Doctors

[TraderZones]

Quote from Gcapman:

May I ask how long it took you to realize your true trading potential? Or at least your current trading competency level?

asking an anonymous person on the internet a question like this is only going to give you unverifiable, questionable answer of dubious value.

Lots of people on ET are very profitable. Unfortunately, that is either on paper, or in their minds...

 

[killthesunshine]

Quote from heech:

My wife is 26, and we have two kids. She'd rather have more family time.

And as it happens... for the past 5 years, I have made more every year over than she will make over the course of her career. Money is no longer a motivating factor.

why doesn't she just quit live off you

why don't YOU quit too for that matter

 

[heech]

Quote from killthesunshine:

why doesn't she just quit live off you

why don't YOU quit too for that matter

I'm just not the kind of guy that can play golf every day for the next 40 years of my life. Not the way I was raised.

Glad to say my wife is the same way. We'll be working, in some capacity, until... I don't know, maybe I'll retire when I have grand-kids in about 25 years.

 

[killthesunshine]

Quote from heech:

I'm just not the kind of guy that can play golf every day for the next 40 years of my life. Not the way I was raised.

Glad to say my wife is the same way. We'll be working, in some capacity, until... I don't know, maybe I'll retire when I have grand-kids in about 25 years.

take the rest of your life off.. you earned it

 

[bigmrfrank]

Quote from heech:

32'ish is optimistic.

The average age of medical school admits is something like 26. (Many have to do post-baccs to qualify; others work as EMTs, nurses, or anything else.)

From there, it's 4 years of medical school, and then a minimum of 3 years of residency (for family practice). A young 33 for the very fortunate family doctor. The typical debt load for the 33 year old is about $250k.

For a cardiothoracic surgeon, it's 7 years of residency for surgery, and then additional 1-2 years of fellowship residency. So, 39 is probably the average age for cardiothoracic surgeons. Typical debt load is even higher. Note: 39 years old, with zero financial assets, but about $300k in debt.

The workload of any of the surgery specialties is also off-the-chart insane. I thought my friend on partner-track at a top-10 law firm had it rough, but... now I know better.

I am speaking as the husband of a family-practice doctor to be.

Dont worry - he'll have his license to steal and kill soon.