Well said. After four years of gearing up to go to medical school, I dropped that goal and went into software engineering. I wrote about this choice pretty ext

Well said. After four years of gearing up to go to medical school, I dropped that goal and went into software engineering. I wrote about this choice pretty extensively, as it was not an excruciating decision [0]. In spite of how much I really wanted med school, I also wanted a life. I tried to maintain a life while applying to med school, full of all the hobbies that make my life fun, but balancing those two wasn't actually possible. So I chose to reclaim my life. Reading this piece is refreshing--I haven't seen enough people talk about the trade-offs of a physician. A lot of people in software think "I would have a meaningful life if I were in medicine"--and they probably have the smarts to be in medicine--but I think we should combat the idea that moving in that direction makes for a life that's any more fulfilling than engineering. [0]: http://wit.io/posts/pivot-my-journey-from-medicine-into-technology http://wit.io/posts/pivot-my-journey-from-medicine-into-tech...