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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is going to generate a lot of eye rolls. But I had no idea when choosing a career path how dramatic the differences in income would become by middle age or how much I handicapped myself early on from more lucrative career choices. I am not starving. I make $230K/year as a primary care doctor. But my classmates who made different choices are now earning triple my income; friends who are law partners making $1-4M/year; and they consider that chump change next to the tech and finance people who pull as much or more. I just had no idea how disparate things would become.[/quote]

Go look at your pediatrics friends.  I promise you, even the sub specialists are making a whole lot less than you are and they had to go to fellowship to get their jobs.  [/quote]

Also, if you feel like a "tremendous loser" after becoming a doctor and making almost a quarter million dollars a year, then you have problems.  It also seems like you are waaaaay too focused on money.  There are a LOT of doctors who do not make 700 a year, and there are a whole ton of lawyers who are not partners at large firms making millions.  go out and meet some people who are not doctors and lawyers.  If you surround yourself with high earners like that your perspective gets incredibly messed up and you don't realize how lucky you are.  
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