That's not a fair point. People here talk about guilds and apprenticeships occasionally and that's what residencies are. You have a high, secure lifetime salary

That's not a fair point. People here talk about guilds and apprenticeships occasionally and that's what residencies are. You have a high, secure lifetime salary afterwards. It's a hard job, but it's just a career stage in an otherwise lucrative (although sometimes a difficult, stressful, and dangerous) career path.