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My cousin is in residency and makes 50-60K. But that's only for 2 years. In no time, she'll be pushing close to $200K.
I wanted to be a doctor too..
Unfortunately im not a fan of wasting away in my 20's with my head buried in books pulling slave hours for slave wages.
Switched majors after I took my first bio class
I'm unaware of any residency that lasts only 2 years.
The shortest are primary care and some EM ones which are 3 years.
And people look at the salaries without including the loans, the hours, the overhead such as malpractice and the day to day stress
Now being a doctor isn't the worst profession or even close to it but is it worth 7-14 years of training post college and up to 300K in debt?