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    For the time being, what is a random job that would be awesome as a temp position?

    I have never had a job outside of a university setting (I'm the son of a rich African businessman, I'm not kidding) but have time to kill (~6 months) until I embark on my next career move thus I need to occupy myself. Suggestion? (Non customer service related)
    Dear Sir/Madam

    This letter is not intended to to cause any embarrassment but just to contact your esteem self-following the knowledge of your high repute and trustworthiness.

    I am Mohammed Abacha,the son of the late Nigerian Head of State who died on the 8th of June 1998.If you are conversant with world news,you would understand better,while I got your contacts through my personal research.Please,I need your assistance to make this happen and please; do not undermine it because it will also be a source of upliftment to you also.You have absolutely nothing to loose in assisting us instead, you have so much to gain.

    The then head of state General Sani Abacha,transferred the money through a Lebanese businessman,Chagoury and a Jewish business man,Mark Rissar to bank accounts overseas,Instead,he used PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (PIN) and declared the contents as Bearer Bonds and Treasury Bills. Also the firm issued him with a certificate of deposit of the consignments notes, which I have these information in my custody now.

    You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late father in different Banks and security firms abroad. Some of these banks and security firms willingly gave-/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, about my family's cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.

    Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you and I hope you will not betray my confidence in you. I have secretly deposited the sum of $30,000,000.00 with a security firm abroad whose name is withheld for now until we open communications.The money is contained in a metal box consignment with Security Deposit Number 009GM.

    I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your Bank account for safekeeping. This arrangement is known to you and my junior brother (Abbas) only. So I will deal directly with you. I am proposing a 20% share of the fund to you for your kind assistance. I shall provide for you all the do ents of the fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney to enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank account. I have done a thorough homework and fine-tuned the best way to create you as the beneficiary to the funds and effect the transfer accordingly. Is rest assured that the modalities I have resolved to finalize the entire project guarantees our safety and the successful transfer of the funds.So, you will be absolutely right when you say that this project is risk free and viable.If you are capable and willing to assist, contact me at once via email with following details:

    1. YOUR NAME
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    3. PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS

    Also this transaction demands absolute confidentiality.On no condition must you disclose it to anybody irrespective of your relation with the person.Remember,Loose lips sinks ship.I am looking forward to your urgent and positive response via my email address above.

    Best Regards,

    Mohammed Abacha.

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    MEDICINE = Recession proof industry
    Recession proof but you are bound to graduate w/ a 200K debt & some type of PTSD.

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    life is hard work

    good luck on your next job at Walmart OP

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    Recession proof but you are bound to graduate w/ a 200K debt & some type of PTSD.
    Graduating with one years salary of debt isn't a bad deal. Good for you figuring out you weren't cut out for the job though.

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    Graduating with one years salary of debt isn't a bad deal. Good for you figuring out you weren't cut out for the job though.
    LoL, ever heard of taxes & interests? Not to mention a minimum of 3 yrs of residences AFTER graduation & the fact than the starting salary is more like 150K.

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    life is hard work

    good luck on your next job at Walmart OP
    I've a family business waiting for me back home in Africa so no need for a retail job. Basically, I pursed medicine b/c I'm a science nerd but the job market is terrible for freshly minted PhDs. If I just wanted money then I would just go back home & live like a king but I find that to be boring!

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    I withdrew a month after the beginning of my 2nd year so it's more manageable than it would have been had I tried to push through for 4yrs & flamed out.

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    I've a family business waiting for me back home in Africa so no need for a retail job. Basically, I pursed medicine b/c I'm a science nerd but the job market is terrible for freshly minted PhDs. If I just wanted money then I would just go back home & live like a king but I find that to be boring!
    lol there's no shortage of job opportunities for physicians. Headhunters leave messages for my wife every week. No need to make up bull on why you dropped out of Med School. It's a sports forum...nobody gives a .

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    lol there's no shortage of job opportunities for physicians. Headhunters leave messages for my wife every week. No need to make up bull on why you dropped out of Med School. It's a sports forum...nobody gives a .
    Uhhhh, I said shortage of job opportunities for PhDs who last I checked don't qualify as "physicians". I'm not making up excuses, I'm a conceptual learner who doesn't do well in classes that emphasize brute memorization (i.e. majority of the curriculum). It's no secret that most pre-med students suck at math & med school student in general hate Bio Mechanics courses b/c they suck at physics, I on the other hand excelled in Bio Mechanics b/c it was a very conceptual course & sucked in med micro (b/c it was essentially memorizing bugs/pills).
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    Kids, no matter what they tell you med school isn't worth it unless you can't imagine yourself being anything else other than a physician. I have other career interests so it wasn't worth locking myself in a study room when I wasn't in lecture/lab/workshops/clinic. Basically, it is true that it's just like drinking from a fire hydrant since it is impossible to learn all the material thus have to resort to memorization techniques which I absolutely hated b/c I felt like I wasn't retaining much of material that we covered.

    Moral of the story: unless you have some high level memorization skills & aren't dead-set on becoming a physician you are going to be miserable.

    At least I get to see Kawhi & Co. run riot on the entire league without feeling guilty about not studying.


    Congrats on bailing on MD school. Just think of all the lives you saved by not going to Med School. Just remember
    there is no shame in a history degree from a lower tier state school. There is no shame in A trade school.
    Congrats on getting out of high school. Many fail at that...........



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    Uhhhh, I said shortage of job opportunities for PhDs who last I checked don't qualify as "physicians". I'm not making up excuses, I'm a conceptual learner who doesn't do well in classes that emphasize brute memorization (i.e. majority of the curriculum). It's no secret that most pre-med students suck at math & med school student in general hate Bio Mechanics courses b/c they suck at physics, I on the other hand excelled in Bio Mechanics b/c it was a very conceptual course & sucked in med micro (b/c it was essentially memorizing bugs/pills).
    Well good luck on the drop out thing. Conceptualize this...


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    Well good luck on the drop out thing. Conceptualize this...

    LoL, I ain't got kids/debt.....I'll be just fine.

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    Congrats on bailing on MD school. Just think of all the lives you saved by not going to Med School.

    I saved myself a life misery so there is that...

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    For the time being, what is a random job that would be awesome as a temp position?
    Well as a med school dropout you could probably get someone to train you as a medical office assistant. Although they would probably expect you to memorize your duties and not just conceptualize doing your job. I know some that have worked their way up to $12-15/hr.

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    Well as a med school dropout you could probably get someone to train you as a medical office assistant. Although they would probably expect you to memorize your duties and not just conceptualize doing your job. I know some that have worked their way up to $12-15/hr.
    I won't have to memorize 4 textbook worth of material in a matter of 4 months so I should be able to conceptualize my duties & retain what I actually learned. As far as the job, I just want so random job that might not necessarily pay well but is fun (maybe working in a zoo or animals in general...I'm tried of humans). I already have another career lined up & will be starting at a different professional school next fall so I don't need a stable job.....medical office assistant sounds pretty boring.

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    Kids, no matter what they tell you med school isn't worth it unless you can't imagine yourself being anything else other than a physician. I have other career interests so it wasn't worth locking myself in a study room when I wasn't in lecture/lab/workshops/clinic. Basically, it is true that it's just like drinking from a fire hydrant since it is impossible to learn all the material thus have to resort to memorization techniques which I absolutely hated b/c I felt like I wasn't retaining much of material that we covered.

    Moral of the story: unless you have some high level memorization skills & aren't dead-set on becoming a physician you are going to be miserable.

    At least I get to see Kawhi & Co. run riot on the entire league without feeling guilty about not studying.
    The real world of corporate education is moving on from memorization being the barometer of capability. Some refer to it as the goolgization of education. The new standard wants to know three things, first can you find the information, second can you interpret the information, and finally can you make accurate decisions based off of that information. Some academic traditions are slow to respond, but that is they way they have always been when it comes to post secondary education.

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    For the time being, what is a random job that would be awesome as a temp position?

    I have never had a job outside of a university setting (I'm the son of a rich African businessman, I'm not kidding) but have time to kill (~6 months) until I embark on my next career move thus I need to occupy myself. Suggestion? (Non customer service related)
    Did your dad get rich by selling nice stuff out front but counterfeit stuff out of the back?

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    I recommend following a medical administration pathway. This way you can hold all of those great memory minded doctors accountable for their decision making abilities.
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    I won't have to memorize 4 textbook worth of material in a matter of 4 months so I should be able to conceptualize my duties & retain what I actually learned. As far as the job, I just want so random job that might not necessarily pay well but is fun (maybe working in a zoo or animals in general...I'm tried of humans). I already have another career lined up & will be starting at a different professional school next fall so I don't need a stable job.....medical office assistant sounds pretty boring.
    Cleaning up animal sounds fun but you'll have to memorize where to dump all of it. Sounds easy but it is probably more involved than memorizing what the different forums are for.

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    Cleaning up animal sounds fun but you'll have to memorize where to dump all of it. Sounds easy but it is probably more involved than memorizing what the different forums are for.
    No problem, I'll dump it all on the sports forum.

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    Did your dad get rich by selling nice stuff out front but counterfeit stuff out of the back?
    No he actually exports the coffee you buy at Starbucks for a premium price.

    The real world of corporate education is moving on from memorization being the barometer of capability. Some refer to it as the goolgization of education. The new standard wants to know three things, first can you find the information, second can you interpret the information, and finally can you make accurate decisions based off of that information. Some academic traditions are slow to respond, but that is they way they have always been when it comes to post secondary education.
    Med school is guilty of it as any academic ins ution, even the instructors talk shyt about how the medical community values tradition when it comes to academia.
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    Lol ok. There's likely an exceedingly low number of medical students posting here. Thought there was a good chance it might be you. Glad to hear you're marching on. How's it going?

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    I've a family business waiting for me back home in Africa so no need for a retail job. Basically, I pursed medicine b/c I'm a science nerd but the job market is terrible for freshly minted PhDs. If I just wanted money then I would just go back home & live like a king but I find that to be boring!
    Depends on your PhD tbh. I for one am glad I never pursued an MD. Benefits of having 2 relatives in trauma I suppose.

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    Depends on your PhD tbh. I for one am glad I never pursued an MD. Benefits of having 2 relatives in trauma I suppose.
    I suppose one could get a job as an instructor but I've no interest in teaching. I just want to do full time research (Life sciences).

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    I suppose one could get a job as an instructor but I've no interest in teaching. I just want to do full time research (Life sciences).
    There's much more to PhD life than academia and research. Pure research is a quagmire I'd never step into.

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