I have noticed there is a lot less activity on SDN for this application cycle than previous cycles. Does anyone have any ideas as to why? Also do we know if there is a higher increase in applicants this cycle for podiatry?
When I said all gossip, I meant don't read into increasing/decreasing apps per cycle and try to calculate how much that affects you getting in.Edit:
But as the person mentioned above not to worry I’m sure it’s alllll “gossip”. I mean seriously, who wouldn’t want to spend SEVEN (7) years of their often times youthful Earthly existence willingly taking on greater than a QUARTER-MILLION DOLLARS worth of debt while making ZERO income… AFTER 4 or more years of college pursuing the absolute GLORY of mostly geriatric FEET?? I mean, I love it all: the yellow green white and brown PUS, the rotten flesh, the gas and the bone infections of feet, the full-thickness down to the bone oozing bleeding odorous foot ulcers, the THICKENED, elongated yellow, dystrophic TOENAILS (I hope you dont have carpel tunnel), oh and I love when the orthos ALLOW us to do the cool traumas that the majority of us don’t do...All for $90k and NO benefits (for the MAJORITY of ”residency“ grads)…Come one! Come all! Welcome 😃
think i'm burned out. Sorry. Genuinely.Jeesh lighten up. Wishing you a laugh or 2 today
Just wondering, do the podiatrists on SDN really think it's a dead-end job that's not worth the time and effort? It's all doom and gloom whenever people who actually are podiatrists post stuff here. I don't understand how the profession can grow or if any pods in the field even want the field to grow. It just feels like for such a small group of healthcare workers there should be more people who want better for the future pods but I've genuinely never gotten that vibe here sadly.Maybe they’ve all discovered that software engineers (majority are self-taught and have no CS or science related degree) are accepting $300K pay packages working from home, equity in their companies, with full benefits? Or perhaps they’ve taken a quick peek in their local hospitals and discovered that nurse practitioners or more of “physicians” than podiatrists will ever be? A lot of Podiatrists @ VA Medical Centers tend to make LESS than the CRNA covering their surgeries. This is AFTER the pay equity “increase“. Well I guess that’s better than making less than a PA as a private practice Pod Associate (the very job that MOST Podiatrists accept after SEVEN (7) years of post-college/graduate school training and $300K debt)
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But as the person mentioned above not to worry I’m sure it’s alllll “gossip”. I mean seriously, who wouldn’t want to spend SEVEN (7) years of their often times youthful Earthly existence willingly taking on greater than a QUARTER-MILLION DOLLARS worth of debt while making ZERO income… AFTER 4 or more years of college pursuing the absolute GLORY of mostly geriatric FEET?? I mean, I love it all: the yellow green white and brown PUS, the rotten flesh, the gas and the bone infections of feet, the full-thickness down to the bone oozing bleeding odorous foot ulcers, the THICKENED, elongated yellow, dystrophic TOENAILS (I hope you dont have carpel tunnel), oh and I love when the orthos ALLOW us to do the cool traumas that the majority of us don’t do...All for $90k and NO benefits (for the MAJORITY of ”residency“ grads)…Come one! Come all! Welcome 😃
Better future does not equal current supply and demand.Just wondering, do the podiatrists on SDN really think it's a dead-end job that's not worth the time and effort? It's all doom and gloom whenever people who actually are podiatrists post stuff here. I don't understand how the profession can grow or if any pods in the field even want the field to grow. It just feels like for such a small group of healthcare workers there should be more people who want better for the future pods but I've genuinely never gotten that vibe here sadly.
I see. Hopefully the greed/mismanagement gets cleansed with time/old age and future pods who get to positions of hiring (possibly some pods here) don't continue such negative influence on the field.Better future does not equal current supply and demand.
I know some who are killing it, happy, and keep to themselves.
But the crud offers and greed/mismanagement of the field by others outweigh those doing well.
Lol I know plenty of young people handing out same contracts as old ones....why because they can. The only difference is the young ones are not banking on selling their practice one day because they know it is worthless. Those contracts are the going rate for private practice fresh associates. Why? Because there are not enough hospital jobs created right now because THERE ARE ALREADY TOO MANY PODIATRISTS. But sure let's add more schools...I see. Hopefully the greed/mismanagement gets cleansed with time/old age and future pods who get to positions of hiring (possibly some pods here) don't continue such negative influence on the field.