Originally Posted by
N927EV
+1!
My favorite is when people tell you to get out, go become a doctor, or a lawyer. Yeah you may make a lot of money eventually, but many of those guys aren't happy either. Not to mention the stress of malpractice and all that other jazz associated with the job. Also, heavy workloads may not even give you much home time. All in all, it's all what the person makes of it. Might as well do something you enjoy.
I know an OBGY, she works nonstop, when on call, she sometimes work 40 hours straight when there is a rush of babies being born. She is 35 and makes like 300,000$/year. However if she wanted to be home 18 days/month, she would not make much over 100k.