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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP physician here who said I made less than 2 of my friends who are govt lawyers. I make in the low 200s, but it fluctuates (didn’t get bonus during Covid).

Both of my lawyer friends work for the SEC - we don’t discuss exact numbers, but it seems to me that they make around 250 - certainly not 180. I do know that both of these lawyers make more than their spouses (who are doctors - that’s how we know each other).The lawyers also WFH and only about 40 hours a week. And they talk about a pension, too.

It was so awful during Covid when we were working crazy hours, scrambling for childcare, and terrified of bringing it home to our families. All of the non-doctors appeared to view Covid like a fun vacation, and many of them still work from home!

It is true that doctors in the DMV are relatively poorly paid - if we moved to Alabama or Idaho we’d be doing much better financially. But then my spouse wouldn’t be employable.

And what’s up with the snide comment about pediatrician salaries? I’m not peds so I have no personal stake in this argument, but do you really think that it’s fair that peds is so poorly paid? Is children’s health that unimportant?[/quote]

You don't need to discuss numbers because you can up their salaries.  That said, most govt lawyers don't make $250K nor do most lawyers at the SEC contrary to what you read on DCUM.  In fact most lawyers make less than that so you're comparing yourself to the higher paid portion of lawyers rather than average lawyers.  [/quote]

Actually I think it is appropriate to compare doctors with higher paid lawyers. It’s tough to get into med school. My academic peers from undergrad went to law school at Stanford, NYU, U Chicago and Harvard, which - at least 25 years ago - had strong law schools. They have all done very very well financially.[/quote]

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