Seriously, this. I was recently faced with the difficult situation of having to consider surgery for one of my cats. Unfortunately she ultimately passed away.

Seriously, this. I was recently faced with the difficult situation of having to consider surgery for one of my cats. Unfortunately she ultimately passed away. But actually the one thing that gave me real confidence was that everyone I spoke to said that the surgeons there enjoy doing surgery. Telling me this actually gave me more confidence in them than any other information they could have provided (including survival rates). Surgery is hard, complex, and ethically challenging (IMO). Knowing that a surgeon enjoys what they do just means to me that they are more likely to pay attention to detail (in all forms, including whether or not to do the surgery) and the complexity involved. To be honest, I would feel significantly less certain about having a surgery done if the surgeon wouldn't tell me they enjoy it or found it _at least_ interesting.