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life as a physician |
| Message Name: |
medicine for money is a fool's plan |
| Date Posted: |
03/30/2001 |
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if money is a driver for you - dont do med. I did med and money was not everything when i chose. It has become more important to me over time. If you put in the same hours into another career such as consulting that you put into medicine the financial rewards are much |
| Message: |
There's only one kind of MD that makes real money. a Managing Director. Unless you invent a new breakthrough drug (in which case you'll be richer than hell) you'll never be raking it in as a doctor. Maybe plastic surgeons to rich people aside. You'll be making 200k as a doctor while you could have worked just as hard and earn 500k, 1mil, 2mill in something that's actually lucrative like investment banking or venture capital. Basically, if money's the chief aim, you gotta pick a career that actually gives you a decent shot at it.
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