Posted: Jan 04, 2011 8:05 am
[quote="Darwinsbulldog";p="654081]My two cents worth. Don't be a doc. Lots of intense learning and pressure, and you need good people skills [either that, or be a surgeon]! A scientific artist or illustrator might suit you more. Or be a biologist. Getting a PhD in biology is mostly doggedness, hard work, and enthusiasm. You can think outside the square, so originality should be no problem. If you screw up an experiment, then there is no problem, just do it again. I am only guessing based on what you have posted, but I don't think you would relish the prospect of being responsible for so many people and their health.
But, as with many things, competition is tight and jobs are scarce, but that may change when you qualify.
Do something which most feels right to you.[/quote]
Most docs I know have pretty awful peoples skills, oddly a little dispassionate distance is a huge help when the odd patient dies possibly unnecessarily. It is such a huge field that there is room for the idealists, the odd balls, the technically skilled and the geniuses.
I would certainly agree that the career advice Inka has had to date sucks. There is only one question in medicine - are you committed? If you are then you should be able to put up with the discomfort of learning stuff that you will probably never use and dealing with the shitty parts of the job, such as failing some patients.
But, as with many things, competition is tight and jobs are scarce, but that may change when you qualify.
Do something which most feels right to you.[/quote]
Most docs I know have pretty awful peoples skills, oddly a little dispassionate distance is a huge help when the odd patient dies possibly unnecessarily. It is such a huge field that there is room for the idealists, the odd balls, the technically skilled and the geniuses.
I would certainly agree that the career advice Inka has had to date sucks. There is only one question in medicine - are you committed? If you are then you should be able to put up with the discomfort of learning stuff that you will probably never use and dealing with the shitty parts of the job, such as failing some patients.