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I 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
by pimmen 8y ago
I 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.