>a prospective doctor would be capable of getting a top paying job if he decided not to go to medical school. This is not strictly true. To make an analogy, a

>a prospective doctor would be capable of getting a top paying job if he decided not to go to medical school. This is not strictly true. To make an analogy, a marathon runner is not the best athlete for cycling, and most physicians would make lousy engineers. The biggest advantage of the medical profession is how secure it is relative to other highly skilled white-collar jobs, where climbing the ladder is a much less certain endeavor than medicine is.