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That I'm wasting my 20's on a profession that offers no room to innovate, whose training is no more difficult than learning how to drive a tractor, where the wo
by reason 15y ago
That I'm wasting my 20's on a profession that offers no room to innovate, whose training is no more difficult than learning how to drive a tractor, where the work is not stimulating and involves seeing the same patients with the same diseases day-in and day-out, and that will soon be uprooted by technology.
The career is hardly meaningful, despite what others romanticizing the profession might have you believe.
- squidsoup 15y agoHow about a career in medical informatics? If you're interested in technology and have a medical background, there are many interesting opportunities for innovation out there.
- AznHisoka 15y agowow really? I thought being a doctor is as stimulating as it gets... trying to find out causes for diseases, evaluating worst case scenarios, etc. Have you thought about partnering with someone with an IT background to pursue something with mobile health, EHR, or something that's in the crossroads between the 2? There's a lot of innovation there.
- throwawaylaw 15y agoThat's rough dude. The best I can say is at least you have relatively secure and decent-paying employment at the end of the road, but I know that isn't much consolation.