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> If we were a licensed profession like medicine... You've never hung around with doctors outside of the hospital, clearly. Their egos, in general, dwarf any

• hga 13y ago
  For "life and death" doctors, which I'd include eye people, it's in part a defense mechanism. They know some day, if not already, they're going to make a mistake that will kill a patient, and they've got to be able to accept that and carry on. One of the reasons I dropped that as a possible career, and one reason I like software and systems, for with a modicum of care you can recover from most mistakes.