What’s the best career, being a Doctor or Pilot?
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What is the best career choice between being a Doctor or Airline pilot?
I know the training for both is very expensive. At least £35,000 to train as a pilot and almost £50,000 to train as a Doctor (with nearly £10,000 tuition fees each year for 5 years).
Please give reasons as to which career is most rewarding.
I know the training for both is very expensive. At least £35,000 to train as a pilot and almost £50,000 to train as a Doctor (with nearly £10,000 tuition fees each year for 5 years).
Please give reasons as to which career is most rewarding.
cosmetic Dentist is the one. Open your own practice and watch the £ roll in. Well thats what it looks like to the layman anyway.
I asked my dentist why teeth implants are so expensive.
She said, 'well, you have to do a course, thats 40k, then my public liability will go up by at least another thousand a year'
I sat there as a paving company and thought, well my plant and equipment has cost me 60k, my public liability and other insurances are knocking on for over 3k a year.
It was at that moment i realised why i shouldn't have f
ked about in school, smoked loads of weed and basically treated it all as a joke. I don't do bad but I'm not earning anything serious. I also have a fked body after years of hard work, lots of general worries and stress too. They even charge to tell you how much they are going to charge to put new teeth in 
I know it takes several years to become qualified but thats no different to becoming a tradesman, it also takes years to gain experience which can warrant you charging any reasonable amount of money in order to make a living.
Im also very aware that the vast majority of dentists are more intelligent than the vast majority of trades but still, maybe i should have paid attention earlier on
I asked my dentist why teeth implants are so expensive.
She said, 'well, you have to do a course, thats 40k, then my public liability will go up by at least another thousand a year'
I sat there as a paving company and thought, well my plant and equipment has cost me 60k, my public liability and other insurances are knocking on for over 3k a year.
It was at that moment i realised why i shouldn't have f
ked about in school, smoked loads of weed and basically treated it all as a joke. I don't do bad but I'm not earning anything serious. I also have a fked body after years of hard work, lots of general worries and stress too. They even charge to tell you how much they are going to charge to put new teeth in I know it takes several years to become qualified but thats no different to becoming a tradesman, it also takes years to gain experience which can warrant you charging any reasonable amount of money in order to make a living.
Im also very aware that the vast majority of dentists are more intelligent than the vast majority of trades but still, maybe i should have paid attention earlier on
Perhaps I’m being naive, but I’d have thought both careers would require a keen interest and aptitude, rather than which pays best and has the best working conditions.
Surely careers like this are ones you choose out of a passion? It’s not like choosing to sell cars rather than mobile phones because you get a free demo. Or is it..?
Surely careers like this are ones you choose out of a passion? It’s not like choosing to sell cars rather than mobile phones because you get a free demo. Or is it..?
Badda said:
randlemarcus said:
Doctor is rapidly becoming teacher status, I.e. not hugely respected professional.
Biggest load of balls I've read on here for a while! My mates a GP at 40 he’s semi retired works a few days a month the crap shiftsnobody wants 12hour shift in a walk in clinic in a hospital or covers at short notice when one calls in sick he’s living the dream.
That said I’m sure there are pilots out there living equal dreams working very few hours ferrying the rich around in their private jets. It’s not all easy jet stuff to Tenerife.
For both you have to start somewhere though it’s going to be a hard few years to get experience but that’s the same in most jobs.
I’d pick doctor though but I’m not clever enough I was in detention and in set 2 when my mate was in set 1 he’s probably never been thrown out of a class in his life.
valiant said:
But you're staring into people's manky gobs all day, every day.
Hmmm, is that last night's curry I can smell Mr Smith? Nice!
No ta.
not that it happens every day but i see what the proceeds of last nights dinner look like when we deal with their drainage Hmmm, is that last night's curry I can smell Mr Smith? Nice!
No ta.
I would always prefer first hand to second hand :haha:
glazbagun said:
Might be an urban legend, but isn't dentistry the worst profession for suicides?
Maybe, the very pretty young woman dentist was visibly repulsed when she had to endure looking into my mouth the other day Im not sure she could take much more as i was swiftly ushered out.I think that the top Doctors - private cosmetic (?) - would significantly out earn the top earning pilots. However, the average may favour being a pilot and, potentially, there is the opportunity to earn a greater amount at a younger age. That's all anecdotal so could easily be rubbish.
In terms of being non-financially rewarding, I can only speak about being a pilot and if you treat it as a job and embrace the positive aspects, then it's great. If you're looking for it to define your being and give your life a sense of purpose then it'll fall short. I've seen, and continue to see, people become bitter and cynical as they're unable to maintain a sense of perspective and have too much emotion invested in the vocation.
In terms of being non-financially rewarding, I can only speak about being a pilot and if you treat it as a job and embrace the positive aspects, then it's great. If you're looking for it to define your being and give your life a sense of purpose then it'll fall short. I've seen, and continue to see, people become bitter and cynical as they're unable to maintain a sense of perspective and have too much emotion invested in the vocation.
Mates son is a pilot now working for dragon airline in hk , don't think its 'all that' tbh and he had to work for eastern for quite a while on not too good money before he got the far east post , suppose he's on better than average salary for a 34 year old and its only going to get better.
my wifes bil is a neurosurgeon , just qualified to consultant level at 40 , been a long road on not tremendous money and all sorts of mental shift hrs working , a very long slog to get where he is but should turn out well.
Pilot pips it for me , less stress , quicker progression , otoh it must be good to be able to help people through traumatic times but most of the times he's dealing with brain injuries which are life changing for the patient and family (depression could be a real concern)
my wifes bil is a neurosurgeon , just qualified to consultant level at 40 , been a long road on not tremendous money and all sorts of mental shift hrs working , a very long slog to get where he is but should turn out well.
Pilot pips it for me , less stress , quicker progression , otoh it must be good to be able to help people through traumatic times but most of the times he's dealing with brain injuries which are life changing for the patient and family (depression could be a real concern)
Civil pilot = staring out the window while the plane flies itself.
Doctor = sticking your finger up someone's rusty badge at 9am on a rainy Monday.
Dentist = poking around in blood and pus 6 hours a day.
A judge is a good shout. You're almost always the top man and don't do a massive amount of hours once you have your feet under the table.
Doctor = sticking your finger up someone's rusty badge at 9am on a rainy Monday.
Dentist = poking around in blood and pus 6 hours a day.
A judge is a good shout. You're almost always the top man and don't do a massive amount of hours once you have your feet under the table.
Yipper said:
Civil pilot = staring out the window while the plane flies itself.
Doctor = sticking your finger up someone's rusty badge at 9am on a rainy Monday.
Dentist = poking around in blood and pus 6 hours a day.
A judge is a good shout. You're almost always the top man and don't do a massive amount of hours once you have your feet under the table.
tDoctor = sticking your finger up someone's rusty badge at 9am on a rainy Monday.
Dentist = poking around in blood and pus 6 hours a day.
A judge is a good shout. You're almost always the top man and don't do a massive amount of hours once you have your feet under the table.
tbot's usual uneducated but highly opinionated bks! Yipper, why don't you tell us how to become a judge then...and how much it pays..
If you have to ask, then probably neither.
For me personally, I spend a lot of my own money living out my fighter pilot fantasies, while on the other hand you could not pay me enough to be a Doctor (unless in a very unusual role which didn't involve any contact with the general public).
Two very different vocations to which you are either called, or not.
For me personally, I spend a lot of my own money living out my fighter pilot fantasies, while on the other hand you could not pay me enough to be a Doctor (unless in a very unusual role which didn't involve any contact with the general public).
Two very different vocations to which you are either called, or not.
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