> But if they are ordinary people why are they paid like the superhuman healers that they aren't and still hold themselves as such? They're not. The lifetime a

> But if they are ordinary people why are they paid like the superhuman healers that they aren't and still hold themselves as such? They're not. The lifetime after-tax expected earnings of a person entering medical school today, after work and operating expenses are taken into account, is probably a lot less than the equivalent figure for the average Hacker News reader. Doctors make nowhere near as much money as people think they do, and that incorrect perception is based on stereotypes that haven't been true for decades.