Quitting dentistry

[postpitadh]

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Your heart is in the right place, but just felt the need to state that working hard does not indicate upward mobility elsewhere. In fact, this country is built on hard-working immigrants who are being deported as we speak. I don't think that's the upward mobility they were hoping for after all that hard work for low pay. I have lots of experience in "real life" and can promise you that you can put in 10-12 hour workdays and you can only go as far as the person above you wants you to go. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there.

You also forget that if someone sees you as a threat by working hard (colleague or boss), they are people with feelings. Sometimes they rather fire you, or get you fired, so that they can keep their meal ticket.

I've seen people become the boss of their bosses with the right tactics and networking. I've seen PhDs end up working for really smart, ambitious people with only a high school degree. I've seen people with mulitiple degrees/titles at the end of their name (MBA, MS, PhD, Etc.) get laid off.

tl;dr: There's no guarantee out there just by working hard.

I agree with you that you have to be smart about how you present yourself to your coworkers, managers, bosses, etc in and out of dentistry. Thank you for elaborating on that for me. We all have different backgrounds and views on the working world from our own experiences, so I can definitely see where you're coming from. Personally, I see opportunity for financial success in places I've worked so I wanted OP to know that it wasn't dentistry or bust. I added "potential for" upward mobility because I also understand nothing is guaranteed out there!

 

[nice_guy1]

what's your plan B?

i be a professional baccarat player.

 

[comatose]

Speaking from experience you aren't missing anything if you leave dentistry behind. There are other lucrative careers out there that are much more purposeful and won't leave you despising humanity. Good luck with your decision. I say become a business owner of some sort.

 

[Dentalco2020]

Speaking from experience you aren't missing anything if you leave dentistry behind. There are other lucrative careers out there that are much more purposeful and won't leave you despising humanity. Good luck with your decision. I say become a business owner of some sort.

Dentistry is probably one of the most rewarding career out there, both financially and professionally.
You get to have lifelong relatoinship with your patients and see them grow old, die, etc. ( if you are a good dentist)

What part of dentistry made you despise humanity? Business oriented quacks?
Just cuirous