Alexander Lee

Orthopaedic Surgery Resident @ OSU

[Alexander Lee @AlexanderCLeeMD]

With regards to my own profession, I agree that experience decreases the cognitive load of the job. But I think many people underestimate the variability in 1. Clinical presentation, particularly as reported by the patient (you have to listen really closely and ask the right questions to figure out what’s going on) and 2. Patient specific anatomy encountered in the OR (we are not operating if the anatomy is “normal”). I also do creative work in the form of conducting and presenting research at academic conferences. But my personal believe is also informed by the working careers of those in my personal circle as well. I have a friend who works as an engineer at an electric helicopter start up on the drive train team who works hard for similar hours as me. I have another who is working at Meta’s frontier lab Meta super intelligence and another who is assistant DA in queens on the homicide prosecution team who also works genuinely hard. Ever since the release of David Graeber’s book “bullshit jobs”, there’s been this sentiment that much of white collar work is done inefficiently or doesn’t add valje to society and I’ve not seen that personally. Sometimes people just work hard.

[Alexander Lee @AlexanderCLeeMD]

@OrwellNGoode The literal translation of what he says in the movie is pretty awesome. “I’ve eaten more salt than you have rice”.