RE: Beta Provider Game
I'm glad I decided to read through this thread.
Athlone, don't be so hard on yourself. I think you and I have a lot in common. Everyone likes to think of themselves as smart, and I rarely give out this compliment, but you're a smart person. And believe me, I know smart. I graduated high school a year early at 17 as valedictorian. Got invited to see the Governor and meet him in person. Achieved an ACT score in the top 7%.
Of course, I took an entirely different path. While in high school, I enrolled in a community college and, after HS, decided to finish up my Associate's. I have since transferred to a state university. I don't regret my decision one bit. When people at CC found out that I graduated HS as valedictorian, met the governor, speak multiple languages, and my high ACT score, they were dumbfounded as to why I decided to go to school there: "You could have gone anywhere."
My reply was that I saved time and money. At the age of 18, I already have an Associate's degree and am a junior at a state university. But even still, I don't even come close to the guys that already have bachelor's degrees at the age 18 or 19.
You're way ahead of me in terms of what you want to do in life and already have plans laid out. I'm still struggling to see if I want to take the plunge into the medical field. If I decide not to, then what will I do? I'll ultimately have to figure that out, but as far planning, here's how it looks like for me:
20-24: Med School
Option A (shortest route): 24-27: Do a residency for family physician (shortest residency) and immediately begin to work.
Option B: 24-who knows whenever: Do a residency and fellowship for a specialty and become a bitter old man who wasted the best years of his life in school and work and commit suicide in my depression.
A lot of doctors really are angry. Believe me. Deep down inside, something's missing, like a hole, and that hole is not getting laid. In my time volunteering at a hospital, there have been many instances of nurses, secretaries, and assistants complaining about how rude the doctors are. A male doctor and a female doctor are basically fuckbuddies; they work so much that they only have time to fuck.
I don't need to make 6 figures to live comfortably. Hell, 50k-60k is more than enough for me. There are better ways to make a living, and the more I think about it, the less appealing the field becomes for me.
The 20s are the best years of your life. I feel like I've already spent enough time in school. I was always the smart, nerdy, responsible, "nice" kid who always sat at the front of class. Performing heart surgery while a homeless bum is getting laid does not sound appealing to me.
Also, be glad you at least live on your own. Your situation is better than mine. I was "persuaded" by my helicopter parents to live with them. The problem is that their bedroom is right across my room from me so sneaking a woman in is near impossible. I don't even have my driver's license yet because they're so strict. As pathetic as your situation sounds, I'd kill to have it...at least you have the opportunity to get laid.
Hello.
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2011 12:55 AM by blurb.)
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