What was your current/past career?

[RNtoMD87]

I'm an advanced ambulance driver!

I'm a crash cart driver!

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[olderbrooklyndoc]

English teacher!

 

[xDNA]

Registered NICU Nurse

 

[triciamartin23]

nurse going into physical therapy

 

[sw2md]

Software Engineer for a healthcare software company.

 

[sw2md]

Software developer at a large tech company.

Social science researcher, management consultant, software salesperson, software engineer.

Me too. Good to see other devs in here. There was an AMA thread a while back with someone that went from software to med school that helped me make the decision to go back. I thought I was alone since software is such a good place to be right now. Good luck

 

[DSM_302.0]

Me too. Good to see other devs in here. There was an AMA thread a while back with someone that went from software to med school that helped me make the decision to go back. I thought I was alone since software is such a good place to be right now. Good luck

Hello! If you can find the AMA, I'd love to read it.

 

[RNtoMD87]

What sport? That's cool.

 

[JTB565]

RN

 

[FlightMedicine]

Flight Paramedic for the Army and some various contracting work after that. They were my motivation to keep pursuing this! It's awesome to see how varied the careers are!

 

[sw2md]

Hello! If you can find the AMA, I'd love to read it.

I can't find it, no clue where it went. The guys story was that he has a CS degree, worked a few years in dev(or possibly IT) then decided to go to medical school. He was in the middle of a radiology residency when he posted it. If I find it, I'll PM it to you

 

[MattFromSeattle]

Research Associate at a biotech company in Seattle.

 

[yogapostbac]

Acoustical Engineer in NYC! -- consulted on lots of high end building development with architects and other engineering specialties. Worked on a few performance spaces. Got tired of trying to save money for billionaires in a city with a homelessness crises

Yoga Teacher -- started working part time while I was an engineer, continued to teach through most of my post-bac work until the studying got too much

Nervous that adcomms will just think I'm all over the place....

 

[sw2md]

Hello! If you can find the AMA, I'd love to read it.

took forever but I finally found it. It's super old but there's a lot of good info in there

Computer Science to Medicine Thread

 

[M&L]

Hey everyone,

We all on a same path to get into medical school or any medical career professions. As a nontrad, we all went different routes in getting there. So to my curiosity, I was wondering what was everyone's past or current career before attending medical school?

military (Behavioral Health Technician) and Finances person

 

[holdthemayo]

Tech support, Insurance Agent

 

[SpinDrift]

Nuclear materials courier.........I glow green

 

[KiddCo]

Quality Control Lab Manager - Plastics

 

[acslater99]

STEM academic advisor at a community college.

Yes, I help plenty of pre-meds lol. Never do I tell them I’m working towards becoming a physician though.

 

[NoSleeptilBKLN]

Emergency department nurse assistant

 

[DarklingThrush]

Former elite athlete and full time coach for my sport. Now, I scribe for an amazing doctor while I wait to apply!

 

[sunshinefl]

Correctional Officer—>CO Sergeant
Registered Nurse

 

[docgoals90]

Nonprofit Fund Development - mostly grant management, but also some event planning. I just left a nonprofit that focuses on reentry employment.

I think that might be the hardest thing - my career so far has focused on political/social/economic justice efforts. (Of course, nonprofits have their own issues.) Im still very involved in political organizing on the side though and I'll try to be sure thats always a part of my life but things will change. Planned on going to law and policy before. I think everyone who knows me is a little thrown off by the desire to become a doctor.

 

[Josephine Baker]

Surgical technologist.

I find that fascinating! I wanted to get certified in that and get a job while doing my "reinvention for med school"
Is that fun? I love watching surgeries among other things that draw me towards medicine.

 

[Josephine Baker]

International fashion model.

 

[holdthemayo]

International fashion model.

 

[XWing5000]

Behavioral Therapist

 

[Dr.SFla]

Psychology Professor!

 

[DrMcStuffin]

CNA for a few years, then I started working with my degree mostly grunt office work that confirmed I am meant to be in healthcare. Currently, Account Executive FT and Business Development Analyst PT/Remote.