Comments on: A Voice of Experience http://www.optoblog.com/2008/06/30/a-voice-of-experience/ Optometry News Blog- info related to optometric research, equipment, products, and practice Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David Langford http://www.optoblog.com/2008/06/30/a-voice-of-experience/#comment-17008 David Langford Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:34:44 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/?p=247#comment-17008 Since I'm one of the very few optometrists who blog about these issues, then of course students are going to look into my blog. If you would like to extol the virtues of private practice to counteract the poison I'm feeding the poor, unwitting optometry students, then please start a blog. Your start-up private practice may grow and you might even <a href="http://www.optoblog.com/2008/06/08/dr-rowley-in-the-news/" rel="nofollow">be in the news</a>, but in today's world that is not a guarantee. Students should have someone who takes away the rose-colored glasses so they can face the realities of today's marketplace. They must make their own decision about whether they want to take a risk which could just as easily lead to bankruptcy rather than success. Our profession and the current market isn't like the Field of Dreams anymore. In retrospect, I would rather choose a practice modality that allows me to just be a doctor without worrying about how I'm going to provide for my family. Since I’m one of the very few optometrists who blog about these issues, then of course students are going to look into my blog. If you would like to extol the virtues of private practice to counteract the poison I’m feeding the poor, unwitting optometry students, then please start a blog.

Your start-up private practice may grow and you might even be in the news, but in today’s world that is not a guarantee. Students should have someone who takes away the rose-colored glasses so they can face the realities of today’s marketplace. They must make their own decision about whether they want to take a risk which could just as easily lead to bankruptcy rather than success. Our profession and the current market isn’t like the Field of Dreams anymore.

In retrospect, I would rather choose a practice modality that allows me to just be a doctor without worrying about how I’m going to provide for my family.

]]> By: private OD http://www.optoblog.com/2008/06/30/a-voice-of-experience/#comment-17007 private OD Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:19:55 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/?p=247#comment-17007 I feel yes, you may have gotten burned but I opened cold 3 years ago and I am doing very well. Comparing a successful cold opening to a Wal-mart is amazing. I wish you the best but I hope students don't look too much into your blog. I feel yes, you may have gotten burned but I opened cold 3 years ago and I am doing very well. Comparing a successful cold opening to a Wal-mart is amazing. I wish you the best but I hope students don’t look too much into your blog.

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