"constantly have to go to conferences to keep up to date" you would think. But that hasn't been my experience. Most doctors don't know much more than what they

"constantly have to go to conferences to keep up to date" you would think. But that hasn't been my experience. Most doctors don't know much more than what they learned in school and maybe the 1st five years of experience. If things get tough they pass the buck to other doctors or they just wait and hope things will fix themselves. There are superstars but like in any field they are the minority not the majority. Most of them are hard workers, it's not out of the norm for them to have every minute of their work day scheduled. I'm surprised you don't see more of them burnout. My suspicion is that there are a few Software engineers that are out of the norm regarding salary but for the most part doctors earn more than Software Engineers.