The planning of U.S. physician shortages (2020)
Being a physician is a horrible career move right now. As a former Math&#x2F;CS major  turned eye surgeon, I can&#x27;t help but think about how much easier my life would be had I stuck with tech. It&#x27;s hard to understand exactly how hard the job is until you&#x27;ve lived it. I saw 40 patient&#x27;s in clinic today in 8 hours without lunch or any kind of downtime and then spent 2 hours at the hospital because a patient needed an emergent procedure. They might go blind despite my efforts and I have to live with that. I also may get sued, if they&#x27;re feeling spicy, despite going to heroic lengths to help this person.  My son was asleep before I got home.<p>There&#x27;s just no reason to do the job when you can get the same compensation working remotely in tech. Looking through the &quot;Who&#x27;s Hiring&quot; thread is soul-crushing. Physician salaries are the only ones that do not grow relative to inflation and have decreased year-on-year relative to inflation for decades.<p>I do believe that the rigorous training model leads to a higher quality of care and much deeper understanding of the disease process. But, why would anyone want to do the job? It&#x27;s just not worth the liability anymore. That said, is anyone hiring an ophthalmologist with CS and Math degrees?