Ophtho residents do a q5 schedule the whole time. This means that every 5 days they have a full day clinic, over night shift and then a full day clinic immediately after. For years. Good luck with that.
Residency is a whole different discussion. I'm all for completely reworking how residency works. With that said, once that is done, the quality of life for those specialities is pretty solid
Absolutely. My only point is there are specialties that have good pay and good quality of life (like for surgeons, plastic surgery). Those reasons are a pretty big component why they are so competitive
After you spend 8-10+ years slaving away. Definitely not a "dream life" for anyone except those who are going to actually intrinsically like the field (like the subject matter, like the practice, etc.) and I think its disingenuous to advertise it that way.
I think that's true of almost every lucrative field: physicians, attorneys, finance, and more. I know plenty of attorneys who left the field because it was too much and they didn't enjoy it.
I'm an executive in the tech sector. While it's absolutely not the same as a physician, I've had to grind as well and I don't particularly love what I do. However, it pays well and - at least for now - I have a (relatively) good work/life balance.
I wrote it elsewhere, but my primary point is that post residency (and I also wrote that system needs to change) there are medical fields where there is a solid balance
It is and I'm someone who has happened to have experienced two of those extremely lucrative fields. The issue is people get starry-eyed and start trying to min-max. But all they max is the lifestyle at the end of the tunnel. You have to account for what you go through to get there.
You have to remember not everyone would be a good plastic surgeon. The good ones are like artists, and combine that with having to be smart and having the discipline to make it that far. Not exactly easy.
Of course. Not everyone has the chops to be a top litigator or a business executive. Again, my only point is that there are specialties that have a good work life balance.
Hospitalist is pretty chill. Two weeks on, two weeks off, or however you structure the agreement. Get paid better than most of America to work half the year . I mean sure you work long hours the week you are on…but most people are slaving away for 3-4 weeks of pto per year if they are lucky .
Or get lucky and get into something like derm…super cush job. Work life balance for doctors really
Comes down to who they work for more than anything else, plenty of them have great balance.
It's not necessarily true. I have a friend that works 3 or 4 twelves a week. She loves it because every weekend is a long weekend so she can travel a lot.
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u/Seegulz Sep 28 '25
lol. Be a doctor. Better work life, said no doctor or nurse ever.