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Article #3017Re: Salaries of Scientists
From: rrcolby
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:12
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:12
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Russell.Martin@wdn.com wrote: > I worked for a neurosurgeon. Believe me, if he was earning half a > million per year (which I don't think he was, even at Hopkins), he > earned every cent of it. Yes, doctors at research univ hospitals generally don't earn the big dollars. Instead, they get to work on the *interesting* cases and take the salary caps which could be ~$300K. If he wasn't at JHU, he'd probably be at half a million without a problem. > And yes, he was smarter than I, having > both an MD and PhD. On the surgery days when I was helping > in the OR I'd put in sometimes 14 hours, and he was there before > me and hours after I left. I doubt if many of us could do, or would > want to do, that job. I respect those who can and do. I've done 16-18 hrs during various stretches but remember, it's a different kind of work. It's not like Erdos, the brilliant mathematician, who'd worked on intricate problems non-stop. Plus, it's not required to be an MD/PhD to be a neurosurgeon unless you're specifically interested in academic medicine. It's the kind of work that the Army Corp of Engineer does with bridges over swamps, etc that involve planning and coordinated efforts but over lengthy periods of time. Nonetheless, it's a far cry from being a GP.
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