I will tell you from personal experience, a huge percent of doctors do it basically just for the money. If you come from a lower to lower-middle class family,

I will tell you from personal experience, a huge percent of doctors do it basically just for the money. If you come from a lower to lower-middle class family, becoming a doctor might as well be becoming a billionaire. Many doctors don’t find out that other careers earn more money until they are already in or beyond residency. I was in the process of applying to med school, thinking it was my best chance of joining the upper class in America, when I met an extremely wealthy man thru a friend. He gave me the advice “Doctor career is a trap for the middle class. Do something that scales better, and don’t worry about a guaranteed career path, you’ll figure it out as you go along”. It’s a bit dramatic but I think there was truth in it, and it added to the evidence I need to change my career