What, if anything, would convince you enough to not become a doctor?

[imtotallynotbradpitt]

Not counting financial situations or fantastical circumstances (i.e. Trump becomes POTUS....(right?)).

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[WedgeDawg]

If I was an astronaut

 

[md-2020]

If I was an astronaut

Stealth shots fired.

If clinical research paid as well as docs I'd do that for a career. Plan now is to do both 😀

 

[imtotallynotbradpitt]

If I was brad pitt....maybe I am.

Edit:

If I was an astronaut

Is this going to follow me !?

 

[mikil100]

I've had many though experiments to see what would cause me to not want to be physician. Barring physical illness, I'm not really sure I would pass up the opportunity. Even if I won the lottery and had no need to work forever, I would want to be a physician. On a side note the thought of winning it big in lottery, to me, sounds depressing. Of course enough to cover living expenses and loans would be nice 😉

 

[Spinach Dip]

If I was the heir of a millionaire CEO and was being groomed to take over the company in the near future.....

Yeah. I'd probably focus on that.

 

[md-2020]

On a side note the thought of winning it big in lottery, to me, sounds depressing. Of course enough to cover living expenses and loans would be nice 😉

You think winning the lottery is....depressing??

Personally, I'd much rather win the lotto than run a big company.

 

[Cotterpin]

I think if I knew that all doctors would be replaced with robots within 10 years, I would come up with a different plan.

 

[tea guzzling traveler]

For me, if all you could do was touch a button on a screen and never interact with the patient, I would probably look for a different career. I really like the satisfaction of interacting with a person, and I think I would appreciate the privilege of a physician to help them through potentially tough spots. Without that personal interaction, I doubt medicine would be anywhere near as satisfying.

 

[efle]

I think if I knew that all doctors would be replaced with robots within 10 years, I would come up with a different plan.

If all doctors can be replaced by robots, there aren't going to be many (if any) other jobs left out there anyways

 

[Spinach Dip]

If all doctors can be replaced by robots, there aren't going to be many (if any) other jobs left out there anyways

Robot technician will be a booming occupation.

.....Until they figure out how to teach robots to fix other robots....

 

[efle]

Robot technician will be a booming occupation.

.....Until they figure out how to teach robots to fix other robots....

I'd guess "how to fix robots" is WAAAAAY easier to get a robot to do than "how to be a better than a human psychiatrist"

 

[Spector1]

I think if I knew that all doctors would be replaced with robots within 10 years, I would come up with a different plan.

I think if I knew that all doctors would be replaced with nurse practitioners within 10 years, I would come up with a different plan.

FTFY

 

[allantois]

If I was brad pitt....maybe I am.

Except that he doesn't look like your avatar anymore.

 

[imtotallynotbradpitt]

sorry, I forgot to update my, uh, or is it his, profile pic. Fixed.

 

[salemstein]

If the me from 20 years in the future somehow came back and warned my present self: "Don't go down that path. CHANGE WHILE YOU STILL CAN!"

 

[deleted158872]

What, if anything, would convince you enough to not become a doctor?

for me, it would be if I were more than 34 years old by the time of application OR if I would graduate with more than $500k loans...

 

[Lyoness]

If med school alone was more than 10 years without undergrad or residency. Ain't no body got time for dat.

 

[NotASerialKiller]

I think if I knew that all doctors would be replaced with robots within 10 years, I would come up with a different plan.

Like how to defeat the marauding super-intelligent robots.

 

[Yojimbo_OGT]

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[mikil100]

You think winning the lottery is....depressing??

Personally, I'd much rather win the lotto than run a big company.

Well, not depressing. Like I said, a small amount would be great. However, if I won a large amount, I'm not sure I would like to "inherit" the wealth, as opposed to earning it for myself.