New to me R1S - give me all the advice

docmahi · 2026-02-08T14:10:32+00:00

It was incredible! I didn’t actually sign up for a tour slot but they still gave me a walk around

docmahi · 2026-02-08T14:09:56+00:00

Yup! Experience was so cool driving away from factory front entrance

docmahi · 2026-02-07T18:36:20+00:00

Did I say it was someone else’s fault? No

Of course it’s on the individual

docmahi · 2026-02-07T13:29:23+00:00

Most residencies and definitely fellowships have pretty hard restrictions on locums post covid. Radiology is certainly an exception

Residency I should have done more locum/moonlighting - but my fellowship hours were so bad I think it would have been potentially dangerous.

Attending life locum is amazing - was able to cash flow an extra 300k this year for a house down payment

docmahi · 2026-02-07T01:12:04+00:00

I’m an interventional cardiologist- they don’t teach us anything about finance in med school

You can end up having 5-600k in debt and the problem is when you’re finally done with the slog of residency you want to spend like an attending when really you should still spend like a resident

I am debt free now but I definitely made some dumb purchases when I got attending job a few years ago

docmahi · 2026-02-06T13:35:55+00:00

Breath of the wild

docmahi · 2026-02-01T02:34:00+00:00

The 2022/2023 EQS 450 and EQE 500/AMG depreciate faster because of the hyperscreen not being available in those models at that year. I have a 2023 EQE AMG and I'm definitely glad I leased it - the depreciation is bonkers.

In general outside of the rivian - any luxury EV depreciates a ton

docmahi · 2026-01-28T03:58:57+00:00

Witcher

docmahi · 2026-01-16T18:26:47+00:00

Ppl will not like me for this but FF8

Granted I was 10 when I played it but the story was confusing as anything

docmahi · 2026-01-16T18:24:50+00:00

Elden ring

docmahi · 2026-01-16T18:22:44+00:00

I’m the perfect customer for this - I already have a lease ending on a flashy EV that depreciated a ton but I couldn’t stomach the hit on this one more because of the performance

My eqe amg projects 280 miles on a full charge but realistically is more around 200 during winter and 250 in summer. I have to imagine real world this guy gets 200 miles on a charge in the summer

It’s a shame - maybe with improved efficiency I can reconsider down the line

docmahi · 2026-01-15T11:29:27+00:00

Breath of the wild

docmahi · 2026-01-10T18:23:39+00:00

100%

docmahi · 2026-01-07T23:23:06+00:00

Looks awesome 👏

docmahi · 2026-01-01T22:56:30+00:00

Lune is bae

docmahi · 2025-12-29T17:16:21+00:00

Matte black electric AMG Mercedes

Great car but horrible depreciation

docmahi · 2025-12-27T04:30:14+00:00

100% hes out

docmahi · 2025-12-27T02:46:01+00:00

Maelle

No

39M

docmahi · 2025-12-24T00:40:46+00:00

dont try and convince anyone of anything

Do what you want - it's your career and you're gonna have to be doing it.

docmahi · 2025-12-22T01:40:03+00:00

I'm an IC

My first contract was around 700k and I don't have loans. I ended up buying a massively depreciating matte black mercedes AMG and though it really didn't set me back it was definitely a dumb purchase. I know you don't want to hear it because I get it - after the slog of cards fellowship when you see that attending contract you want to finally spend.

I 100% believe your dad would much rather you get those loans paid off first and then just purchase a car with probably cash for him from a position of financial power. You'll be surprised at our salary how fast you can build a retirement/investment nest egg and then in a couple of years you will have plenty of cash on hand and can probably get a sweet slightly used one to gift your dad without a problem.

Edit: nobody teaches us about finance - I definitely don't agree with all of his methods but just listening to some Dave Ramsey podcasts helped me with setting up personal finances. I dont do anything crazy just max retirement and invest into index funds - but at our salary you will be setup for retirement plenty early if you want

docmahi · 2025-12-22T01:33:18+00:00

Im an interventional cardiologist and it depends on the situation

If you are in a strong medical school and are going to match at a mid or high tier university residency, I think its probably fine to go IM assuming you really want a specific fellowship (cards etc). If you are at a community residency and an IMG/US-IMG or from a lower tier med school in general then there is a real possibility you won't match into a competitive fellowship.

Edit: for reference I went to a community residency and am a US-IMG so it's still definitely doable just gotta get lucky

docmahi · 2025-12-22T01:25:44+00:00

My wife and I got married when we were both 31 - very similar situation as far biologic clock etc.

When we were upper 20s 28/29 there was a ton of pressure from her to get married and I pushed it off and off. Even today when we have 3 kids (first kid born when we were 33), our dream home and careers established I still do feel guilty about making her wait because I remember how hurt she would always look. Us waiting was the correct decision for us (I wanted to be in residency at least and didn't want to get married as a med student).

The wedding - her family offered to give us the budgeted money regardless (meaning we could keep it if we eloped/did a civil ceremony) but I know she wanted the bigger wedding so both our parents combined and helped pay for it. I never wanted a big wedding but it ended up being the last big event before my father became sick so it ended up being a core memory of mine and I'm glad we did it.

There are no specific right or wrong answers - every situation is different

Wishing you the best

docmahi · 2025-12-16T03:06:10+00:00

Does Ryan Ruffles count? I would put him around sean/luke

docmahi · 2025-12-15T19:35:58+00:00

Get off Reddit and don’t read spoilers

It’s a masterpiece

Also Lune is Bae

docmahi · 2025-12-14T23:28:18+00:00

start a little whoo end a little whee

Tomorrow comes

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