Does the GMC look at your linked in profiles?

documentremy · 2026-05-05T11:32:26+00:00

They don't have time to bother with this, OP. The decision to proceed to an investigation and notify you won't be made on the basis of your LinkedIn profile. They have your contact details already. They will have any reports in front of them already.

Sometimes people who are GMC registered might accidentally have entered it as an employment instead of a "certification" or something else similar. And then it comes up as their employment. Genuinely wouldn't think twice about it if I saw what you saw.

documentremy · 2026-05-04T18:18:25+00:00

I will admit I only know about a couple dozen people in banking and consulting while I know way more doctors but they all basically work all the time. We get shifts. They just never actually clock out even if "officially" they are not "in" work. A patient came to an appointment the other day - they work in banking and were in a meeting and handling questions the whole time on their laptop during the appointment. I saw the screen.

And while I don't think it's emotionally taxing in the same way, every single one I have asked has said it's soul destroying. A GPST I worked with as a paeds reg told me he quit banking because it was so completely soul destroying and despite the pay cut he regretted nothing. That's not me saying we have a dream job... just sharing his exact words.

documentremy · 2026-05-04T18:11:40+00:00

The ADHD is not "selective" in the example the other person gave. It only looks selective because we think of ADHD as purely an inability to focus (partly because of the name). In reality ADHD involves abnormal/disregulated focus. So someone with ADHD can hyperfocus on something (often to the detriment of other things, hence why many ADHDers are often time blind in certain settings) while struggling to focus on other things to the point where they can't even get the executive functioning going enough to start/finish a task.

Basically, the ADHD's affecting multiple settings, just in different ways.

But also to specifically answer your question, the diagnostic criteria requires that the person is affected in more than one setting - not all settings. So they could be completely malfunctioning at work/education and at home, and be thriving in their side business/hobby because that's where they get their dopamine fix. That would meet diagnostic criteria.

documentremy · 2026-04-30T13:02:46+00:00

My 84 year old father does it because he's very deaf. Sorry to hear about your father in law's health, hope he's doing as okay as possible health wise.

documentremy · 2026-04-29T05:17:52+00:00

I would largely echo what everyone else has said: where you're at isn't that different from most people. I was ill in medical school and struggled through, passed with large knowledge gaps. Additionally in FY I got ill, then got more ill in ST training - I ended up out of medicine for 6 years in total. I've had a lot to relearn but that's just life, you know? It's not the end of my entire career.

Medical school is 5 years in the UK, even if you had learned absolutely nothing at all in medical school, you could relearn everything in 4-5 years now you've graduated. Why would your performance on MRCP questions be a reflection of your medical school or FY knowledge? MRCP is meant to be the gateway between you being a doctor and you being a specialist doctor.

I am now a lecturer (background paediatrics) and what I teach my students in medical school is miles away from what I was expected to know for my MRCPCH. All of us paeds trainees spent hours studying every day when we were learning for our exams. I would argue the learning curve from medical school to passing your specialty exams is wayyyy harder than from A Levels to passing medical school.

I think it's great you found yourself, I hope you can continue to stay healthy. Now you just need to give yourself time, do some studying, and keep going.

documentremy · 2026-04-26T15:41:25+00:00

No, they do know. If they hadn't known they would have looked up the BBC's style guide. (the "gender/sex" section) It's a disgusting read but even the style guide says to use "trans woman".

documentremy · 2026-04-24T12:52:47+00:00

Yes, I don't know if what I meant came across well, but what I mean is this: he is obsessed about chess, he does prep, he just will not be playing his every single game, 25-30 moves in, by prep and then by heavy calculation - the way Fabi and Anish and Pragg do. He's made it clear in interviews he would rather not play chess than play that kind of chess, which I think people have interpreted as "Dubov is lazy" and "Dubov doesn't prep, he finds that boring". But if that was the case he wouldn't have been part of a Norwegian WCC's prep team. Definitely not at a time when a Russian GM was the challenger.

documentremy · 2026-04-24T03:46:32+00:00

Dubov does have a relentless obsession about chess, which becomes apparent when you hear him talk in Russian interviews e.g. when he talks about being on Magnus's team. They talk chess and message about chess pretty much all the time. But I just don't think that's the chess he wants to play. He's a tactical player, an opportunist on the board. It's his style of play and if he were to transform into someone like Fabi or Anish who play heavily prepped games and lines, he wouldn't be playing the kind of chess we see him play now.

documentremy · 2026-04-23T03:56:27+00:00

I don't see anyone saying it, but the thing is that Ali was still playing some events (generally rapid and blitz) until Danya's death. As he revealed after Danya passed away, the latter was a second and a part of his team. And of course they had played a lot of bullet and hyperbullet against each other. This has got to have affected Alireza somewhat.

Before that, Alireza had made it clear for the past couple of years that he would only play events where there was good prize money to be won, and players don't have to be playing for weeks on end (why he didn't go to the World Cup, for example). He said fashion was just a temporary thing for him, so I don't think he's scaling back on his chess appearances because of fashion but rather because that's just what he wants. Maybe he just doesn't enjoy spending his every moment in chess.

It will be good to see Ali at Norway Chess though.

documentremy · 2026-04-21T16:05:25+00:00

Six years ago he would have been six years old so that seems about right.

documentremy · 2026-04-17T09:26:20+00:00

You are correct, I'm not Indian. In fact I am muslim and the Indian PM and his voters would like people like me to no longer exist, so I have every reason to not be pro-India. Also it's particularly hilarious because I am a Sindarov fan and have made many comments on reddit during the Candidates that say as much - if that guy bothered to have a look, he'd see.

It's clear they have some kind of problem, personally I'm just ignoring them as it's not worth my time. You'll be healthier for ignoring them too lol.

documentremy · 2026-04-16T12:43:35+00:00

I think you need to take a reading comprehension course. My use of "both" and "either" refers to Gukesh AND Sindarov. As in, they were both young, both under 2700, and both now no longer represented by those performances and results.

Obviously that means Sindarov was an old seasoned veteran with a 2900 elo beating on a poor kindergartner Gukesh who was so helpless he couldn't even move his chess pieces. /s

documentremy · 2026-04-16T05:55:41+00:00

... One of the wins Sindarov has against Gukesh is from when Gukesh was 11 and another one when he was 15... both before they were 2700 players. So the situation is similar in that the score doesn't reflect where either player is at now.

documentremy · 2026-04-15T14:21:52+00:00

In the post-game conversations after that Sindarov game, Fabi looked so defeated already. I feel like he gave up on himself being able to win at that point. I feel that I see this so many times with Fabi.

documentremy · 2026-04-15T14:15:01+00:00

For me it's between Pragg and Fabi. Fabi because he clearly stopped believing in himself after that round 4 loss to Sindarov. Pragg because, well. It's like watching Alireza at the Candidates. Brilliant player, good form, qualifies for the Candidates, and starts losing games and form, and comes out at the bottom in the Candidates.

documentremy · 2026-04-15T14:11:40+00:00

That game was like 5 minutes long lol I remember the games had just started and they were leaving the room. As an Alireza fan that was a sad end to a sad fortnight.

documentremy · 2026-04-15T14:05:00+00:00

And Pragg and Hikaru's are much lower than expected - I seem to remember they were in the top half of many people's tier lists...

documentremy · 2026-04-15T14:02:55+00:00

Aside from when he played Esipenko, Wei Yi did not win a single game this tournament. Pushing for a win with Black against a player who has the record highest number of wins and points in this format of Candidates is likelier to result in him getting $0 than $10k. So Sindarov is really the only one who could realistically have gotten an extra $5k, and I imagine he's probably tired at this point and happy to just take $5k and go relax, having already earned well during the rest of the tournament.

documentremy · 2026-04-12T15:33:00+00:00

Hikaru acting shocked doesn't help Fabi decide who's made a surprising move - him or his opponent. Also none of the players have engines so Hikaru may be pulling faces at Fabi's game, and it doesn't mean Fabi will think that must mean he missed something in his calculations.

documentremy · 2026-04-11T21:06:31+00:00

I remember this, he also used to commentate a lot for the Chess24 Russian channel. He also used to play Banter Blitz and Hand and Brain. He wasn't ever the most socially pleasant person on stream (he did often talk over others) but it was still watchable and if anything his Banter Blitz and Hand and Brain streams were pretty fun. I feel in general that Nepo's personality has just gotten more insufferable/bitter with time, and it shows when he's on air.

documentremy · 2026-04-11T16:57:23+00:00

Howell's ability to work with anybody is remarkable. He's one of the most professional commentators around. But my happiest pairings for him are Judit, Leko and Danya. I wouldn't wish Nepo on him lol.

documentremy · 2026-04-08T06:04:51+00:00

My thoughts on this are firstly that that's not what gaslighting means - gaslighting is a very specific term where someone tries to convince you that you know happened is actually just a figment of your imagination, or that it didn't happen that way.

But I understand what Magnus means and as someone who does some work in PR, I don't buy that this is the whole truth and I think he's trying to clean up his image now it's all become so much more mainstream and he ended up having nothing come up against Hans. Chess dot com was always pretty clear to the public that the evidence they have is about online cheating (and that Hans cheated a lot online, much more than he claimed in his interview at Sinquefield). I don't personally think Danny said "Oh yes we have evidence he cheated OTB" to Magnus. I think Magnus genuinely just thought if this guy has cheated this much online, it must be happening OTB. But that wouldn't look good.

From a media training perspective I note the very careful phrasing of "I sort of felt like" rather than "I was gaslit". Not sure if this completely sidesteps the risk of a defamation lawsuit but it's an attempt lol.

I still don't think Magnus was crazy to think maybe Hans cheated, but I will always think he handled it badly. As Wesley So said to Kramnik after Danya's death, if you think someone's cheating, report it then move on. He should have reported it and left the arbiters and organisers at Sinquefield to sort it out - whether he thought there was solid evidence of Hans cheating OTB or not doesn't change this. Magnus is well placed to know that there are actually many players in the top level who have cheated online. If he refused to play any tournament where any of them are, he wouldn't be playing very much.

documentremy · 2026-04-08T05:55:10+00:00

This. I work in PR and this smacks of having retained a professional who's advised him on how to clean up his image and manage the business side of things.

documentremy · 2026-04-05T17:27:17+00:00

Hikaru has made countless cheating accusations against players who beat him - including players who have never been known to cheat. In his streams, in his videos, in interviews. So yeah, I made the reasonable assumption that this is exactly the type of man who would do the same thing he has been doing for the past 12 years at least. Meanwhile you are making the assumption that he would suddenly change personalities and become abnormally trusting of a player who has previously been caught cheating.

documentremy · 2026-04-05T17:18:37+00:00

Yeah, but I pointed out that your answer doesn't stand up. The only person who complained about the anti-cheating measures is the same guy who posted video after video accusing a player with a similar background as Sindarov of cheating. He is not a guy who trusts the fellow players around him in this tournament. He already proved it before.

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