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Ask your doctor to do a free diagnosis so you know he's for real. See where he instructs you to go.

• dahart 8y ago
  Did you mean to reply to someone else? I appreciate the reply, but I’m confused about what you're responding to and what point you’re trying to make. I haven’t suggested or advocated anything about doing work for free. That said, this example doesn’t convince me of much. Doctors have to go though a full year (or more) of underpaid work (called residency), and worse, extremely long and on-call hours. They think programmers are pretty spoiled, at least the ones I know personally do. When I've complained to them about pulling 80 hour weeks in films & games (sometimes without overtime pay), I've gotten words back like "lazy" and "whiny". :P Doctors also have to do unpaid diagnoses when they interview for jobs, in order to prove they’re real. And they have to do unpaid diagnoses for their family and friends, just like we have to do IT for family & friends. If you want the job, you do need to demonstrate you’re capable of performing the job, no? What alternative are you suggesting?
• erik_seaberg 8y ago
  Patients can't tell whether a doctor is competent or not. That's part of why they need verifiable credentials.