Kenar started it with this tweet and image:
Spots and applicants ratio in internal medicine @ASNKidney @Nephro_Sparks @kidney_boy @hswapnil pic.twitter.com/FpsrZd53Zb
— Kenar Jhaveri (@kdjhaveri) January 2, 2016
As befits the remix culture we live in Fraz Ahmed Ismat created this derivative:
@kdjhaveri @ASNKidney @Nephro_Sparks @kidney_boy @hswapnil Fixed your chart. Ranked by unmatched residents. pic.twitter.com/nD69QMNKcO
— Fraz Ahmed Ismat (@fismat) January 3, 2016
Kenar concluded it is all about the Benjamins:
— Kenar Jhaveri (@kdjhaveri) January 4, 2016
Here is my attempt to integrate the money question into the data, I also added a column for career satisfaction. This data is taken from the MedScape 2014 Survey. There was no data on ID or geriatrics so I substituted internal medicine.
The equation for applicant pool compared to positions is (Applicants – Positions) / Positions.
Here is a clearer picture without the bubbles.
