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The only brain surgeon I’ve met was certainly a different breed of both technical and emotional intelligence. The guy was a complete machine. Came by the room I
by bmitc 5y ago
The only brain surgeon I’ve met was certainly a different breed of both technical and emotional intelligence. The guy was a complete machine. Came by the room I was visiting at like 8pm after a day of surgeries and teaching. Was going to go home and review the files, then sleep, and then was at the hospital at 5am upset with the surgery team for being behind. He did surgeries, taught, and performed research. I have ZERO idea how someone can be that busy but that focused, literally holding lives in his hands.
I consider myself to be an intelligent person, but I do not possess the complete emotionally stability and dedication required to be a brain surgeon, or any surgeon for that matter. A rocket scientist is different, but being a surgeon does require a certain type of personality and emotional makeup.
- bicx 5y agoThis is absolutely true. Until I helped some family members with multiple surgeries, I didn’t realize surgeons often performed multiple surgeries back-to-back every day (except a couple office days taken to actually talk to patients rather than cut on them). Each one of those surgeries is likely a life-altering event for those patients, but for the surgeon, it’s not only just another day but just another hour’s work. It’s physically demanding work and emotionally demanding. Finally, you get calls from patients day and night forwarded to you on a constant basis. The medical field is incredibly demanding in ways that I will simply not experience as an engineer.
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