I don't want to go into medicine

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The discussion centers around the choice of career paths for students in the Faculty of Science, particularly the reluctance to pursue medicine in favor of fields like math and physics. Participants explore the perceived monotony of medical careers compared to the intellectual engagement offered by pure sciences, while also considering the financial implications of various career options.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a strong disinterest in pursuing medicine, viewing it as boring compared to the excitement of math and physics.
  • Another participant suggests that career choices in pure sciences are often not motivated by financial gain, implying a need for clarity on personal priorities.
  • A participant proposes that working for defense or oil companies could provide lucrative opportunities to engage with math and physics, though acknowledges that pursuing pure physics may lead to lower financial rewards due to its abstract nature.
  • One participant indicates a willingness to accept a job that utilizes advanced math or physics while offering better pay than academia, emphasizing the desire to maintain intellectual engagement.
  • Another participant challenges the notion that medicine is monotonous, highlighting the research opportunities within the field.
  • A question is raised about the employability of condensed matter physics and its applications in fields like superconductors and quantum computing.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the appeal and financial viability of careers in medicine versus pure sciences. While some find medicine uninteresting and overly focused on memorization, others defend its value and potential for research. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the best career paths that balance intellectual engagement and financial compensation.

Contextual Notes

Participants acknowledge the financial limitations of pure physics and math careers but do not reach a consensus on the best alternatives. The discussion reflects varying assumptions about job satisfaction, creativity, and the nature of work in different fields.

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I don't want to go into medicine!

Ok it seems like everyone studying in the Faculty of Science wants to become doctors. To me, being a doctor seriously sounds so boring. I mean, if I do get accepted into med school, that'd be cool and all. But it seems to me like I would be depriving myself of all the real interesting pursuits in life. What I'm really passionate about is math and physics, I mean the concepts presented in these disciplines aim to interpret our very existence, it's just so much more mindblowing than memorizing drugs in med school. Surely there must be some great career paths that will allow one the opportunity to dwelve deeper into math and physics and pay fat salaries at the same time?
 
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People generally don't go into pure sciences for the money. Seems like your priorities are misplaced, or you haven't decided what's really important for you in a career.
 


hy23 said:
Surely there must be some great career paths that will allow one the opportunity to dwelve deeper into math and physics and pay fat salaries at the same time?

Well, does working for defense companies and oil companies sound like an opportunity to delve deeper into math and physics? There is good money there. However the further you wish to pursue pure physics, the less people will be willing to pay you because you start looking at more abstract topics.
 


oh no, I definitely understand that any career involving pure physics or pure math does not pay much; I would be satisfied with some job that let's me use aspects of advanced math or physics and pay more than what a professor gets, this way I get to keep my brain sharp so I will be capable of dwelving into abstract topics in my spare time. With fields like medicine, it seems like they turn you into a talking biology textbook.
 


@fss well money is definitely top priority, only problem is all the jobs I know that pay big (like doctor) seems to be so monotone, there's no creativity!

@pengwuino: that sounds cool, know anything about working in those fields?
 


Most people who want to become doctors never will become doctors.

Medicine isn't boring an monotonous. They do research too, you know.
 


Pengwuino, is this idea attributable to Condensed Matter Physics? Would you consider Condensed Matter Physics (superconductors, nanotechnology/quantum computing) to be a more applied area which is high in employability?
 

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