RelationshipsDec 22, 2017
UberaYKo19

doctor as spouse

software engs with doctors as spouses, do you ever feel less than them or inadequate?

Facebook Sona Dec 22, 2017

Why?

Uber aYKo19 OP Dec 22, 2017

Med always seemed more prestigious and difficult, and makes 2x what I make

Facebook Sona Dec 22, 2017

Enjoy the money and be a trophy spouse.

Facebook sum41pwd Dec 22, 2017

Do you look down at “lesser” professions?

Google arbitdude2 Dec 23, 2017

Uber bro alert

Expedia 21$AvAGe Dec 22, 2017

Only if you are an insecure lil bitch. Man the fuck up. There's no 'superior' and 'inferior' professions.

Expedia tiger_dick Dec 23, 2017

This, did people not grow up after college? People do lots of shit to make a living, calm down and have a beer.

Expedia 21$AvAGe Dec 23, 2017

Wise words, tiger dick 😉

Microsoft vector3 Dec 22, 2017

Do you please her in bed? Nuff said

Apple ShortTimer Dec 22, 2017

Said like a man who's wife fakes it

AT&T DDM2K Dec 22, 2017

Said she doesn’t like ShortTimers

Amazon 0101111 Dec 22, 2017

She’s curing people for illness and you are helping people have a better commute experience. Two different professions but a similar purpose (help improve the human life). When it comes to money, if you become a director one day, you’ll probably start earning more. Then would you expect your spouse to think the same of you? Forget about these thoughts and have a nice time together 🙂 PS: I envy you. Somehow I always wanted to have a doctor as my spouse.

Amazon Gucci Gang Dec 23, 2017

Why? Means you’ll rarely see each oth... Ah I see what you did there.

Microsoft Devmain Dec 22, 2017

Don’t look up or down on your spouse profession. In the end it’s all one money plus there is no free meal, be happy you are making good salary as an engineer, it takes years and years to become doctor , then weird work hours and sometimes not a fun job. I would happily take a good techie 9-5 250k job rather than looking into sick patient for 400k , cherish what you have and respect other professions

Airbnb Xdooby Dec 22, 2017

Senior SWE at Uber should be making way more than the average doctor. Sure there are exceptions - surgeons, some specialties - but for the most part it should be way more.

Microsoft Devmain Dec 22, 2017

Doctors don’t like paper money or golden handcuffs 😃

Uber shANq80 Dec 23, 2017

I think we make more than avg family doc after pay adjustment this year.

Uber (👈👉) Dec 22, 2017

I’m in the same boat. Uber Senior swe + Surgeon. No inferiority. Money wise, swes make more with less responsibility. Tech life is better than doctors in benefits. The combination is killer. MD is countercyclical to the market. So one has job security and other swings for the fences. At dinner, you never talk about work or hearing about their work puts your bug fix or outage in context. Occasionally, you play trophy husband at dinner parties and nod and smile. Or she comes to your tech parties and has unique or interesting stories about crazy stuff in her work.

Microsoft CodeMonkas Dec 23, 2017

Sounds like a sweet life! Good for you man!

Uber (👈👉) Dec 23, 2017

@codemonkas. Not going to lie.. it really is. It was rough in the beginning when she was in residency and fellowship making practically minimum wage. But now things are great. She’s in private practice so her job security is stable. Her income is predictable and covers our expenses. Which allows me to go out and do startups to swing for the fences or take on a stable big tech job for her to change things around. Basically, we both give each other enough cover that if we don’t like something about our work, we can peace out and change it. Freedom and flexibility does wonders in how you approach the BS at work.

Square ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️ Dec 22, 2017

Have her write you a Xanax prescription

Adobe tailcaller Dec 22, 2017

What part of the world are you from? Could be a cultural thing, I couldn't care less what the wife does as long as she's passionate about it. I would be more uneasy with a stay at home wife than a rocket scientist (visa/gc issues aside).

Visa Zarkon Dec 23, 2017

from a fucked up land, reflected in the question!