why I gave up on being a doctor...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2019
- This is why I quit the medical school path and never became a doctor.
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I am a physician and everything Matt said is true. Most drs today did not get into medicine to truly help people, they did it for the money, prestige, or family expectations. Most people who are drs shouldn’t be in medicine if they actually took Matt’s advice to heart.
Wow, meaningful input! Thanks for that.
I seriously agree with you man....and this thing is really intense in India...here if somebody gets into med school society gives them lot of respect as if they do every and they feel they will be earning in millions
I’m one of these people your talking about,but family pressure in Asia is really tough if I don’t study for med school they’ll prolly kick me out tough
I know this comment is a year old, but I feel compelled to reply and disagree. I would say that 99.5% of physicians I know are extremely selfless people who put others before themselves, almost to a fault. Why do you think the physician suicide rate is so high? And burnout? Because people are making too much money? Medicine is draining and difficult, I agree with that, but most people know money is not a good enough reason to go into medicine. I'm in medical school and I can tell you why "people get into medicine" because I am right there besides them, maybe you don't remember the conversations you had with your friends about why you applied to medicine, or maybe you're projecting, but I think most would not agree with your thinking.
@@emilyreed8339 sound's like confirmation bias Emily
My mom’s doctor retired in the early 2000’s , she was 50 years old and said she was getting out because the field was changing to where health insurance companies dictated how doctors practiced medicine and she wasn’t going to be controlled by them. Boy was she right.
I went to medicine for money I'm leaving it because of my passion in maths
MATH? OMG how is that possible? There are People that actually LIKE math? Lol
Im in med as well and i miss math SO MUCH!
I love math too, but 3 years of med school is way too deep to quit, that's why I haven't quit...
@@fasikagh6192 į believe that just because you put a lot of effort into something it should not prevent you from doing something u like / love . And I think there is no right / wrong way in life . Some ppl quit , some continue , some go back to the uni at the age of 40 . And the uni is not like school where u must do stuff u hate . I love that university is flexible and allows u to stop , change and so on 😊
@@ievam6879 Yeah, I agree but the future doesn't seem clear if I quit med school, that is why I'm sticking to it and see where it takes me
Very good video. I was pre-med in undergrad and decided I didn't want the pressure of the profession and once I started to look at the busy lifestyles of doctors I saw that they had money but didn't really have a life outside of the hospital, were disconnected with family, and were so overworked they needed serious medical attention. you look at all of the ways to make money, you can actually live a better, less stressful life going into another field. Good video
Totally agree! Thanks. 👌🏼
Very true actually all jobs that promise a high salary have long hours so we don’t have time to drive Bugatti’s around like what people think, unless your an airline captain in the majors or an actor/athlete you will not get to enjoy your high salary, I would rather earn 80k a year and have 30-40 hour work weeks and 1-2 month paid vacation instead of 60-80 hour work weeks with only 2 week paid vacation, have to do paperwork on the weekends and own millions or billions of dollars
@@Ranvirgrewal2792 BUT you could consider living parsimonious, saving up and stop working at 35, 40 and then do something else, no?
@@hetedeleambacht6608 ok...what will you do when you retire at 40.....seek to entertain yourself for the next 40 Years? For some that may seem like a fulfilling life but it really isn't. You would grow bored. The path of.least resistance leads to atrophy.
This advice is incredibly helpful for someone at the crossroads of going to medical school or not. Thank you Matt
I did exactly what you feared doing and I'm sure you've heard a similar story from Samer and Miles. I went to school for computer/electrical engineering because I was fascinated by both and also thought it was the ticket to making a lot of money. Here I am 10 years later since stepping foot in college and working in the field for 4 years and realizing how wrong I was after putting myself through enormous amounts of stress. I love the work but simply put, I realize I'm just building technology for people who are reaping the rewards. Wish I realized what I was setting myself up for sooner like you but I guess late is better than never 😅. Knowing what I know now I feel bad for people who fall in the same trap and never realize it until they're looking at retirement. You speak words of wisdom and should have so many more subscribers!
Haha, I think so too! Tell the TH-cam algorithm that 😛 Cool to hear you can relate! That’s still awesome you got to this realization. Plenty to go from here 👌🏼
Other way around for me. I am an Asian MD and got my green card through my family. I miss Medicine. I made the mistake of going to USA -- just because everyone wants to go to America. I was content being a Doctor in a developing country. Now, I am an American citizen and going to recertify and get my MD license back home again. US is so competitive -- endless exams w no guarantee of residency spot despite passing. I just want to practice Medicine again! I wish I knew myself better and stayed true to who I really was. To young people, listen to your gut and always stay true to who you really are. Money will follow you if you are happy w what you do!
Which country are you from?
This is very reassuring to hear. I hope you get to practice medicine again brother.
I'm at my fourth year of medicine and i think I'm totally depressed medicine ruined my life i just did it because i had good grads and to make my mother proud but now i'm doing so bad i don't work hard on it anymore i feel like i'm losing time a'd i don't have the courage to follow my heart .. i Don't want to be a doctor i really dont but i don't know what i wanna do so my life is a mess
Damn.. Take care of yourself first. Life is whatever you want it to be
Your're gonna be okay :)
Are you in the USA? Just finish med school, you graduate in like a month. Do a short residency program like family med. That's only 3 years of your life. Then, work part time as a family med doc. In that specialty you can work like 20 hrs a week and make like 90k. That's only like 2 days out of the week. Use the other 5 days to work on whatever your passionate about. But at least use medicine to pay your bills, and in the mean time work on your passion... Whatever that may be! You're in a GREAT position to do that!
Sorry about your situation. Just try to pass your exams, just try to graduate. Turn off the distractions. Also useful; find a method of studying that works for you... For me, I find making PowerPoint slides very helpful. Good luck.
I feel you bro. I'm a medico myself. For me although i wanted to do medicine myself. BTW i'd be glad to be your friend?
This is why I think there should be a minimum age before people are allowed to study medicine. 24 would be a good start. People need life experience to be good at anything in life. So many doctors look at patients with the most dead eyes. No passion, no care. It's strange to experience.
I agree with you, I got in at 18 when I didn’t really know anything about myself and life and now at 23 when I finally began to understand myself I realized that’s not what I want to do in the long run so I’m just stuck.
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This is why I chose cyber security and coding instead of medicine and changed undergrad. More money. (Like 250k plus). I like it, and I don't get to sacrifice my youth.
This video was very helpful for me. I feel a lot of shame/guilt for "giving up" on the idea of becoming a doctor. Something about this video just hit all the points I didn't realize I needed. I feel much more reassured as well as more comfortable letting it go. thank you.
Mee too. Liking sciences tbh turned out to be a mistake. Somehow I was pressured into becoming a doctor, even though I knew I could do some other job much better.
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing
Great story Matt, I woulda done the same in that situation. Someone could offer me a large mansion and two Ferrari supercars but in exchange of working a stressful 9-5 job, I would refuse that offer, I much rather have the freedom lifestyle, that would make me happier than working crazy hours just to maybe afford material things that I would grow accustomed to and bored of eventually.
Aaron D. Totally. At this point I’d rather make $30k online and live somewhere cheap than do something I don’t wanna do. Just not a way to live life.
RishRYK & Republic Of Sellers huh? lol
Well said, everyone in the world wants to be rich but the people who actually earn the big bucks do not get to enjoy their salary it only their family who enjoys the salary not the person himself
Word!
Thanks Matt. Is always interesting know these thoughts.
Thanks for watching!
Nice video. Funny I wanted to be a doctor once too. Studied Psycho biology too. Loved Psychology. I am glad I did not become a doctor because today I do not believe that any ailment can be fixed just physically. Every suffering has both mind and body components that need to be addressed.
No way?!? Rare major haha. Agree, have a very different outlook on health now.
Thank you, Matt. ❤
I completely agree with you and I think that's the unfortunate reality with social media where not often people show the realities of xyz but the "glamourus" side of it. also, I think with professions like medicine, I think many people fail to understand that just because there is a set path for it, it styill is an entreprenurial path, especially in these times with the amount of debt you take on, various subspecializations, the competitive nature in training and out of it, etc - it's simply a more academic-based entreprenurial path. So I think it's really important to consider everything prior and one's true passions because it is very hard, especially in times liek these - and there are probably more events such as these to occur in the future.
I’m having the same issue right now in my junior year. I’m stuck on this path but too worried to leave because I fear being a failure.
go and become an engineer
I just took a leave of absence in my fourth year of medical and i'm NOT going back. I haven't found what I want yet but I know it was NOT medicine. It was the most liberating thing i've ever done.
I don't know your faith, but talk to God about it and He will tell you what to do and you'll have peace with whatever you're decision is.
@@danikanottage9234 how’s it going now?
Very Nice and thoughtful speech.
100% true. Everything you said is exactly what I felt when in practice. It's possible that I went down the wrong paths by choosing fields that were a bit too 'conceptual'. If you are a med student, think carefully over the route/ path you take in medicine. I strongly suggest incorporating minor procedures into your workflow, as opposed to choosing a purely allopathic field.
Great story follow your dreams 📈
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I just 5 months ago took one year unpaid leave and I feel like I can’t go back again, only regret that I didn’t quit medicine sooner, 10 years is a long time to hate my life. I do feel like I sacrificed my youth and I regret it every day cuz I feel like there is no fixing it and anyone not in this field won’t really get it
I came to the same inside. I wanted to do medicine as well, but I figured that you are not doing something that somebody else couldn´t do instead. I wanted to do something that´s has my fingerprint and where I´m not that easily exchangeable.
And what’s that?
Aside from the great video, nice speaker in the background!
I am a Nurse and I just completed my premed. I am 31 and I dont know why I did not think about this before. I am just not happy with this decision I made few years back. Now i feel like what will people think if I quit now. I am so confused.
Did you decide to do it ?
Don’t do what I did have the same mind set , who cares what other people think they will always have something to say. Just do what feels right for you and realistically see what’s is ur alternative plans and what works for u, the grass is not greener on the other side. Just make sure u r not quitting cuz the place u work with is bad, but it’s truly the subject and nature of the work
You can become a medical device sales rep. Many make as much as physician’s over time.
Thanks for your video Matt. I hold nothing against doctors personally, and heck, I was born to two physicians. I don’t know that they are necessarily happy, my parents, but they’re fulfilled. They like helping people. I know some physicians who are highly depressed because they can’t take the hours any longer but they don’t want the pay cut either. It’s a ton of your life you’ll devote to the hospital if you want to become a physician, and then as Matt points out, it’s a ton hours at the hospital every day. I could personally never do it and I love physics (what I study) instead. You’ve got one life everyone. If you want to be a dentist, go for it. Baker, go for it. Scientist, go for it.
a simple but valid observation to me would be that doctors that are supposed to keep us healthy live an unhealthy overstressed life or work in a `not necessarily healthy environment` (his own words)....Why not work less hours? Or is it not paid enough to do so?
i was lucky to have graduated high school with awful grades in every subject except science, where i got the highest grades in class. so what else could i do in life with this stuff happening? medical science and this gave me the motivation to also do well in non science courses that were mandatory. better sooner than later to realize it is not your cup of tea.
Matt, what are your thoughts on other medical professions? In my experience, going through pre-med undergrad, everyone guns for medical school, and some others aim for dentistry. But, people forget about optometry, PT, nursing, podiatry, veterinary, psychology, etc. Why do you think so many people do not even consider these or explore them? Perhaps advisors need to do a better job in informing students of these allied health careers.
I was aware of them, but for me it was a broader shift from wanting to be employed (doctor, vet, dentistry, whatever) to wanting to run my own business and have that freedom. So for me, none of them are enticing now
@@MattLoberstein Understandable. There is great freedom in being able to work on your own and congrats on achieving that.
you really got out in time. I regret my decision to become a doctor, yet I have no skillset to exitthe profession and have invested far too much money to get my degree.
Just to be clear, I think it's a really wonderful job... for the people who fit it. I just cannot work the way I'm needed to work. Too fast-paced. Too high-stakes. I needed to have hone into something different
Me too regret becoming a doctor
I've been talking more and more with my wife about starting a business basically in the same vein as your Amazon FBA business. I have learned about her that she is much more comfortable with me having a traditional career. Any advice?
Start your business on the side. Do both until you know it’s working. 👌🏼
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I feel like you have to like every ounce of it to really enjoy it. I run my own business and I love bookkeeping, HR, legal compliance issues, interacting with staff, managing staff, it’s pretty fun. I feel like med should be the same way
So what was your parents reaction when you told them you were pursuing eComm v. medical profession?
They were supportive because they saw I was already supporting myself
Not everyone can or meant to be a doctor! This thread shows. You live and work at a whole other level and you hang out and grow with extraordinarily intelligent people. The feeling of controlling and saving a person's life is irreplaceable
True but the process is really tough
@@akmolali6192 sure it is. I have learned Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy
@@pshakouri it's also my dream to become a cardiothoracic surgeon and I will try whatever it takes.But I calculate the time of being a cardiothoracic surgeon and I think it will take about 15 years to become, surely today's world is not easy but you know the way towards becoming a docotor is also a test of patience and many other things
@@akmolali6192 two of my best friends are CT surgeons, they do incredible work. When you see a heart beating in an open chest, there is no feeling like it! Knowing you are making REAL differencein this world filled with white noise.. If you want something bad enough and you are focused I promise you will get it
@@pshakouri this was inspirational dude.Thats why I really want to be a ct surgeon.helping someone so directly,I really want to help people.i want to know more and more about human body.I love to know about human anatomy. I wish you good luck to your bestfrinds.may god bless them
life is about happiness not money
True but youou can still go after some money but not at the expense of your mental health and freedom.
Need a certain amount of money to live a comfortable life that keeps you happy….maybe it’s not much, but if you wanna live in society it’s still important
See I am so stressed out about this.. I am on the fence about becoming a doctor or not. I am only 22 but I already feel like I failed because I should have already finished my bachelors and I haven’t yet and I just feel disappointed to the point I don’t want to do it anymore. I love science but I also like being creative. I have an innovative mind. Are there any jobs that I can incorporate that with science? Thank you
Don't focus on your age i've done that mistake and i regret it , it only adds to the stress of life , you're still very young , it may seem like others are doing better since they achieved things on the right time but are they really , what i'm trying to say id don't be an enemy to yourself
Go into Computer Science. It's like solving puzzles all day.
I’m 22 and have only just decided I want to get back into education lol I left school with nothing apart from a Btec so don’t worry about that, in terms of becoming a doctor have a long think about if it’s going to make you happy in the long run and then make the decision, either way I know you got this just keep fighting for it.👍
I might as well pursue dentistry instead, medicine isn't for people like me who aren't ready to give up everything and dedicate their lives to medicine
I really needed to hear this.
Hey Matt! Great Video! Been watching you for a while and feel like i've gotten to know you(at least a little bit). My honest opinion is that I think eventually you should leave Amazon FBA. I think I know that you desire for something far more fulfilling and Amazon FBA is just a vehicle that you actually don't like that much. I know you love the lifestyle, but I really think should find different work. I don't think Amazon FBA fits with all your values and you're in too deep to leave it. I could be wrong, but similar to your doctor story I believe you will have a similar story with Amazon FBA but in a more intrinsic way rather than extrinsic. You wanted to do something that wanted to change peoples lives, but just didn't do it because of the lifestyle. If you can combine saving peoples lives with eCommerce I think that would be amazing. Perhaps get into the medical industry selling medical products or team up with an engineer to build something. I say this as someone who had a similar path and also ditched Amazon FBA after doing it for a while. Best of luck my friend.
Wow, I appreciate how truly tuned in you are. Accurate. I’ve been planting new seeds for a while now. More passionate things. Hoping something takes off soon. Even youtube for example - would love to be able to spread messages in a more sustainable way
I agreee
With proper “time management” , you could have had the best of both worlds. But that’s wishful thinking and no point in having regrets about the past. Be at peace with urself and at war with the world I guess
Are you going to get into Real Estate soon or eventually?
Eventually I’m sure. Not actively right now
That's all really life what you do with your time
How can I switch from medecine to entrepreuneurship?
Just start experimenting!
@@MattLoberstein Mmmh thanx but what does that mean? We are fed the idea that only medecine can make it for us!
@@onthearth1 there’s no clear cut path to entrepreneurship like there is for medicine. Learn as much as you can, hear stories. Try side projects. Put things out there. Brainstorm ideas and test things
I would agree, if academics stresses you out then medicine is not for you.
I disagree. Many entrepreneurs Tim Ferris often references would describe their jobs as being very stressful. Tim Ferris writes about 'how to think like Elon Musk', the same guy that had to sleep in his factory for months to ensure he meet production targets. Effort is proportional to reward, hopefully a reward that brings fulfilment and satisfaction. For some people it's medicine, for you it wasnt.
But what if you actually want to better peoples lives without looking at the money and status side of things? Ive taken many gap years and now doing my medical studies which taight me alot on being grateful and actually making a change. When I do more than my peers to help patients which is what they should already be doing, they think im going over board but i had this passion as a child
Then you’ve found your passion and that’s fantastic.
@@MattLoberstein thanks man but you are right, most doctors are not doctors cuz they wanted to be, I'm glad tou found something you enjoy and can live a more financially free kind of life.
What is your age?
27
Healing.people through medicine is alot more fulfilling in the long run than selling stuff.on Amazon...your still under 30.....entrepreneurship is not all its cracked up to be....I get it though....this is a soft commercial for how to buy into selling on Amazon?
I dont want to be a doctor because the salary is good but its not like ur gonna have alot of time to spend it
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I wasnt cut out to be a doctor or nurse, but i love the medical environment. So I became a biomedical equipment maintenance tech.
How’s that going for you? Genuine question. What’s your job like? Salary? I’m interested in this field and would like to know more. The only experience I have with equipment is an elective robotics course in high school lmao.
@@TheHpnumber1fan Commenting just to see the replies.
So many people convince themselves that they're not in it for the money. True helper souls are the absolute minority.
HAHAHAHA. Being a doctor is not the most exceptional position anymore. Don't forget to mention. Slave is a synonym for employee.
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Try podiatry. Can still practice medicine in a specialty and is not as cutthroat.
You were never even close to being a licensed physician so please don’t assume you gave up on being a doctor. Excuses, excuses, and now you probably wish you were a doc. As a physician I can assure you there is no better job security. Despite successes in crypto and other entrepreneurs I still love everyday being in the OR. Why? Because in tough times it feels good to help the ones in need. Narcissistic and selfish behavior doesn’t belong in medicine. If your parents make you attend med school you’ll be an a-hole doc. If you do it for money you won’t have a life. Simple as that. But if you have balls and don’t mind helping others then just do it.
To me, you just chicken out. Just tell the truth. You want easy and quick money instead of working really hard for it, which has nothing to do with why others want to be doctors.
It’s WILD that you click-baited quitting being a doctor without even being a med student or doing the MCAT. Bro wasn’t even invited to be a candidate and is trying to convince others that entrepreneurship and buying his free course is better.
At least you bought a stethoscope to make it look that you know medicine or dentistry
The MCAT is only for the U.S. she lives in the UK and she graduated from medical school so the system is different there.