Jake Shelton (5/26/2011)
I'm quite happy now Jan, don't get me wrong, BUT....just because I've moved on from the poor experience that doesn't mean I forget it. The article just brought up a LOT of bad memories.I can also assure you that most GP's in England earn comfortably something between 80 and 130K GBP, depending on location. Salaries for those in private practice are about double, then if you want to hire the specialists of the medical field, the "Rock Stars" as our friend Craig puts it, you're not looking at getting much change back out of half a mil p/a. Those figures are gross, pun only barely unintended.
As for your final-job question, there are aspects of my new field that take time to develope, and there isn't anything I can do to speed the process (and though there were corners I could cut, I wouldn't). I could take a contract without it impeding on it. Lastly, I guess it's satisfaction; I don't depend on the money from IT any more, and so I'd get a big kick out of my last gig being one where I'm not in constant fear of the sack, far from it.
But it WOULD be my last gig in this beastly profession. I'm just lucky to walk away with my good spirits, dignity, integrity and, most importantly, soul intact.
I definitely feel for you. I know plenty of people who are in jobs they hate, and feel chained to them. You escaped, and that's a good thing.
My experiences as a DBA haven't been anywhere near so bad as yours. For one, I'm making a very good income for the amount of work I have to do. For another, and much more important to me, I have a good employer and a good job and really enjoy the work.
I thought about going into medicine, many, many years ago, but after a few months as a volunteer EMT, I decided it wasn't for me. I love helping people, and am not at all squeemish about the human body's more interesting features and failures, but an experience with someone wanting to "keep his options open" (regarding the potential to sue me over saving his life), kind of soured me on the field. I literally saved the guy's life, and he was looking into legal options because his nose might be slightly disfigured by what I had to do to keep him from bleeding to death. I haven't run into anything like that in the DBA world. Not yet, anyway.
So, you're getting out of IT/DBA work for similar reasons to why I never really got all the way into medical work. I definitely sympathize with that. I guess anything can be wrong for some people.
Best of luck and success in your new endeavor. May it be all you hope for. Best of your past surpassed by worst of your future, and all that.
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