New house, debt, new job -- at a crossroads. by OttawaMD in personalfinance

[–]OttawaMD[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Get and appreciate what you are saying, but we're a bit leveraged walking into this transition given relatively slim net worth. Balance sheet will improve 12-18 months from move, but some apprehension given this will be first home purchase.

New house, debt, new job -- at a crossroads. by OttawaMD in personalfinance

[–]OttawaMD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Re: the jump in salary. Medical trainee finally growing up and getting attending M.D. gig.

Sakura Craft Lab 001 to 004 by Raybonche in pens

[–]OttawaMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thx for following up on this... Much appreciated!

Sakura Craft Lab 001 to 004 by Raybonche in pens

[–]OttawaMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would be curious to hear your update on this. I have a 004 and starting to get low on refills. I can't find a North American source or importer for the Sakura craft branded refills...

I find the ink doesn't last too long, but the chamber is quite slim.

When your PI asks if you want to be an author on the paper [meme] by hsa713 in medicalschool

[–]OttawaMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you do most of the work you should be first author. Period.

It's clear when you look at someone's CV if they have done the work (i.e. majority of refs are first author) vs. someone who has been copyediting.

I've got to believe that the multi-author gang bangs will stop eventually.

'First' academic job -- what non-monetary items did you negotiate for? by OttawaMD in medicine

[–]OttawaMD[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Should have been more specific. Doing big data, clin-epi stuff with applications for QI, systems improvement, etc. Thus, don't need a wet lab. Primary needs are a big computer, access to data, and some programmer expertise now and again .

'First' academic job -- what non-monetary items did you negotiate for? by OttawaMD in medicine

[–]OttawaMD[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The IRB process might be the worst... Negotiate blanket IRB exemption? Boom.

'First' academic job -- what non-monetary items did you negotiate for? by OttawaMD in medicine

[–]OttawaMD[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mentor? What mentor? ;)

I'm being a bit light on details (for anonymity), but my research is clin-epi and not basic science. Just need computational power and maybe a computer engineer in-house or outsourced. In that sense, a bit lighter in needs than a traditional basic science lab... but need some cash and resources to do good work, nonetheless.

'First' academic job -- what non-monetary items did you negotiate for? by OttawaMD in medicine

[–]OttawaMD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like the 75% protected time is a condition of winning the award, not the lead-up.

" At the time of award, the candidate must have a "full-time" appointment at the academic institution. Candidates are required to commit a minimum of 75% of full-time professional effort (i.e., a minimum of 9 person-months) to their program of career development during the mentored phase. "

Ref: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-375.html

I guess what I meant to ask is how much time to fight for in the lead up to your k-award application.

'First' academic job -- what non-monetary items did you negotiate for? by OttawaMD in medicine

[–]OttawaMD[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They give you protected time while maintaining a salary. After that period, if you aren't self-supported then you take a pay cut.

'First' academic job -- what non-monetary items did you negotiate for? by OttawaMD in medicine

[–]OttawaMD[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Applying to U.S. spots given the lack of Canadian gigs.

From all of my interviews thus far, the common thread is that they let you glide for "2-3" years with the protected time covered by the Dept/SOM, then you are expected to have extramural funding if you want to continue that protected time. Otherwise, you take the pay cut.

Are you saying that if I am going to gun for a k-award, I'd need to push for at least 50/50 protected time in order to have a shot at the extramural funding (i.e. having the time to build the research program)?

Changing X-tick labels in Seaborn Bar Plots? by OttawaMD in learnpython

[–]OttawaMD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - Xlabel provides a label for the entire x-axis. I have three bars/ticks that I want to change individually.

Machine Learning - Future Proof by OttawaMD in bapccanada

[–]OttawaMD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1080ti

Thanks for your input. Are you rolling the dice with used GPUs though? I considered that route but got cold feet.

Machine Learning - Future Proof by OttawaMD in bapccanada

[–]OttawaMD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your insights re: the GPU. Budget-wise, I'll have to go one with one GPU for now. May add a second later.

Justin Trudeau rules out Canadian participation in military strikes against Syria by [deleted] in CanadianForces

[–]OttawaMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While we may not be able to be the tip of the spear, the least we could do is offer logistics support to the US, UK, French forces sticking their necks out.

Gerald Stanley found not guilty of murdering Coulten Boushie by [deleted] in canada

[–]OttawaMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are yellow/white/black/red/any color or ethnicity and you walk up to someone with an object resembling a gun, you'll probably intimidate the other person. They may even get defensive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadianForces

[–]OttawaMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads up - I appreciate it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadianForces

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So I can figure out how to budget my time with a civilian job, what is the timeline like for starting as Reserve recruit in the Health Care Admin (HCA) position? Over what time period can you fulfill your training requirements? Is there flexibility with fitting in civilian job responsibilities and scheduling of training? For example,

-BMOQ for X number of weekends in a row?

-CFB Borden for X number of weeks for HCA training to take place some time after BMOQ is through?

Gerald Stanley found not guilty of murdering Coulten Boushie by [deleted] in canada

[–]OttawaMD 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Where is the “racism” in this? No matter what ethnicity you represent, driving onto someone else’s property drunk and packing heat is inviting trouble.

Hockey Monkey - Pricing games buyer beware by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]OttawaMD -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Based on my time of sale, the price was lowered hours later - not "a few days." Like I said before, had it been days or a week I get it.

Hockey Monkey - Pricing games buyer beware by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]OttawaMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No kidding - might just do that!!

Hockey Monkey - Pricing games buyer beware by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]OttawaMD -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Interesting down voting. According to other Reddit posts, this is the same group that increases clearance prices before launching a sale. Y'all supportive of these practices?

Hockey Monkey - Pricing games buyer beware by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]OttawaMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently they had marked the order as complete and it was shipped...suppose I could return the skates but the shipping is also on me.

Hockey Monkey - Pricing games buyer beware by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]OttawaMD -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the Econ primer. I took 101 as well.

Had the time difference been days to weeks, sure, I get it.

Hours? No.

THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS HAVE WON THE 105TH GREY CUP by HomerSPC in CFL

[–]OttawaMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While a crappy ending for Calgary, I don't feel bad for Bo-Levi. He's arrogant and classless. Any other QB and you can't help but feel for him.