<p>can shy people survive in the medical field? If so as what?</p>
<p>If you don't think so what are my other options?</p>
<p>what kind of “carrier” do you want? I’d suggest a Nimitz class aircraft carrier</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_class_aircraft_carrier[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_class_aircraft_carrier</a></p>
<p>I would suggest staying away from Southwest Airlines - the flight attendents are way to gregarious for shy people…</p>
<p>What better career than that of an accountant? :)</p>
<p>Navy carrier?</p>
<p>stop being shy.</p>
<p>When I realized my dream career required an extroverted personality I made very conscious effort to stop being shy by forcing myself in social situations I didn’t feel comfortable in. Eventually you have a break through and learn to take control of social situations to get what you want. It’s painful, but trust me it’s a life long skill that’ll REALLY pay off in the long run.</p>
<p>Engineer/accountant/pharmacist/non litigation lawyer/scientist.</p>
<p>Librarian? Haha, no but seriously, you don’t have to be outgoing for any career. Just be comfortable with who you are and things will follow suit.</p>
<p>Necromancer? Sith Lord?</p>
<p>Gynecologist?</p>
<p>You can’t live your whole life being shy, success takes courage.</p>
<p>Good grief, people, get real.</p>
<p>If you want to get an MD degree, pathologists, radiologists, and medical examiners typically don’t talk to “live” patients. They study slides or x-rays/ mammograms, or cut up dead people, but they don’t deal with patients.</p>
<p>Then there are medical technicians, who might read slides and conduct other medical tests, but not deal with patients.</p>
<p>There are also (and I don’t know if this is of interest; I don’t know if it requires a degree, so it might not be) medical transcribers, who type up what the docs have dictated during surgery. That becomes the operative report.</p>
<p>Lots of MD and Ph.D. researchers spend their lives in laboratories and don’t deal with patients.</p>
<p>That said, everybody has co-workers with whom they need to interact. No one can work entirely without people.</p>
<p>Something based on writing, academic researcher, etc.</p>
<p>Subsistance Farmer.</p>
<p>I think you should pursue whichever career you feel you would most enjoy, and then learn to develop the traits that would make you successful in this career, rather than limiting yourself based on your shyness. Medicine could be a fine option; choosing a career should be based on your interest level, not your personality type. You can grow out of your shyness, and likely will have to grow out of your shyness at least to some degree in order to present yourself as a capable individual to any employer. Don’t be afraid to choose a career that you are interested in, even if it will take some time to adjust to.</p>
<p>But, I would say that IT is a field in which introversion is fine because it involves a lot of precise, individual work and does not require you to have an overt personality in order to succeed. If you are technically oriented, this is one (of many other) options.</p>
<p>Lol @ accountant, I get more interaction with people as an auditor than half the professions out there.</p>