[dominotw]

>Looks like there's a correlation with long hours and isolated work environments away from other peer groups.

Doctors are prestige seekers who see marrying a software programmer as a step down.

[ianopolous]

I've lived with two medical doctors, both of whom referred to me, with a doctorate in particle physics but now a software engineer, as the 'real doctor'.

[clentaminator]

Which for me really highlights the point that, despite using the same title, the word doctor implies two completely different but equally important types of experience.

[rahimnathwani]

In Chinese, the common words for medical doctor (大夫 and 医生) are totally different from the other type (博士).

[shitgoose]

you are not a doctor, are you?

[rolfvandekrol]

Not a doctor, just frustrated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11085519

[dominotw]

just an opinion based on personal experience. Have many family/friends who are doctors.

many fish in the sea, no reason to be frustrated.

[dudurocha]

I'm an Engineer working in finance and a couple of my medical doctor friends refer to me as the 'inteligent' in the group.