Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor in America

Re:Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor ... by Willson50 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @10:40AM (#20459945)

And work twice as many hours a week.

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Re:Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor ... by tzakrajs on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @10:42AM (#20459967)

And have massive personal liability that could much more easily leave you unemployable and emotionally scarred.

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Re:Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor ... by seibelj on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @10:45AM (#20459998)

And start your career $300-500k in debt with the only option you possibly have for paying it off is working as a doctor, even if you decide you don't like it 8 years into the program. You are now 100% handcuffed to the profession and have 20 years of servitude ahead of you.[0]

[0] True story of family friend

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Re:Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor ... by viscanti on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @10:56AM (#20460134)

There's also the opportunity cost of the years of additional schooling. Their tech counterparts in the Bay Area are making six figures a year for several years while doctors are racking up additional debt.

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Re:Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor ... by pil4rin on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @10:45AM (#20460003)

And an astounding amount of educational debt, with boundaries on where you can practice.

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