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Grass is always greener I guess. Most of the doctors I know work tough hours and envy the engineer lifestyle. There also isn't a huge gap in pay unless the M.
by aeternus 8y ago
Grass is always greener I guess. Most of the doctors I know work tough hours and envy the engineer lifestyle.
There also isn't a huge gap in pay unless the M.D. is specialized, but then you have quite a few years of low-earning vs. engineer's almost instant earning power so probably comes out about even.
- dcldcl 8y agoI see doctors as being more stable in later career than engineering. I don't really have any data for it; that's just my gut impression. Also you can be a doctor anywhere. Being an engineer in tech feels like you're geographically stuck unless you're willing to make other (career) trade offs.
- aeternus 8y agoYeah, you definitely don't hear about ageism being a concern for doctors. Family & internal med doctors can work pretty much anywhere, but specialists don't have a ton of choices when it comes to geography. Positions in desirable cities can actually be very competitive and hard to find.
- borplk 8y agoThe difference is doctors basically "keep moving up". Unless you screw up massively, once you get in it only gets better. For engineers, you get "used up and thrown away". The default pathway for software engineers is not that great for a large portion of people.