Nephrology is Dead - stay away

I did my fellowship with great interest in Nephrology - Acid base/electrolyte/Acute dialysis stuff. Joined a private practice - get around 170 K. my day starts at 6 and ends at 5. run around 4 hospitals and 3 dialysis units. Real life of nephrology - Oversupply - tremendous oversupply - so employers dont really have any need to offer a fair deal universities need bodies to do the scutwork - there is no need for these bodies outside an academic setting many nephrologists end up as... Nephrology is Dead - stay away
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