And then they make up hundreds of stupid reasons. If it was bad being a doctor, they would not be pushing for such a strong gatekeeping process. There is no better profession than being a doctor in the US if your goal is a good combination of career, money, job stability and wlb.
I mean I wouldn’t like being a doctor. I think a lot of blind doesn’t like being a developer either. “SWE” is the most annoying acronym of the whole fucking site. No one in the “RW” (real world) says that.
I say both “SWE” and “RW” irl. I guess PayPal is still streets behind.
SME is worse
Doctors usually aren't doctors for the money and that tells you everything of why they are better than SWEs.
It was one thread. But objectively I think tech is better. Easier to get into, same pay if you’re good, faster to get rich or at least upper middle class. All we’re missing is “status” but if you crave that you’re probably too dumb to make it in either industry lol
For now. The “easier to get into” will kill us.
I don’t care, we’ll all be retired or dead by then.
I don’t want to be a doctor because I have a phobia of hospitals
Sorry dude, the reason I chose tech was precisely because I knew it would help me have a good life. I have friends who are doctors and while they enjoy the profession, they'd like you to explain the wlb bit. To each his/her own
Work life balance? Have you met any doctors?
I'm saying a combination. Ofc they'll have worse WLB than avg dev, but they'll be paid 4x better for maybe 30% worse WLB.
4x better? OP ur delusional lol. Also doctors earnings dont catch up to devs until their 40s
I don’t know if being a doctor is better, but it’s more noble. The gatekeeping is extreme. Probably for good reason. Not just test scores and grades but the sacrifice you gotta endure to get there. You’re not incorrect re career, money, job stability and wlb. But when you mix in the sacrifice (enjoying your 20s and early thirties, living like an undergrad because you don’t earn shit, being treated like an underling by anybody higher up the food chain, never sleeping, working 120 hours a week for years, having human shit on you, being surrounded by suffering, all up to your 30s and to the tune of 200k-300k unforgivable debt) those things you mention matter a lot less. If you’re genuinely passionate about the work it will be awesome for you. If not then a tech career may be better for the individual on the aggregate
No one said that
Blind is "Its hard being doctor because you only start earning money in your 30s and you have debt until you are 60y old" while completely ignoring that the debt per year is maybe 10k, while base salaries are 300k+.