What do you think when you find out someone is a doctor?
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Anonymous
| Are you impressed or make judgements about personality? Does it differ with gender? |
Anonymous
| I think they're smart and ambitious and probably grew up in an UMC household. |
Anonymous
| Two words: Ben Carson. |
Anonymous
| I think they are probably very self absorbed a fake. |
Anonymous
More so than those with JDs or MBAs? I disagree. |
Anonymous
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Smart.
I have only met women doctors socially, if that matters. I've been impressed by them all. Not fake or conceited. |
Anonymous
Honestly, it's a fairly common job. I'm more impressed with rare careers. We just met a concert bassoonist and that was kinda cool. |
Anonymous
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Depends on type.
Ortho - jock Radiologist - antisocial Pedi - bleeding heart Derm - did really well in med school Cardiologist - likes evidence |
Anonymous
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Totally depends on specialty type, plus med school, residency.
Could be everything from nice, humble, enjoys treating people to excellent problem solver and hardcore Type A to narcissistic a-hole likely cheating on his/her spouse. By the way nurses and PAs are the first category, across the board usually. |
Anonymous
| I assume they grew up rich. But beyond that unless they show themselves to be a particular way, I don't assume anything about them as people. However, I definitely recognize when one of them has a self-important god complex and think it unfortunately reflects poorly on the profession as a whole |
Anonymous
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What about those 3rd or 4th generation doctor families..?..
Also surgery is different than GP. |
Anonymous
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My husband is a doctor. The doctor part was easy. The hard part was getting a PhD to be a research scientist. Way more fulfilling, though, even though it pays much less. |
Anonymous
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Agree with PPs that my thoughts depend on the type of specialty -- and even then there are exceptions. Almost all my relatives are doctors or nurses, as are several people I grew up with, who were also kids of hospital employees. Wide range of personalities in the doctors I know, though most have a strong analytical bent.
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Anonymous
| I get excited because I love medical stuff. I have to restrain myself from asking them a zillion questions. |
Anonymous
Translation: not impressed unless they have your husband's credentials. Nobody's asking you to be impressed, but stop being such a douchebag. |