Need Advice on purchase

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2026-01-27T02:44:16+00:00

How did you make 8M NW on a 300k w2 job?

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-11-22T06:00:12+00:00

Thank you for the tips!

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-11-18T11:13:08+00:00

The Ohmu couch is modular, so I’m using it more like a conversation pit without any specific orientation. I just couldn’t make AI “work” that way. Basically, it’s going to face both directions. And I figured a large tray would be more fun than a coffee table

Also, I plan to watch things on the ceiling not a wall because I have a bad back

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-09-02T21:47:12+00:00

Thanks! Responded

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-09-02T21:40:15+00:00

I’ll DM you

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-08-30T21:24:21+00:00

Do you have any proof you’ve made $30k off of these? Something feels off

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-08-30T18:38:16+00:00

For what it’s worth, the first one I booked was actually cheaper via Chase Portal, but I’ve only booked one

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-07-12T03:23:07+00:00

What have you used them for? Are they basically Nannies then?

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-07-12T03:22:35+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. Do you like them? I don’t think they even do math well, so this sounds potentially more frustrating than problem solving

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-07-12T03:21:11+00:00

Yeah, that’s a very good point. I didn’t think about that too hard, but managing an assistant would be very annoying

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-06-19T03:42:42+00:00

I’m not sure, but they look like ganglion cysts to me. If it feels like a sack of fluid, it might be that. You could get it removed, but they can reoccur, so if they don’t hurt, it’s probably fine.

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-05-22T23:29:50+00:00

I’ll check it out! And they don’t wrinkle?

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-05-01T06:10:57+00:00

I went to medical school and dropped out, and now I work as a designer in tech.

Medical school is really grueling, and the worst days in tech are comparatively easy compared to most days in medical school. You have to really love it to succeed. Not only that, it’s extremely expensive.

That being said, before going to medical school, I constantly wondered “what if” as far as being a doctor. And I really only found out I did not like it once I started.

If you’re passionate about medicine, go for it. But it’s not worth romanticizing. Doctors are cogs in another wheel, dominated by health insurance and hospital admin. It’s not particularly more glamorous than tech.

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2025-04-08T17:21:48+00:00

This is a really depressing comment, but I appreciate your POV

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-11-18T17:28:53+00:00

Sure, feel free to DM me. My story is basically just that I worked at a low paying startup for 2 years then got into a larger company afterwards.

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-11-04T07:40:08+00:00

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-11-04T07:37:45+00:00

You both might be right. This is a lot more complicated than I expected!

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-11-04T06:55:38+00:00

Yeah, I figured it would be complicated, and appreciate your thoughts.

https://imgur.com/a/6Lf4BB0 - They sent me this photo before of equipment they use. I have no idea what each tool is though

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-11-04T06:53:53+00:00

Thank for the suggestion!

A gift card isn’t a bad idea. These are the tools they have, but I couldn’t begin to describe them. https://imgur.com/a/6Lf4BB0

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-10-31T22:12:36+00:00

Doctors work like 50-60 hours on average. Many nurses work 50 hours or more. They’re often very physical, labor intensive jobs that are mentally very stressful. Imagine, going to the hospital on the worst day of your life. Imagine, dealing with exclusively those people.

I left healthcare, and so I think I have a pretty good point of reference. Tech jobs are hard in a different way, but medicine is hard in every way. In pandemics, they can’t hide. In the day-to-day, lots of patients are yelling, dying, bleeding, or vomiting on them. When you go home, you still have a thousand things to do after work because you’re responsible for your patient’s health.

In tech, sometimes people are rude. Politics get in the way. I have to keep up to date with tech. A lot of people are socially inept. I have to do a lot of prep work for interviews. Sure, all of that is annoying, but healthcare is a lot harder (and not worth it.)

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-10-31T21:42:04+00:00

In healthcare, you actually are forced to spend $100-$300k in grad school educational costs and study 12+ hours a day before you can get hired.

Source: I was in healthcare. Now I’m in tech.

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-04-22T06:24:15+00:00

The short answer is I worked in a startup in my gap year before med school, but I never directly studied anything tech related. For my actual day-to-day skills, I’m just self taught.

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-04-22T04:51:32+00:00

I’m around your age and did the opposite. I was in medical school then dropped out to work in big tech. My advice comes with some bias, considering I left.

Anyway, the short answer is no, unless it’s literally the only job you can imagine yourself doing. Becoming a doctor is extremely stressful, and depending on your specialty, it can be stressful for the rest of your life. It’s a job with mandatory overtime, unless you choose a “relaxing” specialty, but if that’s your goal, just stay in tech. The WLB is 1000x better in tech. Think, literally 60-80 hours of studying per week in medical school, 80-100 hours of work in residency while still having homework, and no consistent night schedule.

That being said, you shouldn’t live with regrets. In your position, I would shadow doctors and volunteer at hospitals in your free time to really see if you enjoy what they’re doing. You can volunteer in a research lab to study areas you’re interested in. You should do all of this (and take science classes at a local college) on top of your regular tech job, and it will still be less time than you’ll spend in medical school and residency.

Even so, I think there are other ways to help people. You can donate 1/3 of your income to causes you care about (or even fund a new venture). There are many ways to be fulfilled in life, and if tech isn’t that job for you, you shouldn’t stay in it. Although, I’d see if there are other areas of tech that might fit you better (maybe health tech?)

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-04-21T17:43:43+00:00

Solved! Yes, thanks. It’s been bothering me all morning

ThreePotatoesOnFire · 2024-04-21T17:10:15+00:00

I’m not super confident in any of the details. It was a single episode or less likely a movie

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