[obliviousonions]

I'm a sophomore in college right now. A couple of my friends chose to do Pre-med, and I'm majoring in CS. Nearly everyone in my CS classes will graduate with the degree, and get offers as software engineers. However, the people doing Pre-med are stressing like crazy, taking nearly double the amount of classes I am, and still might not get into medical school. And don't forget residency after that. Obviously the debt from 8 years of school is going to be much more, not to mention the emotional impact of all that stress and school.

[mountainofdeath]

I noticed something when I graduated a few years ago that only became more true as I started looking at hiring new graduates. People that would have normally gone the PreMed/PreLaw/Investment Banking route are changing majors half-way to CS. The students changed from easygoing hacker types to hyper-competitive types.

[strikelaserclaw]

Yea but after they become a doctor, their license essentially acts as a gatekeeper for the rest of their life. Anyone can be a "Software Engineer", and this is not counting the ageism in software and the continual need to update your skill set for the rest of your life.