From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Sun Jan 13 2008 - 14:46:46 ARST
On the flip side though, if one has to ask about a career change, perhaps
they are not motivated by the underlying patient care idea, in which case
the engineering role would be a better long-term choice.
While I would be entertained about having a technical conversation with my
doctor, I think it would also concern me. :)
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
darth router
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:03 AM
To: John Curtis Gibson
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Have the number for 4 months, finished 1 semester in college as
freshman, GPA 3.70
DUDE are you KIDDING!!
Focus on the doctor gig. I doubt there are a lot of CCIEs that break 500k,
and there are a shitload of doctors that do, and those are freaking
internists, not neuro surgeons, or heart surgeons. I had a spine procedure
done, my doc charges 30k per procedure. That's a good hours work :) Then
again, depending if we elect a democrat, doctors might not be making as much
money in the coming years :) It's coming time in the USA to start regulating
the racket.
Bottom line, do what you like, but if your looking for money and prestige,
be a doc. It's hard to find a good network engineer, but even harder to find
a good doc. Good docs get rich.
DR
On 1/10/08, John Curtis Gibson <johncurtis1541@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Biology major, 5 classes 11 credits in one semester. I can be on my
> way to become a MD. But I need more money for that. Now I work half
> time making a quarter of what CCIE is worth. It is winter vacation
> now. I went to see a recruiting agent today in Boston. They were
> confused about my situation. I managed to tell them I want to work for
> a hospital's IT/networking, because that will look good in my medical
> school application. Now I am home and I can't decide which way I want
> to go - becoming a doctor or a network engineer. My title right now is
> software engineer, but I am more like a network engineer. 2 months before
I got the number, my girlfriend dumped me.
> I used my girl friend's last name when I applied for the green card.
> So, her last name became my legal last name. She couldn't stand the
> stress when all I talked about was CCIE lab for more than 2 years
> spending lots of money and still couldn't tell her how certain I was
> about passing the exam. Now, I am 33, and I am a college freshman. I
> got straight A's in science classes. I just went to school to withdraw
> from the university. It is a top 200 school (in the US) but given my
> grade I could transfer to top a 100 school.
>
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