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It’s not easy going into medicine but it is more reliable than many other paths. In finance you can be very dependent on the market conditions, same in law (wi
by pimmen 8y ago
It’s not easy going into medicine but it is more reliable than many other paths.
In finance you can be very dependent on the market conditions, same in law (without a lot of business activity businesses don’t need to consult lawyers), in research you are also very dependent on the hype around your field to get grants, starting your own successful business is brutal if you don’t find the right opportunities or network of people, engineering is no cake walk of study either (especially adding in the work to stay relevant in the field) and joining a startup for good money is absolutely not a secure employment.
There will always be a need of medical personel however and since it requires a license given out by a few institutions you can be sure that your field will not be oversaturated, especially as it’s hard to obtain said license through study. Again, not saying it is easy becoming an MD, but if you are a competent person the path to a secure, good paying job is clearer if you choose med school than engineering, law, graduate or finance.
- coldtea 8y ago>It’s not easy going into medicine but it is more reliable than many other paths. It is, but it also has a much smaller earnings cap than other professions. So "for the money" here means "for decent enough money but nothing to write home about".
- pimmen 8y agoI wouldn’t say that either, there are bio-tech startups you can join (only if you fail there’s a high paying job at the nearest hospital waiting for you) or you can climb within drug companies if you have the correct specialization to become an executive. I would say that’s analogous to becoming partner in the law world or a co-founder of a successful tech startup which is what money focused lawyers and engineers dream of respectively. And depending on the country surgeons in specific fields can make obscene amounts of money. Neuro surgeons have a median salary of almost $600 000 in the US and to earn that much money as an engineer you have probably co-founded a successful startup or become an executive.
- mantas 8y agoAren't most biotech or drug companies are probably looking for scientists in biology or chemistry. Not run-of-a-mill medical doctors. And becoming a 600k-worth neuro surgeon is probably as likely as running a decent startup, if not less.
- pimmen 8y agoNever said becoming a median salaried neuro surgeon was more likely than running a decent startup but it is an argument against MDs having a smaller earnings cap than other professions.