<p>am not sure of the advantages of being either over the other where salary, time spent in school, ability to get hired fast are concerned, so anybody,feel free to enlighten me. thanx.</p>
<p>How old are you? I ask because the things that will “get you salary” will “get you hired fast” are entirely dependent on you. No one can tell you which career will give you a successful outcome. You can be an “engineer” with a BA in engineering and work on any advanced degrees at your own speed. The path to be a doctor is more linear…you get a BA in something…you apply to med school…you do a residency and so on. Finally most people are successful at something that is interesting to them on a personal level.</p>
<p>The perceived advantages or disadvantages are your own…not something someone else can tell you.</p>
<p>The decision on whether you choose to be a doctor or an engineer should not come down to money, or you could be miserable for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Decide which you love and which you want to do.</p>
<p>You can earn a solid living doing either. You’ll probably earn more as a physician, but that is a very tough lifestyle. Some specialities require 15 years of education AFTER high school, and all specialties require at least 11 years after high school. You also have to be willing to get dragged out of bed to do surgery or treat a patient at 3AM with no complaints.</p>
<p>Assuming you are now in high school, you don’t need to make a decision now. Med school requirements are pretty basic, and other than organic chemistry and biology, almost every engineer takes all the courses required to get into med school (med schools require a year each of the following: English, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, and Physics). I’ve seen history majors and religion majors go to med school. One woman from my college class took chemical engineering and is now a professor of surgical oncology at Harvard Medical School as well as a surgeon at one of their teaching hospitals.</p>