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by mavelikara
1113 days ago
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Thank you for explaining. > Brazilian software developers working for american companies for a salary that would be inhumane to an american put doctors here to shame. I'm talking 2-4x, depending on the company and exchange rate. It wasn't like this before. It sounds to me that this is really the root cause of your unhappiness, rather than more doctors entering the market. We had a similar situation in India too, but over time the wealth gets spread around. The software engineers will too, after all, need healthcare and they will be willing to spend more on it given their higher disposable incomes. |
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I know it sounds that way but the truth is I'm doing pretty good myself. I too make 2-4x more than those doctors. I just talked to one on Instagram about it. When I calculate the value per hour, I'm actually outcompeting those full time software developers. I make good money and have lots of free time.
Still, it's a bleak picture. In a few decades, medicine went from an elite profession, essentially guaranteed prosperity, to basically a normal job. Soon it looks like the liabilities will exceed the returns. Too much responsibility for too little pay. People here love suing doctors just like in the US. Why would anyone want to put up with that if they're not making a fortune?
The best option right now is to use medicine to raise some quick capital, start a business then quit medicine.