I call troll. Nice try.

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Anonymous wrote:A physician who takes 16 weeks vacation and makes 600k when he's just in his early 30s? Yeah, right.

OP here: yes. Think super sub-specialized. He values time off over maximizing money.

Ha. This is still complete bs.

Complicating this is my problems with his family - they are great but I wouldn't want kt work for them. I do want to support him, and won't lie - making that much money (potentially) is tempting.

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Anonymous wrote:If he quits medicine for this job, he can never go back.

Is he not planning to keep up with his licensure requirements? That would be short-sighted of him. Not to mention the training wasted if he leaves practicing for ever. I know of a few doctors (different specialties) who left (to specific jobs, or to have children) and went back. Not sure why he couldn't leave that door open, even if he had to return in a slightly different capacity than the one he left.

If you're not seeing patients full time, maintenance of certification is almost impossible for more than a few years.

Anonymous wrote:I don't get people who go into medicine for the money. Your husband probably hates it. At least it sounds like he has a fall back.

He loves it and is very good at it.

It's the draw of family and potential huge money, especially with medicine changing.

Anonymous wrote:Why does he want to change?

Prudence dictates no. If he is truly unhappy in his chosen profession, however, you have to let him move on.
Hopefully it's not about the potential money!

Money - and he sees obamacare as destroying those physicians at the top of their game.

Anonymous wrote:A physician who takes 16 weeks vacation and makes 600k when he's just in his early 30s? Yeah, right.

OP here: yes. Think super sub-specialized. He values time off over maximizing money.

Anonymous wrote:If he quits medicine for this job, he can never go back.

Is he not planning to keep up with his licensure requirements? That would be short-sighted of him. Not to mention the training wasted if he leaves practicing for ever. I know of a few doctors (different specialties) who left (to specific jobs, or to have children) and went back. Not sure why he couldn't leave that door open, even if he had to return in a slightly different capacity than the one he left.

What?

Anonymous wrote:A physician who takes 16 weeks vacation and makes 600k when he's just in his early 30s? Yeah, right.

Radiologist? Anathesiologist? -- sorry spelled this wrong, I don't even care!

I don't get people who go into medicine for the money. Your husband probably hates it. At least it sounds like he has a fall back.

Why does he want to change?

Prudence dictates no. If he is truly unhappy in his chosen profession, however, you have to let him move on.
Hopefully it's not about the potential money!

A physician who takes 16 weeks vacation and makes 600k when he's just in his early 30s? Yeah, right.

Sorry. I can't relate. At all.

DH is a early 30s physician and I'm a SAHM. We are just getting started in our life in NOVA after finishing up training a few years ago.

He is talking about quitting to join a startup that will pay half income but have substantial equity working for his father. His family has a business which is predicted to sell for 9-10 figures in the next 5-10 years, but nothing is guaranteed.

If he quits medicine for this job, he can never go back.

Any thoughts? Similar situations? 600k guaranteed (and growing) with 16 weeks vacation or move with lower income, higher potential (8-9 figures) but much more instability.