Can you send ever really be considered successful in the indian community if you are not a doctor/resident/in med school?

Computer science / engineering

-4 years college

-$100K starting salaries if working for big tech companies like Google, but $50K-$60K most other places

-Pros for me: small time commitment, fun work, cool people

-Cons for me: some unspoken ageism in the industry, somewhat replaceable, income can hit a ceiling, might need to move into managerial roles for higher income

Investment banking / business school

-4 years college

-2 years MBA

-$200K-$250K for the first year at the big banks (with bonus), but a lot less elsewhere

-Pros for me: money

-Cons for me: job security is up and down, a lot of assholes in the industry

Med school

-4 years college

-4 years med school

-3 years residency (minimum)

-$200K-$250K starting salaries for outpatient FM and IM, but hospitalists can make $300K or more (depends on variables like payer mix, geography, hours, patients seen, procedures), while other residencies like surgical subspecialties and anesthesia can be much higher (>$500K), but also take at least 4 years post-med school (anesthesia) and surgical subspecialties longer (up to 7 years for neurosurgery)

-Pros for me: intellectually satisfying, helping people and making a real tangible difference is rewarding in itself, money, being able to be your own boss or more independent relative to other fields if you desire (though that's kind of changing for the worse), option to go into academia (though you make less money, but you can teach and do research if you like)

-Cons for me: much longer time commitment, hierarchical nature of medicine is offputting as you have to put up with a lot of shit until you rise to the top of the hiearchy (attending physician) but I hear each year gets better

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