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Job at Facebook vs MD from Stanford
Which one would you pick?
Which one would you pick?
Job from facebook is vague. Janitor at facebook or MD at Stanford? Or CEO making 20+ million a year or MD from Stanford?
MD from Stanford for me.
Job from facebook is vague. Janitor at facebook or MD at Stanford? Or CEO making 20+ million a year or MD from Stanford?
MD from Stanford for me.
i did think hes making alot more than 20 milll a year since his net worth is about 13.5 billion.
btw i think u only made ur choice because u prob have never driven a ferarri 458. just sayin .
Eff the ferarri, if you have 13.5 billion go the bugatti veyron and have a ferarri and lambo as spares. I doubt anyone in their right mind would choose an MD over CEO of facebook making that much money. I don't care what people say about their "passion for medicine" everyone has a price, and I assure u its below 13.5 billion
A friend who works there said the profit sharing isn't as good as if you got in early, not to mention that they tend to lowball a lot of good people. I agree with the second poster I would weigh it with the overall package they give you.
Honestly I really don't get the question. You're talking about two completely different life trajectories to a bunch of people that, for the most part, decided to go medicine over engineering/business/whatever. Most people capable of getting into Stanford med could succeed in whatever career they chose, and for the most part these jobs would probably be higher paying in the long term. So why not just do what you want?
I guess I must be mentally disturbed. I honestly would choose medicine. Though being rich sounds great, I'd rather be a doctor. I think I would enjoy the work a lot better because I have a passion for medicine and helping people (no matter how cliche it sounds).
BTW, no matter how rich I am, I WILL NOT go around spending my money on senseless, expensive things. No Ferrari or Yacht for me, I'll stick with the Chrysler 300 (it looks like a Rolls-Royce Phantom though)!
Oh and OP: this thread is ridiculous.
with your intuitive skills you will make a great doctor...
Job at Facebook vs MD from Stanford
Which one would you pick?
I guess I must be mentally disturbed. I honestly would choose medicine. Though being rich sounds great, I'd rather be a doctor. I think I would enjoy the work a lot better because I have a passion for medicine and helping people (no matter how cliche it sounds).
BTW, no matter how rich I am, I WILL NOT go around spending my money on senseless, expensive things. No Ferrari or Yacht for me, I'll stick with the Chrysler 300 (it looks like a Rolls-Royce Phantom though)!
A friend who works there said the profit sharing isn't as good as if you got in early, not to mention that they tend to lowball a lot of good people. I agree with the second poster I would weigh it with the overall package they give you.
Honestly I really don't get the question. You're talking about two completely different life trajectories to a bunch of people that, for the most part, decided to go medicine over engineering/business/whatever. Most people capable of getting into Stanford med could succeed in whatever career they chose, and for the most part these jobs would probably be higher paying in the long term. So why not just do what you want?
Burnett's Law being invoked in the second reply in a thread, by the OP no less, must be some kind of record.
I guess I must be mentally disturbed. I honestly would choose medicine. Though being rich sounds great, I'd rather be a doctor. I think I would enjoy the work a lot better because I have a passion for medicine and helping people (no matter how cliche it sounds).
Though being rich sounds great, I'd rather be a doctor. I think I would enjoy the work a lot better because I have a passion for medicine and helping people (no matter how cliche it sounds).
Eff the ferarri, if you have 13.5 billion go the bugatti veyron and have a ferarri and lambo as spares. I doubt anyone in their right mind would choose an MD over CEO of facebook making that much money. I don't care what people say about their "passion for medicine" everyone has a price, and I assure u its below 13.5 billion
Hmm....
One of the most frequent fallacies that gets thrown around on here.
Eff the ferarri, if you have 13.5 billion go the bugatti veyron and have a ferarri and lambo as spares. I doubt anyone in their right mind would choose an MD over CEO of facebook making that much money. I don't care what people say about their "passion for medicine" everyone has a price, and I assure u its below 13.5 billion
not to mention that they tend to lowball a lot of good people.
One of the most frequent fallacies that gets thrown around on here.
You can believe whatever you want but the fact is that it's really hard to overcome the years of debt and lost income you incur going into medicine. If you go into ortho/radonc/some other money field then yes you'll probably come out ahead but your average internist or family doc is going to have a lot of trouble with a 300k hole.
This has been posted here before but is a good visual, and doesn't even take into account interest, tax brackets, or the fact that private med schools will now run you around 280-300k for 4 years: http://www.er-doctor.com/doctor_income.html
At any rate I'm sorry for rehashing the same stupid argument again.
Most people capable of getting into Stanford med could succeed in whatever career they chose, and for the most part these jobs would probably be higher paying in the long term.
This conversation reminds me of a friend I have who says "The only people who say money doesn't buy happiness are the ones who don't have any."
The >75k thing may be true up to a point, but if were talking about serious amounts of money... I'm sorry but there are what? ~25,000 multimillionaires (after all recent surveys among millionaires says it takes >1.75 mil to "feel" rich) and ~400 billionaires in the US or so? I doubt this study can really quantify and compare the "happiness" of such a small segment of society reliably. There are so many confounding variables and possible issues with definitions and decisions in this study.
You can believe whatever you want but the fact is that it's really hard to overcome the years of debt and lost income you incur going into medicine. If you go into ortho/radonc/some other money field then yes you'll probably come out ahead but your average internist or family doc is going to have a lot of trouble with a 300k hole.
This has been posted here before but is a good visual, and doesn't even take into account interest, tax brackets, or the fact that private med schools will now run you around 280-300k for 4 years: http://www.er-doctor.com/doctor_income.html
At any rate I'm sorry for rehashing the same stupid argument again.
You missed the point. What I was getting at was this statement:
You beat me to it.
Not the fallacy to which I was referring. Around these parts, it's frequently posed as "I'm planning on going to medical school, because I've got a 4.0 and I'm awesome at science and am president of the pre-med society. If I don't, I'll just go to b-school, get my MBA and pull down $400k a year knocking out M&A deals. Can't lose!"
Success as a small business owner, or a trader, or corporate law requires a set of skills and talents much different than that indicated by a >35 MCAT score. "If medical school doesn't work out, there's always McKinsey!" isn't a recipe for success.
Job at Facebook vs MD from Stanford
Which one would you pick?
i did think hes making alot more than 20 milll a year since his net worth is about 13.5 billion.
I guess I must be mentally disturbed. I honestly would choose medicine. Though being rich sounds great, I'd rather be a doctor. I think I would enjoy the work a lot better because I have a passion for medicine and helping people (no matter how cliche it sounds).
BTW, no matter how rich I am, I WILL NOT go around spending my money on senseless, expensive things. No Ferrari or Yacht for me, I'll stick with the Chrysler 300 (it looks like a Rolls-Royce Phantom though)!
A Chrysler 300 still qualifies as a senseless, expensive thing.
A Chrysler 300 still qualifies as a senseless, expensive thing.
Did anyone see "The Social Network"? I highly doubt this would be for anything close to a CEO position. Zuckerberg is keeping as much money as he can. At the most it would be intern, analyst, or some pencil pusher job. Of course I would choose MD at Stanford.