How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Saying u want to build wealth and feeling honour when standing next to someone because they are wealthy are 2 different things. This is like the dynamic of a king with his peasants

We r all peasants compared to him, u included

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think one has to realize that if he/she make the decision to become GP/FP (not aesthetics),their pay ceiling will always be lower than their specialist counterparts. This is especially so if one chooses to be employed rather than self-employed (i.e open own clinic)

I make around 220-230k/year now as a employed GP, working largely office hours. (This is not starting salary, worked for almost 8-9 years with a private group)
Probably the lowest of the lowest in the medical salary hierarchy at my age (early 40s), but I can still feed myself. Parents have unfortunately passed on, and I am single, so I am not into building any legacy wealth. All my wealth probably goes back to the state when I die, as I am only child (no siblings)

I am still paying my condo (2bedder) mortgage. Currently living in the HDB which I inherited after both parents passed on. I doubt I can ever reach landed property, also hard for me to upgrade my condo without paying absd. (As realistically I need to sell both my HDB and condo before upgrading)

I did think if I should take the leap of faith and set up a clinic during COVID times, (will probably involve me depleting most of my existing savings or selling my condo to raise funds), but eventually decided against the risk. So on may I continue with 230k salary/year, which to be honest is sufficient for a single.

Purpose of my post- not everyone can reach a million dollar/year salary as everyone has different ability, luck/opportunities etc.... Important not to feel disheartened if you can't achieve this. Unfortunately the medical fraternity has many alpha/competitive and smart people, (also contributed by their educational background as most are from elite schools), and it's very easy to feel burnt out and stress/have inferiority complex as a result.

Finally someone who talks like a human being.

Instead of that mummy1234 personna who is so quietly toxic and keep flooding us with her/his/it's post
Always humble bragging about her freehold etc.
Got banned from other forums no choice but to come here

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Finally someone who talks like a human being.

Instead of that mummy1234 personna who is so quietly toxic and keep flooding us with her/his/it's post
Always humble bragging about her freehold etc.
Got banned from other forums no choice but to come here

The only reason I got banned is because my childhood friend Tan Li San who is Deputy Secretary in the Min of Comm had a hand in it. Now CEO of NCSS, she pretends to support mental health but despises own friend with mental health problems. Hypocritical and yayapapaya.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Finally someone who talks like a human being.

Instead of that mummy1234 personna who is so quietly toxic and keep flooding us with her/his/it's post
Always humble bragging about her freehold etc.
Got banned from other forums no choice but to come here

This person is actually in touch with reality that’s why.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Finally someone who talks like a human being.

Instead of that mummy1234 personna who is so quietly toxic and keep flooding us with her/his/it's post
Always humble bragging about her freehold etc.
Got banned from other forums no choice but to come here

If u r a Dr, a freehold landed should be within yr reach, I am surprised a Dr will find my talking about landed humblebragging. In the other forum where there are commoners I understand but in a Dr forum?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If u r a Dr, a freehold landed should be within yr reach, I am surprised a Dr will find my talking about landed humblebragging. In the other forum where there are commoners I understand but in a Dr forum?

Somemore all of you keep boasting about your pay, if all your pay so high should be able to afford a freehold landed when I with the lowly pay can right?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Somemore all of you keep boasting about your pay, if all your pay so high should be able to afford a freehold landed when I with the lowly pay can right?

We aren’t jealous of the freehold landed we are annoyed that when people ask for advice u tell them this instead of assisting

Originally Posted by Unregistered

We aren’t jealous of the freehold landed we are annoyed that when people ask for advice u tell them this instead of assisting

Ask for advice about what?

This is life advice I am giving from my own experience.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Ask for advice about what?

This is life advice I am giving from my own experience.

The question on how to bed a nurse? Lol

It’s the imperial student who’s interested in plastics here. I’m back to ask a question. What advice would you give me for when I return to sg to maximise my chance of getting into residency as fast as feasible?

MOPEX posting wise what should I select first? Get some gen surg expeirence first then pick plastics?
what can I do to help my colleagues and make their lives easier?
What are programme directors looking for?