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北京製造正版中國醫學軟件,在美國升級換代,願在文學城上繼續改進性能,並探討怎樣讓更多中國軟件暢銷美國市場。
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FMG的煩惱:大家說說,金錢到底有多重要?

(2008-01-27 15:02:04) 下一個

按說眼看這白色煉獄就快結束了,煩惱應該越來越少了吧,誰知正相反。

俺在美國醫生的職業選擇一文中已經談到,要想投身學術醫學,就別想做發財的夢。俺以為俺認命了,誰知上星期兩個高我一級的 fellow 竟然接受了private practice offer,決定放棄學術醫學而跟著高薪的感覺走了。

俺們所在的這個老牌醫學院自以為名氣大,所以隻肯付給留校的醫生很低的工資,根本無法和private practice競爭,隻能吸引象俺們這樣的一根筋。其實這在學術醫學是很常見的。那兩位同事天資極高,論才能和潛力,他們當屬傑出人才,本來可以成為學術界的棟梁,他們的離去是美國醫學界的損失。但他們迄今已為爬藤作出了巨大犧牲,身負二十幾萬學生貸款,又有嗷嗷待哺的幼兒幼女,所以不得以揮淚告別這象牙塔。多年來俺那大名鼎鼎的科主任頻頻呼籲醫學界對人才斷檔的危機采取行動,要求增加工資福利待遇以挽留人才,可是等到醫學界行動起來的時候,恐怕人才早已流失殆盡了。

兩個同事的選擇對俺科,特別是對俺本人震動很大。相信這絕對不是個案,隻是學術界人才流失的一個縮影。現在輪到俺做選擇了。

感謝偉大祖國,俺不欠一分錢的學生貸款,一顆又紅又亮的心向著臨床科研,又可以留在名牌醫學院站在巨人的肩膀上,照說俺可以心甘情願拿著那隻有三分之一的年薪而為自己的理想而奮鬥了吧?可俺這人就是俗,俗透了,自從那兩位同事決定離開之後,俺越想那將要失去的三分之二(大約二十多萬元)心裏越不舒服。

這邊,我聽見Fiddler on the Roof 裏一身疲憊的Tevye在做真誠的禱告
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor, but it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"

那邊Gwen Stephanie 在向我搔首弄姿:
If I were a rich girl啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦。。。。。。
No man could test me, impress me, my cash flow would never ever end
Think what that money could bring
if I were a wealthy girl…

If I were a rich girl啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦。。。。。。

是呀,俺喜歡歌劇音樂會演唱會百老匯,可哪張票不要幾百元?俺喜歡旅遊,可哪次旅遊不花費幾千元?俺不追求過於奢侈的品牌,可俺喜歡肩挎Coach 腳蹬Dansko 外麵Banana Republic裏麵Victoria Secrete感謝上帝俺不喜歡珠寶首飾,可俺喜歡名表;俺小提琴拉的稀鬆,可俺喜歡收集名琴;俺沒有很多存款,可俺喜歡投資冒險;俺不喜歡很大的房子,但俺想要3-car車庫;俺有了一隻miniature schnauzer可俺還想給這孤獨的狗狗再買個相同血統的老婆讓他們養幾個純種寶寶。。。。。。這哪哪不需要錢呢?哎呀呀,欲壑難填哪!

男朋友支持俺留在學術界,他說錢再多也沒有個夠,重要的是自己應該有理想有成就感。可是在這個社會裏,光有理想頂用嗎?沒錢恐怕成就感也會打折扣。這幾年住院醫fellow一路下來俺的窮得叮當響,工資僅夠溫飽,全靠男朋友資助俺這小日子才能過得有滋有味兒。這下快見到錢了,俺能不產生非分之想嗎?

各位鄉親們,千萬別罵俺無病呻吟,每年二十幾萬元的損失對誰也不是個小數目,在金錢和理想之間掙紮是很痛苦的。設身處地想一想,如果您處在俺的位置您會作出什麽樣的選擇呢?

 

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guo5598 回複 悄悄話 Since 200k is about 2/3, I figure you can make 100k now which is very good for a lot of people. However you have too many place to spend what you make and that 100k may not be enough for a while, but eventually you can have what you mention in the article, just take some years, right? Plus you BF is going to continue supporting your life style so there are no real difficults. I also find the waiting/evaluation process is fun, after you got what you want life is boring again.

And I suume you can get out any time if you want but not vice versa, so stay where you are and do what you want is more fun than that $200k which you can get if you change your mind any time, yes?

200k extras is a lot of money for a year, Gee I really have to talk to my daughter to the medical field, but she want to be a artist now.




luckyal 回複 悄悄話 呻吟的好。不過,fellow出來後不是賺更多錢嗎?所謂後勁更足。
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