[chimeracoder]

> But I think you buried the lede.

> In retrospect, I've concluded that the real problem they faced is they'd built a life dependent on a physician or surgeon's income. They were told they were building a castle, but instead they built a prison. The fact is, you just can't spend enough money to truly escape the stresses of your work, but you can certainly spend enough money to become shackled to it.

I don't know why you're making the leap in assuming that, just because you knew some physicians and surgeons who seemed to be inflating their lifestyle to match a high income, that OP is necessarily doing the same. There's no indication in their post of any of that.

[trentnix]

I made the leap because of what the parent plainly stated:

> There's just no reason to do the job when you can get the same compensation working remotely in tech.

Same compensation. That’s the unique qualifier that was chosen. That’s certainly not no indication.