[WhiteBlueSkies]

What a hilarious question. Doctors make far more than software engineers and are respected. The profession carries prestige by default. Software engineering simply does not.

Becoming an dev good enough to pass a FAANG interview is orders of magnitude easier than becoming an MD.

It's like asking why do people become pilots instead of chefs.

Imagine saving someone's life as opposed to writing JS for an image app that provides filters. Incomparable.