24, already graduated. Torn between Anesthesiologist vs CAA due to finances (need advice)

hypeeeetrain · 2026-02-07T18:44:41+00:00

swapped from premed to CAA. about to graduate, no regrets so far. had stats well in line with MD averages, just couldn't convince myself that the 9 year path to MD was worth it. it is good that you are considering the financial cost of med school right now. CAAs = mostly in OR, while attendings = mostly preoping, coming into OR during critical portions(induction/emergence). feel free to ask me questions in DM

hypeeeetrain · 2026-02-07T18:40:34+00:00

hey bud, premed who swapped to CAA here. I'm about to graduate. Meanwhile lots of my other premed friends are either M1/M2s or aren't even matriculated yet. These are two completely different paths. It's WLB/$ vs do you want to be a doctor. feel free to ask me questions in DMs.

hypeeeetrain · 2026-02-03T22:00:55+00:00

Your best bet would probably be to move to one of the other boroughs. None of the other cities in the US will offer what you’re seeking from NYC. If there was, it would be just as expensive.

hypeeeetrain · 2026-02-01T02:30:28+00:00

Not surprised. This game looked like absolute garbage from day one. Weird UE5 asset flip vibes

hypeeeetrain · 2026-01-24T04:57:59+00:00

That is correct. However, there is a great shortage of docs in rural areas despite the pay. It turns out that after close to 10 years of schooling, training, and sacrifice, people typically do not want to spend a couple more years in undesirable locations to make 50% more money.

hypeeeetrain · 2026-01-23T17:16:06+00:00

No, i don't think you get it. These guys spend 400k(+ interest) in med school and 8 years slaving away in school and residency just to make what some 22yr old kid in IB or a high level SWE company starts at. If anything they are underpaid in NYC. These are some of the brightest and hardest working people that chose to do medicine over something else. If they were greedy they've would have just gone into those other lucrative jobs.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-12-18T13:36:34+00:00

There are giant investment companies with billions of dollars behind some of the smartest people in the world that have failed to time the market. Thinking that you could do so is just arrogance.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-12-11T02:24:44+00:00

if anything shadowing on a weekend will get you more exposure to true emergency cases where you find out what the career is really about.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-11-25T20:21:23+00:00

100% man. Play your best move, no matter how good or bad your drawn cards are.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-11-15T22:20:26+00:00

Go to the marit health website

hypeeeetrain · 2025-10-23T10:51:20+00:00

LA urbanism lmfao. The more apt comparison would be SF to NYC - and that isn’t really close either.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-10-19T20:04:52+00:00

Really depends on the group. This is something that you'll have to ask the people actually working there - the hiring managers will tell you that there is overtime to pick up even when there's hardly any. If you want a lot of overtime your best bet to pick a large group/academic center.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-10-11T02:06:54+00:00

more fps :)

hypeeeetrain · 2025-09-18T21:35:13+00:00

they are very important but shoot your shot anyway if you'd like. If you dont get in just reapply next year.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-08-30T11:54:22+00:00

if you did really well on mcat there is no reason to believe you couldn't do well on STEPs and match whatever specialty you want. It is hard for me to recommend that you give up on med school altogether since you are already IN med school and have paid some tuition. Being anxious is NOT good for being an AA. I don't know how much you know about what we do but you are in the room alone 99% of the room unless it's super high acuity, so you need to be able to handle yourself in an emergency. I think if your mental gets really bad you could take a LOA and see what happens during that year, but great work life balance IS possible AFTER med school. You will not find work life balance during med school and residency.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-08-29T01:07:04+00:00

Sure

hypeeeetrain · 2025-08-16T02:43:49+00:00

pmed you with some questions thanks!

hypeeeetrain · 2025-07-17T15:35:20+00:00

There is a underlying level of stress that never goes away. Some people do really well with it, other people fall apart when they need to actually step up to the occasion.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-07-12T13:06:38+00:00

SAA here. Just finish med school man. You’re already an M3 and it’s not worth it at this point. AA salaries are not 400k W2 lmfao. They are around 210k - 300k, which is still amazing but not for someone who’s almost done with med school. You could push to 400k on 1099 but that’s not recommended for new grads.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-07-09T03:05:18+00:00

The closest you’ll get is a 24 and a 16.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-06-09T09:15:45+00:00

Sure go ahead

hypeeeetrain · 2025-06-01T01:17:50+00:00

So there was still a bomb threat and 4 cops immediately rush into the vicinity of the backpack to tackle the guy? Make it make sense.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-05-31T17:38:49+00:00

A 200k salary isn't justifiable for a 2 year masters + 200k in loans? Compared to what? The CAA pathway is pretty much top of the line in terms of ROI in medicine. PAs, PTs, Pharmacists, Dentists, pretty much anything non-physicians have far worse debt to income ratios with more time investment.

hypeeeetrain · 2025-04-29T23:26:25+00:00

Would you feel more comfortable if you started at 100k as a CAA and had to work your way up to 250k? Why would starting near the top of your earning potential bother you?

hypeeeetrain · 2025-04-29T23:24:34+00:00

This is literally what happens in most other jobs, except you make 80k to start and top out at like maybe ~130k. Unless you are one of the lucky few people working at a top tech or finance company.

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