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Jun 29, 2015
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GA_Coug
Many of them bring in millions from fed/industry research projects.
It's also a very competitive track. If they aren't selected, they are forced to resign.
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Highest paying / least stressful jobs? Go
TarCoug
6/29/15 5:22pm
Dentist
RdF3
6/29/15 5:24pm
Don't they have a really high suicide rate?
KingDave
6/29/15 5:28pm
This article states they do have the highest suicide rate
TarCoug
6/29/15 5:34pm
Dentists are #2 now. Passed up by MD's.
fiberpost
6/29/15 6:16pm
Isn't it the orthodontists that have it easy?
donnerstag
6/29/15 5:33pm
Very stressful
Bravescoug
6/29/15 5:36pm
I believe it. I only said that because of the 300 dentists on board
RdF3
6/29/15 8:05pm
Dentists who own a practice have one of the most stressful jobs of all.
Duke Silver
6/29/15 6:19pm
Why is it any more stressful than other small business owners?
Non-donor troll
6/29/15 6:25pm
RE: Why is it any more stressful than other small business owners?
Bravescoug
6/29/15 6:28pm
Then why is it different for associate dentists? Because of billing?
Non-donor troll
6/29/15 6:29pm
RE: Then why is it different for associate dentists? Because of billing?
Bravescoug
6/29/15 6:35pm
Right, but again, how is that different than any other small business owner? You
Non-donor troll
6/29/15 6:42pm
Associate dentists don't have to worry about hiring/firing, marketing, billing,
Rise Against
6/29/15 6:51pm
Sounds like a lot of standard small business concerns
Gustav
6/29/15 6:56pm
But most small businesses don't deal with dental insurance companies and the
Rise Against
6/29/15 6:59pm
That and people think its their right to free health care.
cougaman
6/29/15 7:23pm
Just checked and per the ADA, owner dentists average 35.7 hours/wk in office
Gustav
6/29/15 7:28pm
The constant mental and physical focus required in combo with working on a live
doubled1981
6/29/15 7:56pm
Owner dentists work 4.4 hours more per week than employee dentists
Gustav
6/29/15 8:09pm
I have worked many jobs and agree that many are hard and stressful
doubled1981
6/29/15 9:21pm
A lot of it is probably the shame of not making it as a real doctor.
Belboz
6/29/15 7:20pm
Ha ha. Not even close. Try investment banking or private equity.
WDaddy
6/29/15 7:43pm
This is protectionism at it's finest. Oh my job is the worst! (wink wink please
Cheesy Gordita
6/29/15 10:47pm
Pharmacist
donnerstag
6/29/15 5:25pm
Stressful
PharmCoug
6/29/15 5:50pm
"I've gotta take pills from this big bottle and put them in this little bottle!
southernfriedcougar
6/29/15 6:19pm
You want to refill your Levothroxine ma'am?
Bravescoug
6/29/15 6:54pm
It can actually be very stressful when that woman that wants her levothyroxine
PharmD
6/29/15 7:02pm
RE: It can actually be very stressful when that woman that wants her
Bravescoug
6/29/15 8:27pm
Just reading this stresses me out. I would of thought it was not that stressful
Ycrazy
6/30/15 11:10am
This is one of the big reasons I'm against pharmacists writing prescriptions.
Non-donor troll
6/30/15 11:12am
come on 99% of the time (being)pharmacist is not that stressful
capo
6/30/15 2:30pm
None of that sounds particularly stressful to me. Just inconvenient.
BYUCoug11
6/30/15 12:46pm
If that all of that happens in an 8-10 hour day would you call that stressful?
PharmD
6/30/15 12:48pm
I can't even imagine. I mean, literally, I can't even imagine.
The Underminer
6/30/15 3:16pm
Depends on the pharmacy. I worked at a pharmacy that filled over
PharmD
6/30/15 3:25pm
Glad you're an expert. I hope that one day I can handle thyroid pills.
PharmCoug
6/29/15 7:25pm
Gotta watch out for that levothroxine...it's easy to mix up.
PharmD
6/29/15 7:27pm
You probably couldn't
mobius
6/29/15 8:13pm
hmm or look it up, you have an app on your phone. Seriously,
capo
6/30/15 2:32pm
I know right
mobius
6/30/15 3:08pm
agreed. I think pharmacists should prescribe too. Talk about another profession
capo
6/30/15 3:34pm
Former U.S. President.
Cougar-Duck
6/29/15 5:26pm
Retired anything is always the best
AxelDC
6/29/15 5:34pm
Professional athlete
donnerstag
6/29/15 5:28pm
I hope your talking about golf, because the amount of work and physical stress
srey
6/29/15 5:38pm
Not all sports are created equal
donnerstag
6/29/15 5:51pm
Have you ever played tennis? Not quite sure how you lump it in with bowling
BYUHawk
6/29/15 6:13pm
Tennis is exhausting
donnerstag
6/29/15 6:26pm
Punter. Top job out there. Very rarely are you the goat, and when the game is on
cougaman
6/29/15 6:05pm
If it's so easy, why don't we all make it to pro sports?
southernfriedcougar
6/29/15 6:31pm
Fed government jobs win this going away
OU Cougar
6/29/15 5:28pm
and it's nearly impossible to fire people with govt job too.
nashty
6/29/15 5:56pm
University Professor
4mack
6/29/15 5:28pm
Seminary teacher is better than it used to be too
OU Cougar
6/29/15 5:31pm
RE: University Professor
ausgezeichnet
6/29/15 5:33pm
How is that "highest paying?"
2FarGone
6/29/15 5:43pm
you're kidding right? Here's a list of U of U's highest paid employees
4mack
6/29/15 5:48pm
What do they teach?
2FarGone
6/29/15 5:50pm
Summers off? They do get some but hardly the whole summer
concolor couguar
6/29/15 5:54pm
Those are all at the med school. Avg academic professor makes more like $70k
Gustav
6/29/15 6:02pm
And THIS was my point
2FarGone
6/29/15 6:05pm
There are business professors there making $400,000ish per year
4mack
6/29/15 6:12pm
#2 on the list, John Smith, is one of the leading pediatric spine specialists
wcj99
6/29/15 6:52pm
Many of them bring in millions from fed/industry research projects.
GA_Coug
6/29/15 9:30pm
Chiropractor
RdF3
6/29/15 5:30pm
Had a feeling my career of marketing exec wouldn't make the list. We rarely
TarCoug
6/29/15 5:30pm
el jefe:
nashty
6/29/15 5:35pm
Need an intern, El Jefe?
TarCoug
6/29/15 5:35pm
A relevant survey:
Gustav
6/29/15 5:41pm
It's basically the scientists that are on the list
donnerstag
6/29/15 5:58pm
RE: Highest paying / least stressful jobs? Go
85fan
6/29/15 5:55pm
If I could do it all over again, that's probably the route I'd go.
KingDave
6/29/15 6:03pm
"Even George got into podiatry school"
TNT
6/29/15 6:05pm
*Taking notes*
TNT
6/29/15 5:58pm
Taking notes isn't a job dillweed.
Bravescoug
6/29/15 6:02pm
Hey he isn't any happier about it than you. Work sucks
TNT
6/29/15 6:04pm
Probably, but being a stenographer is close.
Breaded Hamster
6/30/15 6:23pm
Sales.
johnnycarson
6/29/15 6:06pm
Isn't that stressful though?
TNT
6/29/15 6:08pm
Can be. But everything can be. But the payoff can be big
johnnycarson
6/29/15 6:12pm
Not if you like to hear yourself yap
southernfriedcougar
6/29/15 6:22pm
Depends on your personality
AxelDC
6/30/15 5:48am
Um unless you're extroverted.. why the Fred Flintstone would you do sales..?
Flyingdolphin
6/30/15 5:55am
Your religion asks you to "sell" it for a few years
concolor couguar
6/30/15 7:16am
I've known introverts try their hand at sales
AxelDC
6/30/15 8:03am
Union Longshoreman on ocean ports. Starting salary -$150K
Zenoch
6/29/15 6:20pm
Correct! This is the ultimate union racket. Just hint at a strike that will
Cougar Junkie
6/29/15 8:33pm
Realtor
mudpupper
6/29/15 6:46pm
how about spending hours on end without a sale?
GA_Coug
6/29/15 7:09pm
This. It's awful. And stressful.
pink22
6/29/15 7:35pm
Except the primary reason it would be stressful
BYU '80
6/30/15 5:32am
Definitely not working in an urgent care. Especially today. 10 patients came in
cougaman
6/29/15 7:24pm
Any type of Physician/Surgeon. Overpaid brats.
Flyingdolphin
6/29/15 7:26pm
Plus there is a good chance they talk smack about you while you are under
TNT
6/29/15 7:28pm
Listening to the Morning Zoo?
Duke Silver
6/29/15 8:31pm
Considering it costs $250k (w/o interest)and 9-10 years post-undergrad education
WorfoSAUR
6/29/15 9:13pm
Oh.
Flyingdolphin
6/29/15 10:48pm
My response to this. If it's so awesome why don't you sign up?
Idahofallsblue
6/29/15 11:14pm
Oh goodness, I couldn't comprehend the persistence it would take
Flyingdolphin
6/29/15 11:40pm
Embalmer/crematory operator
BYUMizzou
6/29/15 7:48pm
Yeah, people are lining up, dying to give them business
Cougarealist
6/29/15 8:15pm
7.5
TNT
6/29/15 8:22pm
RE: Embalmer/crematory operator
85fan
6/30/15 12:04am
Network Marketing. Make a ton, working with family/friends, and lots of freetime
Thunder Buddy
6/29/15 10:57pm
Actuaries or Stats geeks. The numbers are the numbers you are not responsible
Ycrazy
6/30/15 11:15am
pedalcab operator
supertux
6/30/15 11:28am
Punter
newbie
6/30/15 11:30am
RE: Punter
cougaman
6/30/15 11:36am
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