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[quote=Anonymous]Another perspective. My spouse is an MD/PhD (so no debt of any kind in exchange for an extra 4 years of training--MD/PhDs are fully funded).

I saved for retirement on behalf of both of us and we entered attendinghood at age 33 with over 600k in retirement. It was  supertough, but market timing and intense budgeting diligence did the trick.

He's also a subspecialty pathologist. Currently makes 270k and can expect raises, eventually topping out at 400k. The chair of his department makes more like 550k.

It's a 9-6 role. He doesn't interface with patients at all; he's almost like a specialized computer scientist. Low stress. NEVER works nights or weekends. The lifestyle is simply amazing.

For all these reasons, pathologists tend to have long careers--there are paths in their late 70s still tottering around hospitals (for better or worse--this isn't our plan).

Yeah, we're rich. Subspecialty pathology feels like one of medicine's best-kept secrets, especially in the COVID era. [/quote]

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