FIELD GUIDE 01
Test a business idea without leaving medicine
A practical experiment, plus an interactive worksheet you can save or print.
Read and try itA New Physician series · Introduction available
The Exit
Interview.
A working life beyond
the job title.
Honest conversations about earning a living beyond clinical medicine. The first customer. The wrong turn. The work of starting again.
You don't have to leave medicine to want more options.
Read the transcript
You worked bloody hard to become a doctor. That does not mean that every dollar you earn for the rest of your life has to come from seeing patients.
I'm Sonny Saggar. I spent 25 years, over 25 years, in emergency medicine. I also built businesses. I worked in commercial real estate and I wrote books.
My own departure from clinical medicine involved an indictment, a guilty plea and prison.
Starting again has given me plenty of questions about work, identity and what comes next.
That's why I'm making The Exit Interview. I'll be talking with doctors who have built working lives beyond clinical medicine. Some have left completely, others still practice and have just added something else on the side. I say "on the side." That, that something else might actually pay more.
We ask practical questions. What did you try? Who first paid you? What did it cost? What failed? And what would you do differently?
There will also be shorter episodes where I work through an idea or a question myself.
You do not have to want to leave medicine to follow this. Wanting more options is enough. This is The Exit Interview with Sonny Saggar. Honest conversations about earning a living beyond clinical medicine.
What would you like to do beyond clinical medicine?
A personal introduction. Guest conversations are coming next.
96 secondsStart with the introduction
Practical questionsWork, money, identity and starting again
Free to followStill practicing? You're welcome here.
01 / A place to begin
You don't need an exit plan.
You need options.
Start with the question closest to where you are today.
Start small. Learn something real.
Test the idea before
you change your life.
Use a short, bounded experiment to find out whether a customer recognizes the problem you want to solve.
Read the 14-day guideTranslate what you already know.
Your experience needs
a useful example.
Turn work you've actually done into a clear account of the problem, your responsibility, the change and the evidence.
Open the career fileNo dramatic announcement required.
Wanting more options
is enough.
Meet Sonny and hear the questions behind the series. You can keep practicing and still explore something else.
Watch the introduction02 / Put an idea to work
A small experiment.
A better next step.
Test a business idea without leaving medicine. One customer. One problem. One manageable offer. Fourteen days to learn what deserves more of your time.
Open the free worksheetUse it on the page, save your answers or print it. No email required.
THE CAREER FILES№ 02
Your next idea,
on one page.
- 01 Who has the problem?
- 02 What can you actually deliver?
- 03 What would count as evidence?
- 04 Continue, change or stop?
03 / The career files
Something to work with.
Reading and tools to help turn a good question into a useful next move.
CAREER FILE 02
Translate the work before buying another credential
Make your existing experience legible to the person who might hire you.
Read the career fileThe conversations we're building
Less polished biography.
More useful detail.
THE FIRST STEPWho first paid you?
Who first paid you?
And for what?
THE REAL COSTWhat did you get wrong?
What did you get wrong?
What did it cost?
THE NEXT MOVEWhat would you
What would you
do differently?
Guest conversations are next. Follow the series to hear how people actually made their moves.
Your host
Sonny Saggar
Doctor. Business builder. Writer.
Still asking what comes next.
Sonny brings more than 25 years in emergency medicine, physician leadership, business ventures and the experience of starting again. The questions are personal. The aim is practical.
More about SonnyPhysician careers beyond clinical practice
A few questions about The Exit Interview.
What is The Exit Interview?
The Exit Interview is Sonny Saggar’s free video interview series about how physicians build working lives beyond clinical medicine. The introduction is available now; guest conversations are coming next.
Do I have to be leaving medicine to follow it?
No. The series is also for doctors who want additional income, fewer clinical shifts, a business alongside practice, or more options without leaving medicine.
What will the physician career conversations cover?
Nonclinical careers, physician entrepreneurship, transferable skills, and the practical work of changing direction: the first customer or employer, time and costs, mistakes, and what a doctor could try next. These are experiences to examine, not promises of income or employment.
Where can I watch and follow the series for free?
Watch the introduction here and read the accompanying career article. Use the free episode-update request form or the series RSS feed to follow new publications. No paid membership is required.
04 / Keep the conversation going
Keep your
options open.
What they tried. Who first paid them. What it cost. What failed. Get the useful details as the series grows.
What should we ask next?
Suggest a question, a route to explore, or someone we should interview.
You can also email Sonny your question directly.