Money and healthcare jobs
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:34 pm
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/69763/
Both good answers, but I just want to point out that obstreperous is completely right that this is probably going into healthcare for the wrong reasons. Honestly, based just off of reading this question, this person should probably not become a PA or a paramedic. And that's not me judging them and saying that they are bad person for wanting to make money - there's nothing wrong with wanting to make money (as long as you don't want to exploit other people to do so). But there are easier ways to accomplish that objective. If you are going into healthcare jobs for the money, no amount of money that you will make will ever be enough to make you happy and you will hate what you do. I've seen doctors who went into medicine to get rich, and they did get rich, but they are completely unhappy. This is not the profession to be in if what you want is money and lifestyle. Absolutely you will be able to pay off your debts. The only people in med school that I know here in Canada who might have problems paying off their debts are the couple of people who got multiple lines of credit and bought expensive sports cars and went on lots of vacations. And even then, they aren't going to end up declaring bankruptcy, they just might be working out some fancy re-financing in a decade or so if their spending habits don't change. I will make a lot of money and pay off my debts as a doctor up here in my socialist paradise, but that's not why I went to med school. I could be making a lot of money with the degrees I already have. I fully admit my bias as one of the biggest defenders of universal healthcare that I know, but that isn't even my point here. If the idea of making less money working in healthcare is making you reconsider a career in healthcare, then you need to be reconsidering, because whether or not all of this fear-mongering about Obamacare is true, you are not going to be happy. Even if you make millions, you will not be happy. You need to honestly understand what doctors/PAs/paramedics/nurses/whatever ACTUALLY deal with every day, and then decide if your reasons for wanting to do that job making going through all of that crap for the rest of your life worth it. And I can tell you that money, lifestyle, and prestige will not make it worth it. There are plenty of other reasons to go into healthcare that do make it worth it, but these are difficult and thankless jobs and there are simply easier ways to make money if that's what you want.
Both good answers, but I just want to point out that obstreperous is completely right that this is probably going into healthcare for the wrong reasons. Honestly, based just off of reading this question, this person should probably not become a PA or a paramedic. And that's not me judging them and saying that they are bad person for wanting to make money - there's nothing wrong with wanting to make money (as long as you don't want to exploit other people to do so). But there are easier ways to accomplish that objective. If you are going into healthcare jobs for the money, no amount of money that you will make will ever be enough to make you happy and you will hate what you do. I've seen doctors who went into medicine to get rich, and they did get rich, but they are completely unhappy. This is not the profession to be in if what you want is money and lifestyle. Absolutely you will be able to pay off your debts. The only people in med school that I know here in Canada who might have problems paying off their debts are the couple of people who got multiple lines of credit and bought expensive sports cars and went on lots of vacations. And even then, they aren't going to end up declaring bankruptcy, they just might be working out some fancy re-financing in a decade or so if their spending habits don't change. I will make a lot of money and pay off my debts as a doctor up here in my socialist paradise, but that's not why I went to med school. I could be making a lot of money with the degrees I already have. I fully admit my bias as one of the biggest defenders of universal healthcare that I know, but that isn't even my point here. If the idea of making less money working in healthcare is making you reconsider a career in healthcare, then you need to be reconsidering, because whether or not all of this fear-mongering about Obamacare is true, you are not going to be happy. Even if you make millions, you will not be happy. You need to honestly understand what doctors/PAs/paramedics/nurses/whatever ACTUALLY deal with every day, and then decide if your reasons for wanting to do that job making going through all of that crap for the rest of your life worth it. And I can tell you that money, lifestyle, and prestige will not make it worth it. There are plenty of other reasons to go into healthcare that do make it worth it, but these are difficult and thankless jobs and there are simply easier ways to make money if that's what you want.