icekid
Ideal_Rock
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Date: 3/17/2009 2:13:12 PM
Author: zhuzhu
No offense Ickid,
I work with MDs day in and day out. Not all, but some of them in training (residents and fellow particularly), whine a lot like you do. I went to school for over 9 years to get my PhD. My pay is a fraction of those MDs who also 'sacrifice their youth' for a higher education, so I can do something I believe in. I do not complaint about the time 'used-up' when I was in school and not making money, nor the fact that I am paid pennies compared to you 'doctors'. It was my choice and I am proud of my work.
I know what MDs' lifestyle is like compared to others who are equally well educated, and frankly I think you are in the wrong profession 'if' you value money more than the purpose of your work, or 'if' you use the compensation package to determine the job satisfaction. Of course it is just my value system and you are prob disagreeing with every word of it. Anyways, unless somebody forced you into medical school to become a doctor, taking responsibility for your own professional choice will prob make life happier.
Wow, I am quite certain that I stated that I knew what I was getting into when I signed up for medical school. Please, explain to me where I do not take responsibility for my choices. Quite rude. Yes, and offensive, too. You have made it quite clear what you think of physicians. Excessive whining? No, I call it the facts.
I find it rather presumptuous that you assume that I value compensation more than what I do. I value the ability to do good for others. I value the ability to provide a good life for myself and my family. I do not value either of these at the expense of my family and my life. However, I will not say that I went into medicine for the sole purpose of helping others. I went into medicine because I value BOTH the ability to provide for my family as well as the ability to make a difference in the lives of others. I enjoy my job. Do I enjoy it 100 hours/week? No. There is no amount of money that you could pay me to make me happy working 100 hours/week. If this does not jive with your values, I cannot say that I care.
I have a lot of friends with PhDs (lovely, hard-working people). They don't carry a quarter of a million dollars in debt. And they certainly don't work nights, weekends, and holidays.
And I assure you that you do not make less money than I do (as if it were a contest).