Become a Doctor? 5-8 years as a student again, then a secure job unless you are Shipmanesque. Even if you are 45 by the time you are a GP still have 20 years working.
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Yes i suppose, but theres more choice in medicine you can become a GP or a Surgeon or a ER Doctor etc.Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWould dentistry not be a better plan?Comment
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Ah, but dentists do have have a very high divorce and suicide rate. ( mind you nearly every one I worked for had a mistress or two on the side). Never known a poor one, even the ones who are divorcedOriginally posted by TheFaQQer View PostDentists are always in demand, and in private practice too - kerching!
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AND the rest! With Private practice looking at minimum 500kOriginally posted by _V_ View PostCould you live on a £200,000 salary for sitting on your arse all day doing mostly nothing 37 hrs a week?Comment
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And be a junior doctor in your 40s, 50s. Not much fun. And I think (not sure) that medical schools have upper age limits (or they used to). Don't do it. The way to make money out of medicine is in contracting in IT or Project Management (apparently
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Not if it involves inspecting old grannies bunions.Originally posted by _V_ View PostCould you live on a £200,000 salary for sitting on your arse all day doing mostly nothing 37 hrs a week?'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
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