Me looking at the ivory tower salaries and trying to escape the toxic academic rat race asap

Making $1M is pretty much unheard of unless you’re a neurosurgeon working insane hours. Your friend is definitely an anomaly. Paradoxically you get paid less in more desirable urban areas with higher COLs as a physician. So it’s true that if you’re fine with living in an area that has a physician shortage you can make really good money in a low COL area. I find a lot of meaning in my work and overall don’t regret my decision but these days if you’re going into medicine for the money, you’re gonna have a bad time.

Lol this is coming from Mr. Rittenhouse. I graduate this year with 300k+ in debt (only from med school). Will get paid ~60k working 80+ hours and most of that will go to my loans. I'm just hoping the match algorithm allows me to stay in my $750 a month apartment that floods with a hole in the ceiling that I felt lucky to have for med school given my financial situation. Yes, as an attending I'll finally get paid a good wage nowhere near 700k (200k if I'm lucky) and most of that money will be going to those loans for a while.

I feel like pro tap is the quintessential pre/post UT show drink spot. Without fail I meet other people going to shows there