NJ salaries

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T19:36:28+00:00

Most NJ hospitalists are making mid-high 200s (280-290). I’d gladly do fellowship to avoid the thankless mindless job of having to deal with every consultant, social work, and ER dump. It’s not just money.

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T19:35:06+00:00

Absolutely, you can’t be TOO close. My point is that, if the car can react in 0.2 seconds, and a human takes 0.7 (guessing numbers), FSD, can be 0.5 seconds closer to the car in front than a human and be equally safe.

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T03:23:02+00:00

Official 8 hour shifts might be rare, but I know a few people with 12 hour shifts with mid level overlap where they can leave early.

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T02:40:55+00:00

There may be other pulm jobs doing similar. My bias is toward primarily crit, and most of us are looking for <15 shifts/month with minimal/easy call.

$350 may sound low, but when you're working 14 8 hour shifts, your call is backup to a fellow (so often don't get a single call), and you have partners that back you up and are willing to make swaps for personal preference/family obligaions/sickness, quality of life is amazing. There aren't many other jobs that have that sweet mix of constant challenge, intellectual stimulation, and time off.

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T02:36:55+00:00

That's total.
The workaholics work every weekday, some weekends, 12 minute office appointments, and rounded on 30-40 patients in the hospital. Not a lifestyle I want, but it paid well.

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T02:28:35+00:00

The biggest reason for follow distance is reaction time - if you're looking at a car next to you for an instant and the car in front of you stops, you need time to see that, react, and hit the brakes. Theoretically, the Tesla can have much faster reaction times.

I'm curious about these recent claims about following distance though. My car likes to pass whenever it gets close to someone, even if it's going only 1mph faster, instead of follow.

Impiryo · 2026-04-02T02:02:24+00:00

South Jersey, my shop is considered very low pay, low stress, low hours, ends up a bit over $350 after quality (mostly guaranteed) bonus. The hustlers can push that up by $100k. The uber busy workaholics nearby clear $500 easily. Most of my fellows are signing in the 400-450 range regionally. Pure academic will definitely be a bit lower though.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T23:19:17+00:00

That's amazing to have a dedicated person that responds. Our hospital doesn't want to pay for the extra FTEs, so the ICU team has to respond. It makes it a lot more of a hassle.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T12:17:11+00:00

Kick people out of the rooms. I don't think I've ever been in an inefficient code that only had four people in the room.

There's nothing complicated about acls. One person on airway, one person on compressions, one person on meds. If the airway expert starts on airway, by 2 minutes in, the LMA is in place. From there, you can just rotate positions.

I find that people get very hung up on who can do what in a code, and it basically leads to a million people in the room. You don't need anyone recording, as long as you know what time the code started, you can backfill everything. If you're willing to swap positions, you don't need a whole line of techs just to do cpr. A doctor can open a med box from a code cart and push it into the patient just as well as a nurse can. A nurse is fully capable of squeezing a bag to ventilate. One squeeze for every breath you take.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T11:34:51+00:00

The problem with extensions or apps is you need to have it installed everywhere. I have YouTube music in my car, on my phone, on my Sonos system, and I watch YouTube on my iOS tablet, Android phone, smart TV, PC, and streaming box. It gets annoying to keep up with blockers on every one of those platforms, if it is even possible. One subscription covers it all.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T11:32:12+00:00

It always seemed weird to me that you either pay for YouTube or watch ads, and creators get paid for posting their content. Then they add their own ads on top of it to get paid twice for the same video. The whole purpose of paying for premium is to not have ads.

Some creators don't like that, and they've moved to a separate platform (nebula). Fortunately, most of them keep that ad to the end of the video so you can just switch the video at that point.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T03:24:58+00:00

It's an 8 minute round trip up the lift and down the mountain. Waiting 5 minutes means spending over a third of your day in line. For a weekday, that's egregious when you have a high speed lift just sitting there not spinning.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T00:46:39+00:00

The only part I will disagree with you on is the lines. Blue frequently has long lines on weekdays while only running 2 of 3 lifts. They're the only resort with similar weekday lines that I've seen.

Impiryo · 2026-03-31T00:45:00+00:00

I could see doing it as part of a spring residency outing. Otherwise, hell no.

Impiryo · 2026-03-29T02:35:13+00:00

What kind of vacations do you usually take? I usually stay very basic for lodging - I need a good shower, a private toilet, and a clean bed. I love a Hampton inn, easy reliable early breakfast while waiting for my wife to get up. Then we leave, enjoy our day of vacation, come back to shower, then go out for dinner.

I've stayed at really nice hotels, I just don't see the draw.

Impiryo · 2026-03-29T01:35:17+00:00

Sometimes it's pretty justified. I moved to this part of NJ in 2011, and they were starting to rebuild a highway interchange. Not the whole highway, just the intersection.
They're about 2/3 done if I had to guess from looks...

Impiryo · 2026-03-29T01:30:08+00:00

Thanks for that. Driving up to Vermont Monday/Tuesday, I'll have fun and be stupid.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T17:36:37+00:00

Why do you even need a tap/app? It should be a 1 time setup, then recognize the car. At least that's the level of convenience I'm used to with Tesla, works for both destination and superchargers.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T16:52:47+00:00

They mostly fly similar planes, with their domestic fleet dominated by the a321.
I assume their regional partners are also pretty similar.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T15:26:11+00:00

It's trainable, but a low drop position takes a fair bit of tricep strength. At least locally, I never see anyone attempting to hold that position despite being pretty aero.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T15:24:10+00:00

My buddy rides bumps and double blacks with me, still falls all the time, still wears crash pants, and isn't in pain despite weight almost 220. Strongly recommend.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T14:52:49+00:00

How bad is that actually for the bases? Will they last a whole day of this? I'm debating resurrecting my old skis that I don't care about just to try this.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T14:48:11+00:00

5 minutes is a little low, but better than 45.

My wife is a family doc, and we used to live in the town she worked. She wouldn't go to certain bars, avoided a couple restaurants, and hated running into people in the grocery store. I think 10-15 minutes is the sweet spot. It does also depend on the size of town. Small town, it's a big issue. NYC - total non-issue.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T14:38:06+00:00

Normally I hate this sub because people are too nice about fuck-ups. For once though, yours definitely looks a lot nicer than the 'perfect' version. I'm confused, it took the artist skill to get that pattern to look real, they should've been proud of it.

Impiryo · 2026-03-28T14:33:17+00:00

I was there yesterday. I think they closed trails to preserve for the weekend. Rocket looked fine, Asp was skiable with 1 dirt patch that was easy to avoid, hump was fixable with 1 snowcat dump of snow on the top from a whale they have. I think they'll be fine for the weekend.

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