On 02/20/98 10:41:37, Declan Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Definitely a topic worthy of some bandwidth. Forget BMA Career Focus, log
>on to GP-UK.
>
>Tell us more habibi----what have you tried? I'm interested---esp because I
>"have" to get out of full-time GP, not much choice in it, so I am looking
>for other things.
This is a bit of a broadside. Actually thought of not sending this;
but, what the hell ;-)
No one wants to get out of general practice more than I. I am just not
made for it. This particular course ain't for this ol' horse.
>From building web sites to consultancy to advice to you name it. I
tried.
Who are all these 'advisers' and 'consultants' who seem to populate the
DoH, IMG, NHS E etc forever? I can advice. I can do that. Giz a job!
All I seem to be doing is giving the stuff away for free only to find
some other 'banker' getting the job. However, sharing and MidEast
generosity of material and spirit is in the blood. One cannot change
one's nature, can one?
But that doesn't seem to work in getting the job. Other qualities are
required but it's not my style nor nature.
I couldn't even get the job of (non-technical) Internet adviser for a
pharma company! Who was it that was more qualified than I am?
This stuff is in my blood. I breathe it day in day out.
In the past 2-3 years I don't think I made a single penny to speak of.
Not enough anyway to pay all my bills and finance my discerning life
style am afraid ;-)
Invested a great deal of time and money to educate myself. I enjoy what
I am doing but sometimes you just feel a bit pissed off.
There are guys out there holding IT/internet jobs that I could teach
whilst trying to learn to play the piano at the same time. My, some of
them I have actually taught.
Bitter? Nah, I am like the 'Murphy's' habibi!
The search continues for a way out of this shit hole. Clinical practice
has become an intolerable intrusion. Time to stop prostituting.
When I felt I was being pushed around, my pride (my nature?) dictated
that I pull out and do the 'Risk Files' for free. Yeah, the 'Clueless
>from Feckless' brigade are trying to do the job that I could've done in
my sleep.
Not my style I am afraid. I'll give the stuff away for nothing for ever
and not have my thought fettered, raped or brutalised.
Thought is the most precious thing anyone can have. Within it, I am
*totally* free.
Once you commit thought to words, it is deflowered.
There are things that simply cannot be said in any language.
My thought and intellect are the only remaining domains where I don't
feel raped. The soul has a long long journey to make to get to that
core and to finally dwell there. Forever.
Ahmad
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Chairman British Healthcare Internet Association <http://www.bhia.org>
Director Internet Healthcare Coalition - USA <http://www.ihc.net>
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