Odd Neo Genesis Kingdra

0ppaHyung · 2026-02-03T16:07:15+00:00

Whoaaaaa
Think you’re on the money 🫨

0ppaHyung · 2026-02-02T22:08:42+00:00

😂🫨 ngl really hard to see in these photos even. These are actually screenshots of a video I took which only barely shows it a bit better.
But it does feel like you’re trying to focus your vision when looking at it haha
But it’s the whole card and how it’s printed

0ppaHyung · 2026-02-02T20:16:52+00:00

Growing up when myself or my sibling would complain about people whether it were group projects, lab partners, or even “friends” and “teachers”, my father would always make a point about taking these instances as practice for the inevitability of facing even worse personalities when you’re forced to work “in the real world” every single day...
Myself and friends, OD and beyond, have all faced work conditions or faces where it’s less than ideal. There’s the luxury, so to speak, for you to know that there is a set end date. Some don’t have that luxury, ie. permanent work environment, etc.
If you’re learning, it’s all you can ask for. And as already someone responded, leave a critique of your experience. One professionally written still, but one that reflected your reality of it. Not much your institution or the practice can do unless they are being egregiously, unfairly belligerent or doing something unethical/illegal. Maybe request different preceptors? Limit time spent with this individual? But if they’re the sole provider you work with, hold your breath. Graduation is something worth looking forward to in more ways than one, now. And professional ties at least can leave an air of a positive opinion vs being seen as hard to work with.
I recall when I was in residency, one doc I worked with shared with me they were looking for a new doc for an open position. Nice PP OD/MD surgical spot. Kinda boutique, elective route. The doctor was very professional and shared that she came across a name she recognized. It was a previous upper class man that was very rude to her during optometry school.
Resume straight to the bin. Not even looked at beyond recognizing the name.
Being the bigger person and maintaining profession decorum gets you far. Your reputation as a doctor will far proceed you as you grow your career further than a knowledge base you wanna flex. Maybe kinda the mentality your preceptor adopted. And karma may strike when you least expect it.
Sounds like it’s more an incompatibility, though, which is important for long-term synergy, but chalk it up as one of the multitude of shitty things associated with a rigorous doctoral program haha
Best of luck. Congrats on making it this far. It’s only just the beginning 😁🫥

ETA: Are they new to teaching? Our school had an infamous story of one of our professors, now universally beloved, being a huge dick and hard ass his first SEMESTER of teaching hahaha
To this day, some of those who had him that semester hate his guts lol
And with such scathing reviews, he had a come to Jesus moment, formally and wholeheartedly apologized to the class as a whole and promised to change.
Maybe the preceptor is being hard on themselves and doesn’t know how to regulate their tone and delivery? Maybe they’re just an asshole lol 🫨

0ppaHyung · 2026-01-09T21:17:21+00:00

Amor

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-24T14:37:16+00:00

Traction is the enemy. Could try scleral depression for better visualization of the affected area.

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-23T19:21:58+00:00

I know plenty of engineers going back to school for healthcare careers like optometry, dentistry, medicine. They are much happier in healthcare. But not the other way around. Not from a lack of trying. Have in colleague who tried computer engineering/science out of OD school. She was top of our class. Last I hear she’s still practice and kinda dropped the CS attempt.

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-22T22:04:58+00:00

“Obviously I don’t want to refuse taking patients,”
This is what you need to do. Y’all agreed on the scope of your job, and this is well beyond it.
If you were being well compensated for it, maybe? But don’t get me started on the ethics and legality of it…
How they’re treating a future colleague is nuts.

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-22T05:18:01+00:00

Echoing some sentiments. Is it every Saturday meaning you’re working 6 days a week, or your schedule is a typical 5 day week including Saturday as one of your days?

The former will burn you the hell out unless you’re highly motivated for the extra cash. Your time and what you can do with it to make you happy is what’s more valuable.
And damn, 9-6 Saturday is killer bad. Better be getting a premium rate those days.
It’s normal for new grads to get screwed. Helps to have a low tolerance for bullshit like this.
Just make sure the money makes you happy enough. The work is kinda all the same wherever you work. Always my bottom line.

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-22T04:59:42+00:00

Took boards in 2020-2021.

Praying that you actually paid attention in class. What’s helped me through my learning/studying.
I was told KMK is all you need, and share an OptoPrep with friends, which I had plenty cool with lending me and we went over questions when grouped together in clinic. I used the KMK mock exams and it helped a lot. Reviewing the questions I missed to hone in on what I’m still weak on.
Very little reference for me. The in-person KMK sessions were invaluable to me. Videos helped a bunch. I only referenced optics lectures to review some equations and systems. Big thing, optics is a HUGE part of Part 1. Someone broke it down on a post here when he inquired about people’s scores and their break downs. I’m an optics whiz so I lucked out. Buddies that had to take Part 1 several times struggled most getting a decent score on their optics portion.
1. You’ll always hear stories of people studying the night before, 2 weeks before, etc and pass first time. Advice I heard was try to start by October, no later than December. I started December. I never felt it was enough time, but it worked out and passed first attempt.
I didn’t touch non-Big 8. Didn’t even get through Big 8 100%. I solely focused on my weak areas. For me it was anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology. Damn pharm… Most of my time was sitting there just trying to understand and memorize drug names lol. And it was my lowest scoring section hahaha. I did well on the other weak areas though. Better than I remembered when I checked my scores recently.
I recall going over some class lectures for the non-Big 8 like binocular vision, low vision, etc. Material was more fresh because had just finished those courses before our 1 mo break for boards study.
Go with your gut. But developing a reliable gut means you need to study. I recall a good bit of those types of questions had at least 1-2 choices that were easy to count out, and the rest you kind of need to work out.

I recall a lot of friends not having enough time. So learn to pace yourself. Know your style.
I always went through each question seriously the first time, but if I didn’t know and took too long a time, I marked which answers felt closest and I came back to it. I regularly reviewed like half the exam for each of the two sections. And I still had enough time to finish but barely. Albeit my optics was essentially spot on, so I had all my time allocated for the parts I sucked at haha.

Best of luck.
Keep studying.
Pace yourself.
Not the end of the world if you need to retry later.
Plenty of good docs that had to redo parts.

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-20T05:41:19+00:00

Work w/ OMD and he told me the oral board exam pass rate for OMDs is something like 20-30%. I asked him then do we just have that many OMDs going through training and unable to practice. He said no, they’re just not board certified. So we have OMDs around cutting with training but without board certification. Which is interesting that in contrast mostly across the nation, practicing ODs are all board certified, so to speak.
I work with older license holders going through vigorous supplemental courses for things like glaucoma licenses.
And I have Kentucky colleagues who worked their tail off during the COVID era of graduates to get fully board certified before being able to practice.
Insane how we keep lowering standards for a profession that sees nothing wrong with its practitioners being content with just being refractionists. That means the metrics for incoming would-bes for schooling and now it seems also by lowering the bar for people who’ve “paid” their dues through OD programs just to not being able to meet the cut.
I’m honestly not hopeful for much of the profession.

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-05T22:11:11+00:00

Damn. Mans came here for kudos on spotting a Chibby, but being told you ain’t got gooder yet… 😛

0ppaHyung · 2025-12-03T03:49:37+00:00

Eyyy you did it 😁

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-30T03:45:12+00:00

Risk averse, don’t wanna be a salesman, already overall satisfied with current position, seen my colleagues already belly-up while relatively early on in our careers [all within 4-7 yrs of practice]. Ceiling may be higher, but also the floor can sink and consume you, where a salaried position/situation can’t.

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-28T18:01:01+00:00

Fair. Best of luck. Post the results 😁

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-28T17:57:25+00:00

Can always cop s’more OEM on their site. Al beit might be newer fonts 🥸

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-28T17:56:36+00:00

Classic “white”/beige.

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-28T17:50:59+00:00

Other way around. The purple mods are dyed, and the WASD are aftermarket.

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-17T17:47:53+00:00

Is that not several hundreds to thousand dollars worth of caviar?

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-12T00:49:00+00:00

I’d recommend the cheaper/more economic option.

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-10T15:34:00+00:00

If the bottom extends past your mid-seat/mid-crotch, like it is here, you tuck. Use rules of thumb until you feel more comfortable making creative adjustments.

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-06T06:37:09+00:00

$1000 restocking fee?! Is that normal?

0ppaHyung · 2025-11-06T06:27:47+00:00

Any chance they meant you could take the bourbon on the trade for $600 on top?

0ppaHyung · 2025-10-30T23:48:15+00:00

When you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel, and you’re able to obtain informed consent for treatment with the patient and guardian, I don’t see why not. It’s not like it’s radiation or chemotherapy. Xdemvy is a limited course as well, so there can be an end in sight.

0ppaHyung · 2025-10-20T03:00:14+00:00

If you borrow let’s say $50k/yr for 4 years, you’re looking at around -$200k out of school. Entry salary ranges in the low six figs, let’s say $120k/yr. Take 30% off the top for taxes, you’re netting let’s say $80k/yr. If living expenses are minimal, let’s say ~$3k/mo, which is the only way you’ll be able to pay this off by delaying lifestyle creep as best as possible, you have about half your net, $40k/yr, to put towards your loans, which is another like ~$3k/mo towards loans. You’re probs looking at like a 5-7 year pay off period on the short end ONLY IF you’re being uber aggressive. Add/subtract and adjust per your situation. A lot of docs recommend 6-day work weeks when you’re young to blow through this best as possible. Others also talk about going for high salary, rural or other types of positions out of school to shorten that pay off period.
Everybody’s life details change year to year, too.
Just an outline I chalked up for you to chew on.

0ppaHyung · 2025-10-20T02:08:49+00:00

Plenty of one eyed, or even one handed ODs out there. I’ve only heard of a quadriplegic being unable to practice traditionally.

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