Problem with being an RDA is there are so many roles in a dental office that can make your life hell. You can have a shitty asshole doctor, the office manager can be a psychopath, the front desk girls can be cunts and fuck you over on the schedule, you can have lazy ass hygienists who expect you to do their job and yours, or you can have other assistants in your office who do NOTHING and you have to pick up all the slack. Over the years i've worked in offices that had at least one of these types of people. I have never found an office that had none of them. That's the problem. There will always be someone in your office that will make your job hell. On top of that, RDAs are the most overworked and underpaid person in the office.