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Refer to part 1 for some mystified replies to my post:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=414163
Isaac Newton delayed publishing the Principia for fear that his brilliant work would be ridiculed. In today's blogging world, Newton probably would refrain from posting and would have developed a form of 'blogophobia', so intense are the unfounded criticisms.
In part 1, I wrote of my desire to go into pharmD and the anticipation of making enough money to possibly live comfortably. While they are entitled to their opinion, their replies nevertheless baffled me. For example, nowhere in my post did I say that 100K would allow me to buy mansions and expensive cars; nowhere did the intent was to slander (slander whom or what??), nowhere did I hint that I had no love for pharmacy. Rather than taking an objective view of my post, people just did what is usually easier to do, more of the same: criticize. No one applauded my original, albeit brave, intent to helping cure cancer. No one cared to reason that perhaps I'm in dire need of a nice high paying job with intellectual capacity. Name a few 'high' paying careers with a B.S beyond 70K after taxes w/o years of training. The fact is they are rare, but those who are in them probably are at least content with 55k. I clearly wrote in bold that money was not everything in choosing a career and I wonder whether some of you SDNers even noticed that, so eager are you to bash.
Having said that, I'm a nontrad and like many students here, thought a great deal about studying medicine when a relative got ill with gastric cancer. Again, at some point some of you decided that pharmacy is best because of the more time it affords you to enjoy life. Medicine and Pharmacy are both intense; however, pharmacy would be a better fit for me at this time. Both in the time it'd afford me and my family and in the amount I could yield out of it. Your arguments were that 100k after taxes would only yield 70k. If a newly-minted physician, who spent years of schooling and training, rakes about 120 - 140k, they would make just about 100k (not forgetting the loans). Based on your arguments, 100k is not that much either and I concur. But at some point, money (prestige) IS a factor for your decision. Why should it be wrong if I think pharmacy can make for comfortable living? I love science and the field of pharmacy will allow me to help people (alleviate pain, consult etc...). But I must know that I can support a family on 70-90k salary. It may not mean much to you, but it does to me. You ought to at least reciprocate. What are your decisions for studying pharmacy?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=414163
Isaac Newton delayed publishing the Principia for fear that his brilliant work would be ridiculed. In today's blogging world, Newton probably would refrain from posting and would have developed a form of 'blogophobia', so intense are the unfounded criticisms.
In part 1, I wrote of my desire to go into pharmD and the anticipation of making enough money to possibly live comfortably. While they are entitled to their opinion, their replies nevertheless baffled me. For example, nowhere in my post did I say that 100K would allow me to buy mansions and expensive cars; nowhere did the intent was to slander (slander whom or what??), nowhere did I hint that I had no love for pharmacy. Rather than taking an objective view of my post, people just did what is usually easier to do, more of the same: criticize. No one applauded my original, albeit brave, intent to helping cure cancer. No one cared to reason that perhaps I'm in dire need of a nice high paying job with intellectual capacity. Name a few 'high' paying careers with a B.S beyond 70K after taxes w/o years of training. The fact is they are rare, but those who are in them probably are at least content with 55k. I clearly wrote in bold that money was not everything in choosing a career and I wonder whether some of you SDNers even noticed that, so eager are you to bash.
Having said that, I'm a nontrad and like many students here, thought a great deal about studying medicine when a relative got ill with gastric cancer. Again, at some point some of you decided that pharmacy is best because of the more time it affords you to enjoy life. Medicine and Pharmacy are both intense; however, pharmacy would be a better fit for me at this time. Both in the time it'd afford me and my family and in the amount I could yield out of it. Your arguments were that 100k after taxes would only yield 70k. If a newly-minted physician, who spent years of schooling and training, rakes about 120 - 140k, they would make just about 100k (not forgetting the loans). Based on your arguments, 100k is not that much either and I concur. But at some point, money (prestige) IS a factor for your decision. Why should it be wrong if I think pharmacy can make for comfortable living? I love science and the field of pharmacy will allow me to help people (alleviate pain, consult etc...). But I must know that I can support a family on 70-90k salary. It may not mean much to you, but it does to me. You ought to at least reciprocate. What are your decisions for studying pharmacy?
In today's world with the gas prices, etc. going up, and If they pick Photography, I give them respect. Seriously. However, I might call them dumb.
This was hilarious. However, there is a lot of validity to it.
