She is one of the two other member of our class I'm aware of who went into industry rather than some form of private practice, although I discovered that a fourth has recently jumped ship from private practice to industry in the last year. J was one of those billiant people I liked to hang out with in hopes that some would rub off onto me. After vet school she went on and got an MBA at a very pretigious Ivy League school. It was nice to finally sit down and discuss job woes with somebody who had a clue what I was talking about; being an industry vet is totally different than working private practice. Talking with J certainly put things into perspective for me.
She's putting in twelve-plus hour days, works all weekend and recently lost two top people out of her department, which means her work load has just increased. Let that be a reminder to me to stop snivelling when I think I have it bad with my ten hour days and both weekend days off. She is now living within an hour and a half of here, so there's no excuse for us not to get together a little more frequently than we have (the last time she and I talked was last year this time).
And with that, I'd best get back to work.