HercDriver130

Now this is an interesting twist...


Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine - CNN.com

TonyMontana

I read it to say that they are leaving primary care for specialties. I can understand it, altho i'm staying. The majority of my payor base is NOT medicaid tho-

HercDriver130

Well the opening paragraph says.... thousand would leave medicine. Later in the article it does say that many new doctors are foregoing family type practices for specialty's.


I suspect we could go to any number of professions and find the same result, those who are dissatisfied with some aspect of that career. Every year thousands of people change careers because it wasnt what they thought it would be in any number of ways. Cudo's to those who find something that fits the bill for them on all levels.

ChrisH

I believe that is key. Finding what truly works for you.

Kudos to SkyHigh, and TonyMontana for finding what they enjoy, and what makes them happy. I've also had conversations with pilots, both major and regional level, who love their jobs. I think you can look at any profession/career, and you will find people who love, and hate it.

You are right ... people leave all careers, all of the time, seeking something else, because what they did, isn't what they thought it would be.

de727ups

"Kudos to SkyHigh, and TonyMontana for finding what they enjoy, and what makes them happy."

Amen.

And Kudos any pilots who have done the same.

I'm sure somewhere there is a doctor message board with an ex-doc who is now a pilot and preaches how awful medicine was and how great flying is. To each his own...

ChrisH

I did wonder onto a medical message board once, for doctors, and other medical professionals, and I thought it was funny, because I had to take a second look to make sure I had not wondered onto an aviation message board. The complaints were all the same as we see here. There was one thread in which a med. student asked about why doctors are complaining about pay, to which many replied about the career not being worth it anymore, you don't make what you used to, etc. It was eerily similar to everything pilots complain about.

My conclusion, after reading that thread; find a career that makes you happy, and that you enjoy, because no matter what career you look at, there will be positives, and negatives that come along with it.

Led Zep

Were the doctors advising everyone to forgo medical school and learn to fly instead?

Led Zep

I know it has been said that you have to do what you enjoy, and there is some logic to that. But, I think it should also be said that there is no such thing as a B.S.-free career. No matter what one chooses, no matter how much enjoyment may be perceived from the outset, it is going to be a job regardless of which field one enters.

I think one needs to look at long-term job prospects, career earnings, and expense of learning the given trade/skills. Couple that with the knowledge that work is toilsome and that is the advice I would give someone about to enter the world of work.

Career: focus on job prospects/security and career earnings.

Hobby: focus on enjoyment only.

HercDriver130

Ah the Hobby..... and frankly for some exactly the reason the CAREER is not for them. They took their HOBBY and turned it into work.

FWIW, if you think learning to fly is expensive... tack on 4 years of medical school and related expenses .....

I do agree with the above poster... it is in the end still just a job. But liking what you do sure can make it easier to get up and go into work ( pay not withstanding ).

ChrisH

LOL, no, but they were pretty negative about the whole medicine thing. I'd imagine if someone had brought flying up, they may have encouraged it. I wish I could find that thread/ message board, and I'd post it here, but it was very eerily similar to all of the complaints read on this, and other aviation message boards.

Earnings potential as an airline pilot is still pretty good, whether some will admit it, or not. A regional captain still earns an income that is greater than the average joe. One can conceivably make a six figure income flying for a regional, and some careers never offer that potential.

I agree you have to be careful with the statement, "do what you love", but I do think you have to look forward to going to work. If you are working within a field that you enjoy, you will look forward to work, most of the time. Going into a field just because it pays more, or just because the prospects for progession are great, right now, often times leads people to being miserable. I'd rather make a little less money, and enjoy what I do, than make the bank, and be miserable for 8-10+ hrs a day, for the rest of my life.

100% correct. Flying is expensive, but it depends on what route you take. If you go the FBO route, you'll spend significantly less, compared to flight academies, or places like ERAU. Not everybody that becomes a pilot is in debt, or has spent $100K+ for their training. I have been paying as I go, and I will have no, to very very little debt.