What do you do?

I mean, I'd be happy working as a physician even in a heavy-workload, non-glamorous (it's ALL non-glamorous! But in the public's eye, you know) practice if I'm making enough to support a family and hunting and golf habits (not that I'd have time to indulge). It's a real uphill battle getting the residencies and whatnot when your degree is from a foreign med school even as a US citizen, and moreso as a foreigner. I'm hoping the good rankings of KI & my forthcoming publications concerning health care will help a little.

So I'm def not going to be disappointed whatever the specialty. I'd have fairly unique qualifications for making it in forensic psychiatry here, but I've no illusions about making it into that specialty there.

Oh, incidentally, I'm never saying a bad word about nurses as a profession again. Individual nurses? Sure, they are people, too. But that job is just so fucking hard on you. Doing accounts and maintaining stock was light fun compared to nursing.

Those of you married to nurses, tell her/him they deserve more.

To into his office today, be like "Yo bitch, we need to talk deets."

That seems way backwards. Every promotion I got I was already getting paid at that job level before it was announced.

If he can send you an email he could send HR an email. There really isn't any excuse.

Also job hopping, especially in IT, is expected and smart.

Every promotion I've been offered has been significantly less than I received from. Job hop. Both from the current company and the new company. I'm sure you know what I mean

I am an optical engineer working for a national laboratory...A recruiter from Amazon recently contacted me about a "secret project", should I interview for it. Anyone have any insight into amazon?

Amazon pays well but requires you to work long hours including nights and weekends

Thanks Noodleface! That's exactly what I just asked him, his expectation on work hours.

I'm not sure about Amazon from a physical engineering perspective but I assume it wouldn't be dissimilar from a software engineer. Their idea is to lure you in with a high salary and stock options but the catch is they make the conditions to work for them so unbearable you never really vest your stock. So yeah you can make good money for Amazon if you're willing to stick it out but most people just use them to get a name brand on their resume and go elsewhere.

I heard the ultimate job app fuck up today. I was on a phone interview as a favor for a company I had done work with in the past as a contractor. I was just there to ask a few questions because they wanted to hire someone full time for what I had done for them and they were happy with.

I didn't say anything the first half the interview. Then the owner ask if there is anything I wanted to ask.

What kind of projects have you worked on in the past?

"I was lead detailer on the new furnace projects 7-12 at company XYZ".

So I thought another comany (and I named the company) did that project.

"Nope, was lead detailer".

Ever worked with Soandso.

"Nope"

So if Soandso and myself told you that we designed and detailed as well as PM'd that entire furnace replacement what would you say to that?

"I think you are mistaken"

Well I don't think so, but let me look in log. Looks in log, Nope right here, let me look up those drawings on the computer. Nope don't see your initials anywhere on them.

Pro Tip - don't interview with someone you are claiming to be. I was done at that point, just guessing he didn't get an in person interview. I think the guy may have been labor on the job or something to even know about them.