the issues you mention. He complains a lot about comfort dental too.
Colorado
3/30/23 10:55am
I agree with everything you mentioned
lanejsoccer
3/30/23 7:02am
I’ve had multiple times in my career
Recipefordisaster
3/30/23 7:35am
On #5. My bro is a dentist and is killing his back hunching over looking in
YOHONOMOTO
3/30/23 8:57am
My endodontist uncle had his back extremely messed up. Still can’t sit down in a chair. He’s either standing or lying
mvtoro
3/30/23 9:07am
Tell him to get a rowing machine and do light weight squats
Recipefordisaster
3/30/23 10:38am
I wouldn't like all the memories of looking at the inside of everyone's mouths
donnerstag
3/30/23 6:44am
One reason you don't want to be a dentist:
benny1982
3/30/23 6:48am
This dude just crazy… from the beginning
Recipefordisaster
3/30/23 6:50am
Might I suggest something, having more money doesn’t always equate to more
brazilcoug
3/30/23 6:54am
Your last paragraph is very confusing related to most any profession
Idacoug
3/30/23 7:05am
Are you sure you're weird enough for the profession?
ReiUrso
3/30/23 6:59am
The golden age of dentistry is in the past
Endocoug
3/30/23 7:07am
Same in medicine
Idacoug
3/30/23 7:13am
I long for the days when Dentists were taking out tonsils.
Stalwartbob
3/30/23 10:26am
Was that a thing? Geeze.
Backcountry
3/30/23 11:33am
That was a thing.
Stalwartbob
3/30/23 1:07pm
I thought about it once, but decided there's no way I could be inside people's disgusting mouths all day for the rest
slappy
3/30/23 7:07am
Cleaning rot off teeth isn’t intellectually interesting to me day in and day out
ray ray
3/30/23 7:14am
100% This!
Notbot
3/30/23 9:11am
I couldn’t do it either, but the payoff is more stable if you are risk averse.
Idacoug
3/30/23 9:34am
Id struggle doing the same thing everyday in such a small work space.
Magneto
3/30/23 7:17am
Engineering is way more stable. Engineers rule
RGGeemer
3/30/23 7:20am
Plenty of jobs out there provide flexibility, good pay, and mental stimulation.
dYrtbYkerYder
3/30/23 7:21am
Retired 2 1/2 years ago. Was good for me. Told my two sons to stay away
Pine
3/30/23 7:40am
By the way, retiring was the best thing I ever did. Stress is gone. Free time is
Pine
3/30/23 7:47am
What other options are you referring to or promote?
waveslayer
3/30/23 9:39am
One son is an accountant, one is an electrical engineer. My sons in law are:
Pine
3/30/23 10:19am
There are many ways and options to manage debt load regarding school loans.
fldnstrm
3/30/23 11:36am
You and I sound like kindred spirits. I avoided debt like the pox. Was
Pine
3/30/23 11:55am
How much assets would you recommend for comfortable retirement? I'm assuming
qwerew
3/30/23 9:44am
Hard to pick a specific number. We had a good financial advisor that worked with
Pine
3/30/23 10:34am
That's all great advice. Me and wife have done the same. How much is enough is
qwerew
3/30/23 10:46am
Yes! This market plunge could have been a real cause for concern. Fortunately
Pine
3/30/23 11:26am
Good job with the planning, and long term commitment to the plan. I'm closing in
qwerew
3/30/23 11:32am
Good luck. I have a feeling you will do well and decide correctly.
Pine
3/30/23 11:47am
This pretty much echoes what my dentist father in law says.
RUNBYU1
3/30/23 11:43am
If you're really a "natural engineer," you'd probably hate being a dentist
Travelling Coug
3/30/23 7:46am
Anesthesiologist. Talking to one the other day. Works 2 days a week at dentist
panacablue
3/30/23 7:54am
Anesthesia is a great profession.
Backcountry
3/30/23 9:50am
Anesthesia would make me crazy bored. 99% of the time it would be routine and
Sparkling Delirium
3/30/23 12:07pm
Thats the beauty of it. Chill with just enough excitement to keep you awake.
Backcountry
3/30/23 12:56pm
No offense to dentists, but working in peoples mouths all day doesn’t seem
BlooCoog
3/30/23 7:57am
The repetition would be mind numbing to me.
MogollonMtsCoug
3/30/23 8:01am
I’m a surgeon and sometimes I wish I’d gone into dentistry.
Boring
3/30/23 8:13am
I'm an engineer and I kick myself almost daily for not going to med school
TheCougarBunch
3/30/23 8:26am
dealing with lots of people and expectations and regulation is a major stress
qwerew
3/30/23 9:49am
Engineering is synonymous with poor raises despite good work, and we all find
Mitty
3/30/23 11:20am
I’m an engineer and love it. Started my own firm 15 years ago.
NorthwestCoug
3/30/23 8:40am
That's the key for enjoying what you do as an engineer is gaining more control
Mitty
3/30/23 11:41am
Forensic structural engineering
NorthwestCoug
3/30/23 12:21pm
Sounds very interesting
Mitty
3/30/23 1:48pm
I feel fortunate because I love what I do. And, yes, it’s very interesting.
NorthwestCoug
3/30/23 2:07pm
It’s hard to calculate how valuable it is to actually enjoy the thing that you spend your time doing at work. If you’re
mvtoro
3/30/23 8:53am
This is a great perspective. The hard part is finding what you love.
SouthernCoug
3/30/23 9:17am
I remember hearing that “find a job you love” is over emphasized.
thirdgencoug
3/30/23 9:51am
That’s a good formula for financial success. If he enjoyed running that business all the better. My point is if he
mvtoro
3/30/23 9:59am
People are also hesitant to make a change if they don’t like it. Part of that is valid fear of loss, but part is
mvtoro
3/30/23 9:52am
There is more demand than supply of jobs that people enjoy.
YOHONOMOTO
3/30/23 9:38am
I agree with this, but I think a big problem is we don’t value the idea as much as we should because we value wealth so
mvtoro
3/30/23 9:46am
I hear this all the time from students who want to go into medicine
doktorpfeffer
3/30/23 10:19am
Right. Additionally they need an accurate idea of what it really means to be a doctor. I come from 3 generations of
mvtoro
3/30/23 10:30am
Sometimes massive debt makes you go crazy and kill your wife.
Ham
3/30/23 9:29am
Dentists 2nd only to doctors as the profession with the highest suicide rate
SurfnCoug
3/30/23 9:50am
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dYrtbYkerYder
3/30/23 10:09am
Sounds horrible to me.
Cougstreak
3/30/23 10:35am
Who needs a dentist when you can just use ChatGPT?
CougarBreath
3/30/23 10:35am
Oldest brother is a dentist. Specialize in kids so pedodontist. He does make
Blue for Life
3/30/23 10:45am
My best friend and uncle are dentists. They both hate it.
SLC-Durham
3/30/23 11:57am
Right. 3-4 day workweeks for experienced dentists are not uncommon from my exp.
Forzaitalia
3/30/23 12:21pm
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