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The median salary of a heart surgeon compares favorably with a senior at FAANG [1][2]. The former involves 15 years of rigorous medical education, the latter re
by gigantosaurus1 4y ago
The median salary of a heart surgeon compares favorably with a senior at FAANG [1][2]. The former involves 15 years of rigorous medical education, the latter requires on an average 7 years work-ex, maybe someone in your network for a referral and 3 months of LeetCoding. I’ll take the 3 months of LC any day.
[1] https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/surgeon-cardiothoracic-salary/ca https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/surgeon-car...
[2] https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Facebook,Salesforce&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Facebook,Salesforce&t...
- jacquesm 4y agoIt says a lot about the society we've built that those who save lives are valued roughly equally to those that fleece unsuspecting consumers.