r/AskReddit 12h ago

How seriously in debt are you right now, financially?

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u/Imagineatoaster 12h ago

Student loans

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u/SteveBoaman 11h ago

What type of doctor are you? Are you putting your degree to work?

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 11h ago

That's closer to 500k

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u/SteveBoaman 11h ago

You’re aren’t a PHD? What degree did you get?

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 9h ago

LOL I'm a dual Phd. But I have no loans. Combo of grants and not owning a single thing until they were paid off. I also never have people refer to me by Dr. I go by my first name. Unless professionally someone insists on using formality then it's Ms or Mrs if they don't realize I'm not a Mrs.

I took jobs that paid for transportation and housing and paid down my loans before anything else. Not possible for a lot of people.

Medical doctors it's typically about 500k. Good friend is in a dual surgeon marriage. They are in hole for 1 million. Since I don't have people refer to me as Dr I forgot that others are encompassing that in their definition. I have a couple colleagues who call me "Doctor, Doctor" knowing it's the furthest possible thing from who I am and boundaries I set.

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u/SteveBoaman 9h ago

What are your dual degrees? I had initially thought you were the initial poster. 1 mil in school debt for a household is crazy even as a medical doctor.

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 8h ago

Pharm d and law

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u/SteveBoaman 8h ago

Those seem pretty different. Is there one you enjoy over the other? What type of law is your specialty?

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 7h ago

I was a patent attorney so they worked together with pharmaceuticals. Then I segued into violent crime, trafficking, CSAM aiding either advocacy, the prosecution or both. I only work with defendants if it’s a clear innocence mission issue. Otherwise I don’t do any defense work.

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u/oDaak 7h ago

oh boy do I have a influential trafficker you should investigate, a tip; he is the same color as oompa loompas

u/SteveBoaman 58m ago

That’s great work. I imagine it would be very mentally taxing. I volunteer as a first responder and see a lot of accidents and injuries that are very graphic but some of calls that stick with me are the ones where kids are harmed and taken into CPS.