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All joking aside, being a doctor sounds like a shitty deal
| Buy your next house instantly with Zellow! | 07/13/26 |
| gunnerretttired | 07/13/26 |
| Richard Ames | 07/13/26 |
| Nazca Redlines | 07/13/26 |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 8:16 AM Author: Buy your next house instantly with Zellow! You have to superstudy in undergrad first of all. I knew plenty of premeditated who had normal college experiences, but there were also some who didn't.
Then four years of med school, often brutally difficult, wracking up huge loan balances.
Then more years making a teacher's salary, while loan balances accrued. Maybe a couple, maybe 5+ if you want to be a brain surgeon or similar.
Then you've "maed it" and you make.... 300k? 400k? Sometimes less. When you're smart enough to make much more in business. While paying off huge loan balances, and after years of foregone earnings. Doctors love to complain, but any kid considering this path needs to understand that it's not all that great. |
Date: July 13th, 2026 9:08 AM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) It seems pretty cush once you're midway through your career. Yeah the front half is brutal, but most of the 40+ docs I know are downright lazy and have great lives.
Seems like a very cr life path where you really front load the suffering early when you have the most energy and vitality so you can coast the second half. A real ant and grasshopper situation. |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:15 AM Author: Richard Ames It depends on the specialty and the ambition of the doctor. I think a lot of medicine has become awful because of technology and subsequent PE roll-up activity. Just being a run-of-the-mill GP is definitely terrible now unless you are a concierge doc or you have some level of mind for building a real practice.
If you are in a specialty field, I think it's probably a good career. Especially if you aren't just diagnosing, but actually perform specialized procedures. Otherwise, it's gotta feel a bit like being a horse-and-buggy driver in 1910.
It's to the point that I'd much rather see a Nurse or PA if I go to a clinic type environment instead of a doctor. How much resentment must a doctor in that sort of environment have? |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:18 AM Author: Nazca Redlines Disagree, by and large.
CR re undergrad: That takes a lot of studying and striving for most people. Unlike law school (ljl lawyers), where pretty much any college grad can get into some US law school, getting into med school in the US is competitive.
Beyond that, the career seems fine and on an upward trajectory as you progress. You don't need to grind so much in med school because there are plenty of good jobs to go around. You just need to do OK, assuming you don't feel compelled to strive for an elite fellowship at some prestigious institution.
Post-med school and a circumscribed residency--that people don't get Latham'ed out of if they show up and do an OK job--the career is very cushy. ER doctors working 2-3 12 hour shifts (their choice!) a week. GPs, dermatologists, etc. doing 4 days a week, 9-4 (and taking most Wednesday afternoons off)... |