There’s no getting my hands dirty outside of work, and that puts a damper on being creative.
100% agree, as someone who had previously considered medical career (am now glad I haven't followed through). One can only learn from books so much -- the best learning is by doing, and if you can't do anything on your own -- well that's a pretty nasty deal breaker.
But I do want to kill the stereotype that becoming a doctor makes you a good person.
Of course it doesn't. It makes you a middle-class respectable person; being "good" is entirely up to you.
Of course it doesn't. It makes you a middle-class respectable person; being "good" is entirely up to you.
In some ways, my mentioning that stereotype is almost a strawman. But I included that line of thought because plenty of people believe actually are convinced that medicine is always more altruistic/people-centered than technology.
100% agree, as someone who had previously considered medical career (am now glad I haven't followed through). One can only learn from books so much -- the best learning is by doing, and if you can't do anything on your own -- well that's a pretty nasty deal breaker.
But I do want to kill the stereotype that becoming a doctor makes you a good person.
Of course it doesn't. It makes you a middle-class respectable person; being "good" is entirely up to you.