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IAMTHEADMINNOW t1_j8uxcs3 wrote

And only made around 50k a year? Why even be a Dr. If you are only gonna make an average of 50k yearly over 20 years that's wild.

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MikeTheGamer2 t1_j8v7tfv wrote

She could tell all her friends she was a doctor. You'd be surprised howmuch so little matters to someone.

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pfy5002 t1_j8xc6j9 wrote

When I worked at a restaurant there was a local doctor that would go out of his way to make sure he had his name as “Dr. (His name) MD” in our reservation system that only employees could see. He went as far as demanding to see his reservation in our system when he came in for his dinner to make sure we didn’t lie to him and put it in exactly as he requested. I get wanting credit for all your hard work but it was some total weirdo behavior on his part. Out of the thousands of people and dozen of doctors I put into the system he was the only person who ever made such a fuss about it and the only one to make us show him his reservation name like that.

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Nonsensical20_20 t1_j8xpdr7 wrote

If I had 500k in student loan debt for a title I also would want people to call me by it.

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livinginfutureworld t1_j8vp1xf wrote

Dat sweet sweet Doctor title that only doctors, dentists, and PHDs get to use ..

"The starts back there lady!"

"It's DOCTOR!"

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AgentUpright t1_j8wxdyn wrote

Well, she didn’t make much, but she didn’t have any med school debt either.

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illiance t1_j8xiwzu wrote

1 - it’s the UK so doctors are paid less, and it’s in pounds sterling. In late 90s 60k would have put you near the top of hospital doctor pay scale even for a consultant

2 - the article says up to 65000 a year for 20 years and just an estimate. Probably doesn’t include pension etc

3 - doesn’t include whatever she earned in private practice

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johndavismit t1_j8x1hmj wrote

I think that salary is pretty common for doctors in some European countries. It's part of the reason their healthcare costs aren't astonomical.

Many will do it because it's rewarding or because they'll only work 3 or 4 days a week.

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