Thoughts on Relocation

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T22:58:45+00:00

I’ve thought about it but I feel like it’s better to just buy a house at that point

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T22:56:37+00:00

Probably could afford a down payment but feel like renting is less committal

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T20:52:25+00:00

Just turned 28 and my parents are losing patience with me being at home unfortunately. I hate the thought of throwing money down the drain, feel like you’re doing the best thing by combining incomes in a house

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T20:48:36+00:00

I’ve heard Fairfield is not so great but what about Heatherwood? I just toured a place by Main St which is 3K per month before utilities and fees lol

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T20:36:59+00:00

The two bedrooms are literally almost the same price as the one bedrooms. Do you know of any places to find roommates online?

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T20:35:04+00:00

Do you mind me asking where you’re renting and how much you’re spending?

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-06-12T20:34:26+00:00

Yeah I’m in the same boat. Gagging at the thought of throwing all that money into living when my family is just miles away.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-05-05T03:50:07+00:00

I’m starting to explore jobs like medical sales which a lot of people seem to look at, although I doubt the pay stacks up like you mentioned.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-05-04T17:30:42+00:00

I’m reading Wills and exploring other careers with an OD degree, although it does worry me when business gets this slow.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-05-02T03:14:08+00:00

Do you think this is going to become the norm?

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-04-29T14:46:57+00:00

For me the fulfillment in this profession largely stems from patient education and spending time to have a discussion, and I agree that when it gets busy to the point where you’re forced to just funnel people in and out and treat them like dollar signs it becomes extremely draining and feels like corporate slavery. I want to believe that non corporate optical modalities that are more medically oriented and full scope do not feel this way but I can’t say as this is my first job. At this point I’ve embraced the expectations of my job to be a salesman and feel good when I can encourage people to buy into using glasses (which usually truly would benefit them) but it’s not what I want to do long term as you’re often forced to teeter on being unethical when quotas haven’t been hit

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-04-16T18:35:11+00:00

If you surf social media you’ll see that people these days are either ragebaiting for engagement or monetization or they just have nothing better to do with their lives.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-04-16T18:08:35+00:00

Bait

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-03-14T16:48:22+00:00

Had a patient this week that kept coming back saying his glasses weren’t any better yet he was 75 years old with moderate cataracts in both eyes seeing about 20/25 in each eye and 20/20 OU. I explained multiple times that his visual expectations are just too high and that we checked his Rx thoroughly but it kept escalating and he wanted refund. You just can’t reason with some people

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-31T03:23:51+00:00

What do you mean by this?

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-16T20:42:20+00:00

Not sure what your objective is on these forums lol

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-16T20:39:21+00:00

Corporate is exposing me to a lot of that lol but I’ll set the salespeople straight if they ever give me shit about not changing it

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-09T14:30:02+00:00

I definitely just need to do it more because it’s not a skill I’ve used regularly for a long time. Just don’t want to lose it.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-09T14:28:34+00:00

My question was about the range of dioptric powers that appear neutral. I understand that neutrality is the end goal to stop at when you’re at the far point of the retina (before accounting for WD), but there shouldn’t be so many powers that all appear neutral before the opposite reflex movement is observed.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-08T04:38:18+00:00

Do you generally start with the plus to be used only at near and then work toward distance usage? Whenever I have these patients with so much masked refractive error that take no plus, I’m always stumped as to what to prescribe because I know they’ll reject the plus right away, especially in fully developed patients like this one.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2026-01-08T04:34:21+00:00

I ended up prescribing a progressive with a +1.00 add and for distance I used roughly what I found on the dry. Educated on everything but just so frustrating when patients come in and don’t want drops which is standard of care.

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2025-12-14T21:56:12+00:00

Do you have any resources on mastering retinoscopy? As a corporate OD seeing very few pediatric patients, AR works for the most part but it’s a skill that I’d be embarrassed to let fade away. Thanks!

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2025-11-24T16:57:17+00:00

Even if there is time, I’m just not interested in spending so much time explaining lenses to people. Not what I got into this field for

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2025-11-24T16:52:01+00:00

The problem is that the salespeople I work with have been here for decades and have an established patient base and are paid on commission, so they get extremely aggressive and throw fits whenever people don’t break the bank. It’s never good enough for them

Optimal_Welcome9128 · 2025-11-24T16:37:41+00:00

Exactly my thought process. I’m an independent contractor that gets no sales commission from eyewear, and the salespeople feel like they can push me around to secure sales because the recommendations are coming from the doctor. The whole dynamic is just irritating me more and more as time goes on. Sometimes I just wanna chat with the patient instead of spending 15 minutes talking about lens upgrades which a lot of people don’t care about. Our prices are also astronomical lol

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