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All joking aside, being a doctor sounds like a shitty deal
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Date: July 13th, 2026 8:16 AM Author: Blathering Idea He Suggested You have to superstudy in undergrad first of all. I knew plenty of premeditated who had normal college experiences, but there were also some who didn't.
Then four years of med school, often brutally difficult, wracking up huge loan balances.
Then more years making a teacher's salary, while loan balances accrued. Maybe a couple, maybe 5+ if you want to be a brain surgeon or similar.
Then you've "maed it" and you make.... 300k? 400k? Sometimes less. When you're smart enough to make much more in business. While paying off huge loan balances, and after years of foregone earnings. Doctors love to complain, but any kid considering this path needs to understand that it's not all that great. |
Date: July 13th, 2026 9:08 AM Author: Bronze internet-worthy lettuce It seems pretty cush once you're midway through your career. Yeah the front half is brutal, but most of the 40+ docs I know are downright lazy and have great lives.
Seems like a very cr life path where you really front load the suffering early when you have the most energy and vitality so you can coast the second half. A real ant and grasshopper situation. |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 11:32 AM Author: harsh lodge boomer clutching the edge of a rug “hold my beer” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996346) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:15 AM Author: Heady regret It depends on the specialty and the ambition of the doctor. I think a lot of medicine has become awful because of technology and subsequent PE roll-up activity. Just being a run-of-the-mill GP is definitely terrible now unless you are a concierge doc or you have some level of mind for building a real practice.
If you are in a specialty field, I think it's probably a good career. Especially if you aren't just diagnosing, but actually perform specialized procedures. Otherwise, it's gotta feel a bit like being a horse-and-buggy driver in 1910.
It's to the point that I'd much rather see a Nurse or PA if I go to a clinic type environment instead of a doctor. How much resentment must a doctor in that sort of environment have? |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:18 AM Author: lascivious garnet gay wizard Disagree, by and large.
CR re undergrad: That takes a lot of studying and striving for most people. Unlike law school (ljl lawyers), where pretty much any college grad can get into some US law school, getting into med school in the US is competitive.
Beyond that, the career seems fine and on an upward trajectory as you progress. You don't need to grind so much in med school because there are plenty of good jobs to go around. You just need to do OK, assuming you don't feel compelled to strive for an elite fellowship at some prestigious institution.
Post-med school and a circumscribed residency--that people don't get Latham'ed out of if they show up and do an OK job--the career is very cushy. ER doctors working 2-3 12 hour shifts (their choice!) a week. GPs, dermatologists, etc. doing 4 days a week, 9-4 (and taking most Wednesday afternoons off)...
If my kids were in college now, weighing admission at a good law school or a good med school, I'd suggest they go to med school. |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 6:55 PM Author: Pink geriatric hunting ground dog poop Circumcised resident tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49997401) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:18 AM Author: fantasy-prone wonderful toaster They often have to live in the middle of nowhere. And one of the few jobs left that you can’t just do remotely. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996085) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:21 AM Author: lascivious garnet gay wizard (not a robo doctor wheeling into the room to tell your loved one the tumor is inoperable and billing insurance $375 for the consultation (https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/kpi/kpiqjg-b78481034z120090310104837000giqgsp1s1lg.jpg?w=620)) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996098) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:22 AM Author: Vengeful theatre liquid oxygen There are tons of remote scam doctors now actually. Our very own bOor is one of them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996103) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:58 AM Author: Bearded Area Clown lots of niggers doing TeleDoc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996257) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:33 AM Author: startling multi-colored site brethren The misery is front-loaded. But it's a lot easier than other careers when you're older. Very stable, very routine, and straightforward path. For law, finance, IT it's a lot harder to get high-paying jobs and keep them for the length of your career. Also depends on the specialty you go into. Plenty of anesthesiologists and surgical specialties start at more than 300-400k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996111) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:57 AM Author: Sienna mentally impaired personal credit line halford (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996254) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:41 AM Author: Vigorous Idiot Pit Is it actually hard to get in? I mean for people who can get into a T14 with balanced GPA/LSAT results
I feel like I could have coasted into med school as easily as I coasted into a T14
I feel like the only things that are actually difficult are the things that require innate, specialized talent and that have a way to rigorously measure. Things like mathematics and music, for example
Most other generalized skill set shit is just trash and trivial to get into and to even do. This includes experimental science...coming up with the experiment can take incredible intellect. Running the experiment is something that drones can do |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:57 AM Author: Vengeful theatre liquid oxygen the hard part about being a doctor is if you fuck up you kill people
the specialties that don't have to worry about this are gravy though |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:07 AM Author: mind-boggling cruel-hearted pisswyrm this seems cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996146) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:46 AM Author: Vigorous Idiot Pit Don't disagree with this. Medical errors are a HUGE cause of death in this country
I'm just wondering if the entire premise about some kind of "superstudy" obligation is even true
It seems like it's just rote memorization to get into med school. Is that even hard or much of a time sink for people with decent GPA/LSAT combos? |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:44 AM Author: spectacular pozpig mother I dunno, as a doctor it feels like it’s a race between PE and socialized medicine to see who can ruin your profession first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996124) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:45 AM Author: Heady regret Two sides of the same coin. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996125) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:26 AM Author: laughsome space Plus AI. If that’s not within PE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996194) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:41 AM Author: Vengeful theatre liquid oxygen medical doctors will be the last field to fall to AI. the AMA is the strongest cartel in america (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996219) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:48 AM Author: Vigorous Idiot Pit I think you'll find entire disciplines getting murked pretty easily by the god of profits and multiples
Radiology, dermatology, etc.
Other shit will be much more robust until the data is undeniable. And by then, if you're currently a doctor, you should be able to build your nest egg (or absolutely deserve to get wrecked if you prioritize consumption instead) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 11:35 AM Author: spectacular pozpig mother Cr. They’re just going to turn the radiologists and derms and all other “quick look and proscribe” specialties into high-volume click-through work based on AI. The end result will be these guys going from rolling-in-it specialists with lifetime sinecures to them training the models and the next generation being no better than pharmacists. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996348) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:55 AM Author: laughsome space the ABA is a much stronger cartel, doofus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996253) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: mind-boggling cruel-hearted pisswyrm (guy who thinks the "ABA" has any power at all) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996507) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:20 PM Author: laughsome space not the ABA itself, but as lawyers in general. look at cslg and their ilk fighting the uber legislation in CA
lawyers are way the fuck better at protectionism than MDs |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:29 PM Author: Vigorous Idiot Pit We're too retarded to cooperate well and have done enormous damage to the respek' needed from society to hold out for long in the face of proven tech
PE and AI are in a dead-on sprint to bust out the legal profession first, and it couldn't happen to more deserving people, although, sadly, if the profession weren't a den of scumbags and thieves, it's one of the few that should be prioritized for protection |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:42 PM Author: laughsome space PE destroyed the medical profession decades ago. PE is just attempting to work on non-lawyers owning law firms and has been successful in what, 2, states? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996600) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 2:28 PM Author: Vigorous Idiot Pit You know, it's interesting. Maybe there is something inherently powerful about flooding the market with JDs and setting them all up to throw elbows and gnash their teeth in pursuit of staying above the water line. I'm swayable on this one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996884) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 9:53 AM Author: Carmine death wish forum cousin is a do and didn't even optimize his fellowship (turned down yale) and was offered 500k/yr starting in radiology, so the money is there once you make it through all the bs.
however, all the dr's i know essentially lead 'financed' lifestyles because they're able to get big loans on the basis of guaranteed income stream. none are actually 'wealthy' in the sense that they have a big pile of money, it's more that they're a guaranteed 500-1mil/yr if they're some kind of specialist. the more entrepreneurial ones in high dollar specialities like dermatology and orthopedics probably pull down millions, but that's no different than the absolute upper tier of any profession doing the same |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:38 AM Author: 180 rigor Radiologist Aunt gives birth to Radiologist Cousin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996212) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 11:30 AM Author: Bearded Area Clown (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996340) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 2:30 PM Author: 180 rigor A Radiologist Cunt was involved, believe me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996887) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 7:52 PM Author: Bearded Area Clown it was just nice to hear a reference from like 20 years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49997556) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 11:08 AM Author: Swollen Bearded Hell Chad DO isn’t a real doctor. That’s like an Ed.D for men (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996287) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: laughsome space DO seems CR -- less stress and striving, and same results (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996483) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:04 AM Author: Pale voyeur we should all thank God every day that the soulless, shit-eating, striver-class bourgeoisie exists and are willing to waste their one and only life on this earth doing this kind of retard shit.
the world needs 'surgeons,' and I sure as hell am not putting in this amount of effort to become one.
so good on them. |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:06 AM Author: stubborn hospital rigpig The worst thing is I think all docs at some point have to work in something disgusting like geriatrics dealing with old ppl shitting
How cld u ever want to be arnd mspt Americans bodies they are obese disgusting creatures. I can't even imagine a family doc inspecting dudes balls all day I had a Jew doc look at my balls wtf u want to become a doc Sonu have turd balls on ur furking face it's absurd |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:35 AM Author: laughsome space It’s an incredibly prole profession because of this. That it’s prestigious any more than being a trash man always baffled me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996206) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:08 AM Author: electric dilemma dragon they almost all seem like pedantic drug/vaccine pusher/dealers. i don't think they have much autonomy as they report to massive bureaucracy and massively bill to insurance. their hands are constrained, their minds are narrow, and if they don't tow the line they get fucked (see COVID). i don't really like many doctors i know irl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996147) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:41 AM Author: 180 rigor I think this is cr. The most important skills a doctor in America can have are understanding the most efficient way to bill insurance companies and the lack of imagination required to never ever deviate from that course of action. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996218) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:55 PM Author: electric dilemma dragon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996636) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:22 AM Author: motley insane business firm It's the worst aspects of hardcore professional responsibility while also doing customer service/dealing with proles. Medicine is probably better than law that requires dealing with proles and going to court frequently (personal bankruptcy, criminal, family, etc.) but worse than scholar law. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996187) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:33 AM Author: laughsome space Some don’t realize the upside isn’t the same as it was for boomer doctors. Owning a practice and profiting is much more difficult because of the corporatizing of medicine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996204) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:41 AM Author: Sienna mentally impaired personal credit line halford it is vastly more prestigious than law. it is vastly higher paying once you are done with residency. and residents are not living in poverty. far more job security. far more control over your schedule. and xo will never admit this because its so cynical about everything, but doctors are vastly more useful to society and actually do genuiniely good work for people and improve lives. you can cite a pill pusher foreign md mill in queens and i can cite a pediatric surgeon who saves kids' lives. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996217) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 7:05 PM Author: Tantric church keeping boomers and niggers alive is a net negative for society, IIRC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49997440) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:53 AM Author: Trip costumed shrine how much of a threat are NP/PAs to MDs? I see an NP now and barely see a MD anymore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996249) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: Vengeful theatre liquid oxygen their salaries have only gone up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996609) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 12:54 PM Author: Balding tattoo school cafeteria seems kind of cr though less cr than it used to be.
I'd think the reduced independence and increased bureaucracy make it less enjoyable and rewarding for most doctors.
Rather than independently running their practices and treating patients, they are increasingly more akin to employees who have billable type targets and have to operate within the confines of corporate structure and insurance regulation. |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: Contagious menage the medical profession is a combination of extremely good mixed with extremely bad. same for being a doctor. it doesn't have to be this way. the entire sector should be revamped. the current situation is the result of meddling, pandering, and coddling, not free markets. however, the pussy populace is not willing to give up on the extremely good parts in order to fix the extremely bad parts |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 1:07 PM Author: ruddy nowag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996661) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 1:13 PM Author: Trip costumed shrine what specialty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996679) |
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Date: July 13th, 2026 2:49 PM Author: Contagious menage the theme above is that the payoff is in the 2nd half of her career (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882240&forum_id=2~#49996924) |