<p>Who else wants to be a doctor or a lawyer? or are the bleak job situation for lawyers and the heavy malpractice insurance dissuading many of you</p>
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No, they just both sound really boring.
I don’t understand how anyone could want to be “a doctor or a lawyer” unless they were just chasing after careers they considered prestigious. I don’t know very much about either one, but it seems like being a doctor would be really different from being a lawyer. </p>
<p>@halcyonheather I know it sounds shallow, but those are the only jobs I consider worthy enough or important enough for me… out of curiosity, what career are you looking for?</p>
<p>I don’t want to be a doctor, but I’m considering going into pathology. </p>
<p>I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and a side question is: what are “good” careers that don’t require grad school? (for me, good is something challenging with a good salary) @awakeningvenus @halcyonheather </p>
<p>Being a doctor is just…not good. I don’t think I’d be a good lawyer.</p>
<p>what do you mean by “just…not good.” ? @SwaggyC</p>
<p>I feel that the pressure that comes along with being a doctor would be too much for me. Also it wouldn’t be practical for me to try to become a lawyer.</p>
<p>lol could people please elaborate? everybody is being very vague @DaneBrick why would it be impractical?</p>
<p>@sammo3
Well, there are plenty of good careers. You could always start a small business (it’d be hard, but my parents did it), be a writer, or something of that sort. Graphic designing and art is another option. Grad school isn’t necessary for all jobs. </p>
<p>I want to be a doctor :D.</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus I was thinking more along the lines of jobs that offer economic security… artist, writer, and entrepreneur aren’t really what I’m looking for, but thanks </p>
<p>@sammo3
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<p>interesting @awakeningvenus</p>
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I want to double major in math and philosophy. My educational goal is to get a Ph.D. in math if I turn out to be smart enough (there’s a good chance I won’t, which is why I always feel really pretentious telling people I want to be a mathematician). I’ll probably end up working in industry somewhere or teaching high school (though I’d have to get a teaching license somehow if I wanted to teach at a public high school). I really just want to teach people math, but I plan to take a lot of computer science classes in college so I’ll have a chance at getting a job in that if all else fails.
/end novel</p>
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Off the top of my head…engineering, actuary, accounting, nursing. </p>
<p>@sammo3
For me there is a long list reasons. Here’s a few
-Too much time in school. You don’t actually get to be a doctor until you finished dedicating your life to studying and being in the hospital.
-Severely under compensated
-Long hours
-Stress</p>
<p>It is my plan to become a lawyer, but with a twist: I want to major in biology, go to law school, and become an environmental protection lawyer, which have pretty solid job prospects especially if Democrats retain control of my state’s legislature. The more regulations in place, the more prospects for jobs. </p>
<p>@SwaggyC makes sense</p>
<p>@nickb14 are you marshall eriksen? lol</p>
<p>Being a doctor is something that I am considering. I am not sure if it is what I will end up doing but I am considering it. Almost all of my possible careers involve medicine or science, though. If I do decide to become a doctor, I think that I will either become an anesthesiologist or go into emergency medicine.</p>