Career: doctor vs lawyer

Alexandoy

VIP Contributor
This is a question mostly by high school students who are going to college. The usual choices for a career is the doctor versus the lawyer. My brother’s eldest daughter took up a pre-medicine course for 4 years and another 6 years for the medicine proper course plus 2 years of residency in the hospital before she could take the licensing board. She was almost 30 when she became a doctor.

A friend’s son took up pre-law of 4 years and another 4 years for the law proper course. It took him 1 y ear for the review and apprenticeship before he could take the bar exams. He was 27 when he became a lawyer.

The question now is the success in the field. My niece is a specialist for pregnant women. The lawyer son of the friend is a corporate lawyer who drives an expensive car and lives in an upper middle class village. My niece is not poor but she cannot be considered rich.
 

Augusta

VIP Contributor
These are two professions that are of high premium so I consider a lot higher than other profession. Being in the profession already to me is a wealthy one, whether one is super rich or not. the wealth of knowledge alone should be enough, material things will follow later
 
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