It's Your Choice!by Rained on Today (no login)"If a person has an opportunity to matriculate into medical school, should that person take the oportunity?" No, they should wash my dishes, cut my lawn and bail my hay for a living! I'd love their career choice! "Maybe I can be more beneficial to podiatry as an MD orthopaedist." Maybe and maybe not. Only you know yourself and what you could potentially contribute. Be realistic with your goals and don't fall into the trap of thinking that you are above the normal, because that would be abnormal and actually rather rare. In considering your career options, maybe your best bet would be to consider how you would like the life of an average Professional A and Average Professional B. The truth of the matter is that the average is where most of us fit. If by some wind of fate, circumstance allow for better opportunities, it would be an unexpected delight, rather than aiming for the top only to be sadly disappointed. This doesn not mean we should not have goals, but instead it brings together our dreams and realities for our own benefit. "To me, it appears that there are very few podiatrist who are happy." There are many less desirable jobs than Podiatry... None of us can know the reasons for an unhappy life, it is easy to blame a profession, but who is to say they'd be enjoying lige anywhere else? "I can not afford to make such a large finacial investment for a career that is not making any progress." Be careful what you believe. To be honest, my advice to you would be, stop being so concerned with status. If you like working on feet and ankles and doing surgery, why work so hard and end up being a GP or FP etc as an MD/DO while watching podiatrists do what you would have enjoyed more? If it is simply about a title and degree recognition, by all means, follow your passion and end up finding out "it ain't all that." from IP address 148.244.150.52 Goto Forum Home |
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