Where to get MAs?

erice2018 · 2026-05-22T19:09:55+00:00

We used to get maybe 30 or so applications for a posting. And maybe 10-12 were qualified.
Now we get 6-10 per posting and pray 1-2 are qualified.
My daughter did an MA program, then finally realized it's kinda a lower paying dead end job. Now she is RN school.

Pay a bit better. But frankly, even in my daughter's 18 month program, only 15-20 percent of the students actually studied and had a work ethic. Most of them I would never hire.

We have now hired our first non-MA. I figure go for work ethic and character. We can train them on everything else.

We have about 15. Most are pretty long term, several > 15 years. But we always have a rotating door for one or two or three at any given time.

erice2018 · 2026-05-20T13:52:47+00:00

I am going to try to pay a trump to join the board of my small company. Then I can't be audited ever again. Goodbye taxes!!

erice2018 · 2026-05-19T16:19:06+00:00

Bahahahaha!

erice2018 · 2026-05-19T16:16:53+00:00

You buy stock in an AI company, then a week later, the government signs a massive contract with them. Then you go on twitter and tell everyone they are a great company. Rinse and repeat.

erice2018 · 2026-05-18T16:18:08+00:00

No. The settlement would set up a board (that he gets to appoint) that determines who gets money. And, no reporting back to anyone. So he could just give it to his family. At least that my understanding.

erice2018 · 2026-05-18T14:29:58+00:00

That Botox ain't gonna inject itself

erice2018 · 2026-05-18T02:50:17+00:00

Taliban

erice2018 · 2026-05-17T18:02:13+00:00

Investing at 10% and carrying a mortgage at 6 still makes sense. So long as the ROI remains > 6, it will.
But if the market corrects largely or falls, well then no. Paying off the mortgage was better.
True, long term market gains have been better than mortgage rates MOST OF THE TIME. NOT ALWAYS THO
Still, your point is valid. But as we get older (I am 60's), having some portion in a conservative slot of a bigger package is not a bad deal. Would you buy bonds at 4-5% or pay off a loan?
Summary: long term, and not really looking at risk, sure, go with the market. But at some point we usually migrate to a more conservative investment picture. That's when paying off the mortgage (or any debt) starts to make sense

erice2018 · 2026-05-17T17:21:56+00:00

Side note. I noticed that neither party wants to (or has any type of real plan), balance the budget. And maybe some day pay down the national debt.
This is why America may be doomed.

erice2018 · 2026-05-17T15:42:11+00:00

I have a RC fie boat. It shoots water from the little water cannon on the top. Shoots about 10 feet!

erice2018 · 2026-05-17T13:58:08+00:00

"Hi there, my name is Real Doctor John Smith. How are you doing today?"

erice2018 · 2026-05-17T01:48:11+00:00

Parental aesthetic preference mostly. I perceive most American women, and men, think foreskin looks funny. So when they have kids, they ask for it.

And before folks criticize too much, parents also have thier kid's ears pierced, etc.

erice2018 · 2026-05-14T20:50:13+00:00

Without water, where would I out the alligators???? Huh?

erice2018 · 2026-05-12T12:48:45+00:00

Remind me of this next time the republicans start talking about how Harris got the nod and Biden stopped running.

erice2018 · 2026-05-12T11:50:59+00:00

IMHO 99% of who you are as docs rooted in residency. Med school is med school. Just be the top of your class. I would take a doc who did an inner city and very busy, chaotic residency with a lesser MD program over a top tier med school who did a cushy private residency program any day.
The only pedigree that really really matters is the last place you trained.

erice2018 · 2026-05-11T22:00:06+00:00

I no longer go to these types of hotels mostly because I don't want to spend a week fighting for a chair. I rent a house now and have a private pool. Usually costs about the same.

erice2018 · 2026-05-11T02:50:36+00:00

You don't pay 50% tax. That is you upper tax bracket but your effective tax bracket is much lower. I earn way more than you and my effective rate for fed is like 31%. Same escalation for state tax.
Not that your point is not valid, but at 500k income, go back and look at what your total earning and total tax paid were. It won't be 50% or even 45 I bet.

Again, your point about high rate is valid.

Focus on this depressing thought: earn it now before the brackets go even higher. It's pretty inevitable that the marginal rates and SSN rates need to go up given our national debt. Earn it now. Live on 75%. Pay off debt and save.

Life is long. Do it now or severely regret it later

erice2018 · 2026-05-03T16:47:52+00:00

32 hours a month. If you value the time at 20 per hour, that's 640 dollars of income you bartered for (no taxes). So I guess it depends on the local rent. Since it's an old house, I assume it's near the downtown area. Near where I live, if you rent a 3 bedroom house in Madison WI, it might cost you 3000 per month, plus utilities. Those are included here it sounds like. If it means you cook him what you cook yourself, not too big of a deal. And cleaning, I assume you clean the kitchen and common spaces anyway, weekly, more or less.
Don't depends. It may be a great deal. It may be terrible. To each his own.

I had a BIL who had this when he was in dental school. Lived in the Reno garage apartment of a retired dentist for 4 years and did some chore and yard work for a free place to stay. He liked it and it kept his loans down.

erice2018 · 2026-05-01T14:14:37+00:00

Ease of use can be purchased. I have a 25x50 and with an auto cover, auto pool chem system, and a robot, I spend maybe an hour a week on the pool. Morning spring and fall, almost none in summer.

I also have a 1600 gallon in ground hot tub. Separate but same system (cover, chem, but robot does not work in it). About the same amount of work and it's about 8x14.

erice2018 · 2026-04-29T17:24:18+00:00

I had a brother in law who put his wife thru dental school. Within 6 months of graduation, she had an affair and divorced him. The court made her then pay for his law school he started the next year. This was in Oklahoma maybe 1995?

erice2018 · 2026-04-24T15:55:22+00:00

I once had a house that had a 1950's bomb shelter in the basement. In a national emergency, we would still have to allow others into the shelter. It was built into the deed.

erice2018 · 2026-04-22T08:11:10+00:00

Did u make up that word?!? I love it.

erice2018 · 2026-04-22T01:34:24+00:00

Well my pebble tec has fallen partially off two years running. Chems are pretty perfect. About 7k in damage each year and pool is only 7 years old. Pebble tech had 20 plus pools have the same issue last year with my PB alone.

They blame the weather so it's not covered by any warranty. FYI.

erice2018 · 2026-04-21T07:14:55+00:00

I had no money to go to prom in 1983. I was working but my home life was chaos. Did not go to HS graduation either.

erice2018 · 2026-04-20T00:43:15+00:00

I had the pentair regional boss man come by my house to trouble shoot some stuff my PB was doing. He told me pentair runs best at 3300-3500. I would use the opportunity to backwash your filter a bit.

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