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Slightly off topic: what prompted you to leave nephrology? That's not something someone would do lightly, to say the least.
by matrix 16y ago
Slightly off topic: what prompted you to leave nephrology? That's not something someone would do lightly, to say the least.
- maukdaddy 16y agoHe owns macrumors.com which generates enough income to cover his lifestyle
- arn 16y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=236308 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=236308 Previous thread on it. In summary, my side business (macrumors.com) became successful enough that it made significantly more than my income as a doctor. Combine that with the lifestyle of being a doctor being bad, and wanting to spend more time with my young kids. It was still a hard decision at the time due to the sunk costs of becoming a doctor but on paper it was an easy decision.