Another year older and deeper in debt

June 10, 2010 at 9:42 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Every once in a while I have a day that makes me want to quit, and leave everybody holding the bag for all my scheduled call days through the end of the month.  Today was a day like that for me.  We have this one attending who is constantly criticizing every single thing I do, as if I’m completely incompetent.  Even if it’s someone else’s mistake, I still get taken to task for it like it was my own.  Whereas if the person in question had presented it, it might not even have been noted.

I’ve put up with it for a solid year now, and as I stare down the barrel of joblessness in two weeks, I fail to see what I’ve gained by doing so, or what I stand to lose from walking away right now.

I really should have quit six months ago.

I’ve already decided I’m not going into neurosurgery, and it’s largely because I can’t stand the thought of dealing with this particular attending for 6 more years, and suspect that most places have people with similar personalities (as opposed to the mostly top tier places I rotated at as a student and intern).

Seriously, I don’t know what’s wrong with people in this field, but I am done with trying to please them.