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Originally Posted by Germanauto
Yeah exactly. I'm about 8 years out of undergrad but would've probably been a Bay Area millionaire and homeowner by now. But at that ripe age of 20 I was naive and thought being a Doctor = wealth. Did not realize the concept of opportunity cost at that time. Medicine is 7+ yrs of little to no income before the money arrives.
During the 2010s I was in school working for free, meanwhile big tech was a golden ticket.
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I could have made a similar comparison - Left a successful engineering career to go to med school. I was aware of opportunity cost and it crushed my spirit early on, probably soured what could have been a positive experience in med school, spent the first two years wondering what the hell did I do this for. 20 years later though I’m likely at least doing double what I could be earning had I stuck around. I’m probably in the money at this point. I was with kimberly Clark though, no high flying stock options there to walk away from at least.