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26 years old Finance guy who now wants to become a doctor... |
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The challenge |
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03/02/2002 |
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Very interesting, the move from medicine to business. What is it about working for the Boston Consulting Group that you enjoy so much more than medicine? It is the diversity (working on different types of engagements)? I'm curious - I worked in consulting for six years and found that, although my tasks were often quite diverse, the actually day to day work is much less challenging that you would think. Maybe it's the type of consulting that you're in?
thanks for the input. |
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Michpoo,
The basic premise that you don't have to be clever to do medicine holds true. Any idiot can be a doctor (and, indeed, many are) - to get into med school you have to do pretty well. But after that, any fool with a decent memory can pass and do well.
Functioning as a doctor, 90% of the day you can cruise on autopilot, relying on textbook presentations and past experience for diagnosis, and working off gold standard treatments and investigations to diagnose and track disease management. There may be the odd challenging case, but it will more often than not be a mix of diseases or an unusual presentation that makes it challenging.
At the end of the day, I was finding that I simply wasn't mentally stimulated in medicine. It wasn't holding my attention, therefore was very laborious.
As you know, BCG does high level strategy consulting. Lots of challenging questions, very innovative ideas and approaches, and a high level of focus on delivering real value. Obviously different cases in different industries also contributes to the stimulation, as does the fact that I've only been in this industry for 2 years (vs your 6).
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