Move to US? Won the green card lottery but not sure if I could be bothered

[johnny9]

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I am months away from finishing all my training here (CCT style completion, Ireland). It's been a long 7 years!

I am looking for general opinions on practicing in the US vs the rest of the world. Basically, I entered the diversity visa lottery and actually won it, and have a date for the interview sent to me, etc., which is actually in a few weeks.

But, I am not sure if I could really be bothered. As the US insists on it's own residency system, it would mean 6 more years of training, and that could easily be in the middle of nowhere, 14 days holdiays a year and very little flexibility once you are in residency. By the time I'd finish, I'd be almost 40!

So, I'd love to hear opinions on people who moved there after finishing training here. Is it worth it? AT this stage I am thinking of just cancelling the interview, once I saw the massive amount of work to do just to get back to a very basic training level again as an intern, earn SFA money and have no time off.

WTF!?!

 

[Winged Scapula]

Have you considered fellowship training in the US?

There are some specialties in which you can still work in the US after doing only fellowship training although you would have to find a fellowship that would accept you without US residency training.

While it wouldn't change the lack of vacation (most residencies give you 3 weeks at minimum) or lack of flexibility, but it would be a quicker route.