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Old 17-10-2024, 03:15 PM
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Or the richest dr in Sg...Dr Loo Choon Yong, boss of RMG and billionaire.

Dr Chen Lip Keong still richer than him

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Old 17-10-2024, 03:35 PM
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1. bootlicking
2. appearance must be like you dont need plastic surgery/ already had it done
3. presentation skills , and being visible. dont be the person who does all the paperwork BS behind but dont have anything to show for it, it's better if you embark on a project that makes you visible and let the others tank your work. PD wants people who can increase the paper count.

whether you actually have surgical skills is not a big issue. u can get in and polish it afterwards.

people need to like you first and foremost, and nothing makes people like someone more than 1,2,3
I’m quite tall and relatively handsome so I should be fine for number 1. I’ve got some papers already and have some i’m working on via the help
of other med students as well so I have the ability to put out papers. I also am quite confident a public speaker so presentations are not scary

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Old 17-10-2024, 03:40 PM
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As I said, I am C reg so S$7500 for 41 hrs of work a week. I negotiated for one afternoon off a week. If not is $8 k a month for 44 hrs. If u do 53 hrs iw some nights and weekend hrs, I can get S$ 10k as a C reg.

Once full reg, I will get S$11k plus a month for 41 hrs of work a week.

Prev only locumed in PPP Aesthetics, got S$100 per hr.

Progression pathways are like if u wanna go into admin or clinical wanna be physician leader.
The senior GPs are associate directors or directors.

oh were you the one who studied geriatrics ?
i used to work in aesthetics but quit after all the industry BS, heard from PPP ex staff there was a doc who used to commute from JB daily..but left to ?pursue geriatrics?

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Dr Chen Lip Keong still richer than him
All these small talk about money in medicine is hilarious. It’s impossible to scale our income because we are only a 1 man show at the end of the day. Yes you can improve your skills and be a specialist but at the end of the day you are limited by time (everyone has the same 24 hours a day)

Just went back to my Rafflesian class gathering and guess what? The richest people in the room are not the doctors or lawyers. They are the tech bros and small business owners. One guy set up a coffee chain and he’s already looking to expand to Bali Indonesia. Some tech guy got lucky with his stock options in Meta, and he’s now already semi-retired. Only the doctors and lawyers are still slogging it out in the late 40s, specialists and surgeons included
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oh were you the one who studied geriatrics ?
i used to work in aesthetics but quit after all the industry BS, heard from PPP ex staff there was a doc who used to commute from JB daily..but left to ?pursue geriatrics?
No lah, not me...


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All these small talk about money in medicine is hilarious. It’s impossible to scale our income because we are only a 1 man show at the end of the day. Yes you can improve your skills and be a specialist but at the end of the day you are limited by time (everyone has the same 24 hours a day)

Just went back to my Rafflesian class gathering and guess what? The richest people in the room are not the doctors or lawyers. They are the tech bros and small business owners. One guy set up a coffee chain and he’s already looking to expand to Bali Indonesia. Some tech guy got lucky with his stock options in Meta, and he’s now already semi-retired. Only the doctors and lawyers are still slogging it out in the late 40s, specialists and surgeons included
This is severe survivorship bias at work here. Sure the richest people are in texh and finance but ur seeing only the succesful people within those sectors. Yea sure, best way to get rich if everything goes to plan is texh and finance. But the likelihood of that happening is slim to none on a statistical basis. Most in tech will never reach the level of wealth of a specialist doctor. Being a doctor or lawyer is still one of the best careers risk adjusted returns wise. As a specialist, proceduralsit, aesthetic clinic owner, or even GP chain owner, the high 6 figures and low 7 figures are definitely doable. U state these tech bros and finance guys and business owners as if they aren’t the 0.01 percent


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All these small talk about money in medicine is hilarious. It’s impossible to scale our income because we are only a 1 man show at the end of the day. Yes you can improve your skills and be a specialist but at the end of the day you are limited by time (everyone has the same 24 hours a day)

Just went back to my Rafflesian class gathering and guess what? The richest people in the room are not the doctors or lawyers. They are the tech bros and small business owners. One guy set up a coffee chain and he’s already looking to expand to Bali Indonesia. Some tech guy got lucky with his stock options in Meta, and he’s now already semi-retired. Only the doctors and lawyers are still slogging it out in the late 40s, specialists and surgeons included
This is severe survivorship bias at work here. Sure the richest people are in texh and finance but ur seeing only the succesful people within those sectors. Yea sure, best way to get rich if everything goes to plan is texh and finance. But the likelihood of that happening is slim to none on a statistical basis. Most in tech will never reach the level of wealth of a specialist doctor. Being a doctor or lawyer is still one of the best careers risk adjusted returns wise. As a specialist, proceduralsit, aesthetic clinic owner, or even GP chain owner, the high 6 figures and low 7 figures are definitely doable. U state these tech bros and finance guys and business owners as if they aren’t the 0.01 percent.
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i think your story reflects some jealousy in yourself. you said one week , he is still mopexer in crumpled scrubs , scowling at everyone.....

then next week he became haughty after knowing that he had been accepted into plastics.

the only thing that changed was the way he dressed... before he got into plastics he wa already scowling etc , but whatever he did after he got into plastic was viewed as him being haughty .


and it is true you have to dress according to your specialty, if you are dressed in shirt and pants during general surgery posting you will stick out like a sore thumb.
U don't cherry pick words out of context lei.
You PAP ah?
I say he become haughty because he no longer chit chat with us the non surgical resident the week after he got selected. Before that he was lamenting to us about his miserable life. Even share lifestyle pics of his kids. Go Lim Kopi together often
After residency result come out , he still still a mopexer but no longer stick around us. Dress v neat and always look very important.
If he remain as he was, I wouldn't have arm chio upon learning he become a GP.
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oh were you the one who studied geriatrics ?
i used to work in aesthetics but quit after all the industry BS, heard from PPP ex staff there was a doc who used to commute from JB daily..but left to ?pursue geriatrics?
Can share more about the industry BS?
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85 on good days? Wow, it has gotten worse since I left.

Private, record only 70 a day, usually about 40, good days 15.
Ha ha.

I don't enjoy being treated like a production worker.
not sure why people think it's ok to see so many patients .

communication quality compromise is a given

and with that, quality of care definitely drops
you dont have the time to listen to each patient
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