I have to interact with a lot physicians here at work. I really wish that they would all introduce themselves as doctors. I hate meeting someone and not knowing if they’re a doc right off the bat. I try to be polite and feel them out so I’ll know whether or not to refer to them as Dr. Soandso. So far, that has worked out okay. I wouldn’t hesitate to ask if he or she was a doctor if I wasn’t certain. If I spend four years in med school after earning my bachelors degree, then four years as an intern, two years as a resident, two years as a fellow and was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt with school loans, I would make sure you called me Doctor, thank you very much…
I wish I had some cool initials that I could put at the end of my name. Maybe for web development I could be Josh D. Janicek, W.D. Or WWW Josh Janicek. I’m probably not versed enough to have earned my doctorate, so I’d probably just be Josh Janicek, L.W.P. (Licensed Web Practitioner) or something like that.
Speaking of high degrees and respectable professionals. I’m proud to announce that Elise has earned a 4.0 on all of her skills tests at Sallie Mae. She was informed yesterday that she was the only one to achieve such a high score in her group. She told me on day one that it was her goal to get 100’s on all of her tests during her training – and she did it! I’m really proud of you El!
Sallie Mae would be crazy if they didn’t hire her on after the contract for this temp job is up. She seems pretty excited about this job too. She comes home and tells me all about her day every evening. She’s taking what she does very seriously and has been learning a lot about loans and credit.