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I'm a recent December graduate from a state school in Virginia with a job offer for a big 4 tech company (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook) as a software engineer. I interned at the big 4 company over Summer 2016 and while I enjoyed the work I did, I realized that I'm not as passionate about software engineering as I am about medicine. With my CS curriculum, I was never able to finish my last four prerequisites for medical school (O-Chem series, Physics 2, and Biochemistry). I'm hoping to do a post-bacc to finish up the prerequisites, but I want to get some advice first.
I've currently accepted the offer from the big 4, and my job will be located in Seattle should I choose not to change it. Should I choose to move to Washington, I'm losing a great deal of potential in-state options in Virginia where I currently reside. I can move my location from Seattle to Herndon, VA, but I will be taking a massive cut in salary and bonus while being forced to work on a software team I will not enjoy until I can apply and hopefully be accepted into a medical school. It's really difficult to transfer internally at this company, so I could potentially be handicapping myself career wise if I forfeit my current position in Seattle for a position in Herndon.
The logical option seems like I should stay in Virginia, but it's a huge risk with medical school admissions being as competitive as they are. I'd like to hear some thoughts from some of you on a situation like this. I'm basically set right now as far as my current job goes (Great benefits, six figure salary, nice bonus, office job), but I don't see myself wanting to do this for the rest of my life. I'd like to transition from this into becoming a physician like I had originally planned, but the risk of losing what I have now for just a chance is pretty terrifying.
Thoughts on this situation? What would you do in the same situation?
I've currently accepted the offer from the big 4, and my job will be located in Seattle should I choose not to change it. Should I choose to move to Washington, I'm losing a great deal of potential in-state options in Virginia where I currently reside. I can move my location from Seattle to Herndon, VA, but I will be taking a massive cut in salary and bonus while being forced to work on a software team I will not enjoy until I can apply and hopefully be accepted into a medical school. It's really difficult to transfer internally at this company, so I could potentially be handicapping myself career wise if I forfeit my current position in Seattle for a position in Herndon.
The logical option seems like I should stay in Virginia, but it's a huge risk with medical school admissions being as competitive as they are. I'd like to hear some thoughts from some of you on a situation like this. I'm basically set right now as far as my current job goes (Great benefits, six figure salary, nice bonus, office job), but I don't see myself wanting to do this for the rest of my life. I'd like to transition from this into becoming a physician like I had originally planned, but the risk of losing what I have now for just a chance is pretty terrifying.
Thoughts on this situation? What would you do in the same situation?
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