Stay Away from Medicine Based on Loans, Hours worked, etc...by a/b. (no login)150K in debt after 8 years of "schooling" stuck in training/residency/fellowship which is NOT a real job but glorified slave, scut labor for 35-50K pre-taxes, followed by "job" ops of 50-100K before taxes including reqd. weekend work and min. of 60-70 hours a week, does not sound too prestgious or successful to us. Law suits-they are everywhere and "docs" are foder for JDs who make a killing off of both good and "bad" docs. The labor involved is immense: you are not making hamburgers or playing with 3-ring binders in a lame office corporate job (please see office space for a documentry on the current American" "work" force) you are doing surgery, diagnosing, dealing with immense paperwork (this is American-lotsa papers), and much, much more. Beepers day/night, Might sound cool like you're in need, however, have a real family, and calls during holidays and precious family time, those beepers for free work are not very nice. Read Rich dad/poor dad at least 4X and invest. Follow your dreams, however, there are so many other ways to make a good income and more importantly have a high quality of life, which in a typical "job" does not offer any quality of life but to make the boss rich. Period. Work steals your life. from IP address 134.174.248.70 Goto Forum Home |
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