u/Sea_Visual5811

I’m making this right after reading something in a previous thread that spurred my curiosity. Do you guys think it’s more difficult to be a hospitalist or specialist (ie cards, GI)?

I’m a hospitalist and often times continue to feel overwhelmed by just a breath of knowledge. I’m continuously studying and I am good at what I do, but I do sometimes wonder if it’s much easier as a specialist when you only have to know a certain topic and could subscribe to one or two journals within that topic and always stay up-to-date. I’m not referring to the day-to-day grind but more so the mental toll of making decisions and keeping g up to date

I feel like on Reddit I’m constantly being bombarded with ridiculously high attending salaries. I’m just curious for those of you that have noticed your salary actually going down year after year over the past few years..

What has it been like for you from a financial and emotional perspective to see your salary dropping?

I would also like to hear from the people that are having work much harder just to keep the exact same salary that they had the year previously

I am a hospitalist and my salary has been stagnant since I’ve been an attending but I’m curious to hear about other people with decreasing salaries