<p>I think you know which route want to take. And if that doesn’t work, you will make it work.</p>
<p>@DocT sorry I left this thread a while ago. Doc, third year is rotations and studying for your shelf exams. Studying is solo work (I am replacing cube work with solo work). Yes, I sit in a cube for most of my day, but I also interact almost every step of the way with peers. I explore different solutions to each problem within an entirely large problem (I do mechanical engineering work for the water industry). The work can be monotonous sometimes, but so is the same as when you’re a doctor - regardless of if you’re in a cube or not. A doctor is actually groomed so his work is habitual (maybe even monotonous). When you’re sick, you’d rather have a doctor who has seen your problem many times before than someone who is seeing it for the first time. In my industry, I haven’t encountered two problems that have ever been the same. Don’t take me wrong - doctors are amazing for what they do, but is it not essentially grooming to be “cube work” with a nice paycheck? </p>
<p>@Kristin5792 - yes in some sense you are right about that. Grade school is a lot of solo work (cube work doesn’t mean that it’s boring, it just means that it’s solo).</p>