Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What to do?

Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by reason on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:39AM (#3475205)

That I'm wasting my 20's on a profession that offers no room to innovate, whose training is no more difficult than learning how to drive a tractor, where the work is not stimulating and involves seeing the same patients with the same diseases day-in and day-out, and that will soon be uprooted by technology.

The career is hardly meaningful, despite what others romanticizing the profession might have you believe.

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Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by AznHisoka on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:56AM (#3475248)

wow really? I thought being a doctor is as stimulating as it gets... trying to find out causes for diseases, evaluating worst case scenarios, etc.

Have you thought about partnering with someone with an IT background to pursue something with mobile health, EHR, or something that's in the crossroads between the 2? There's a lot of innovation there.

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Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by squidsoup on Monday January 23, 2012 @07:06PM (#3502804)

How about a career in medical informatics? If you're interested in technology and have a medical background, there are many interesting opportunities for innovation out there.

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Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by throwawaylaw on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @07:58PM (#3477311)

That's rough dude.

The best I can say is at least you have relatively secure and decent-paying employment at the end of the road, but I know that isn't much consolation.

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