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Article #3013Re: Salaries of Scientists
From: drocillo
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:41
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:41
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rrcolby@go.com wrote: > sf wrote: > > So, your mother was right. It pays to be an Orthopedic Surgeon! People have only two legs, and at the same they have 32 teeth. Guess for whom there is morw work ?? >... you might top out at $400K. The caveat here is that > you're a workaholic and that you have the "hands" to be a surgeon. I'm > not one who's convinced that surgeons are any smarter than a nuclear > engineer or physicist. My late uncle, an MD surgeon (who was head of a large hospital), told me once: To become a good scientist, the aspirant has to resemble an isosceles triangle with its base side up. To become a doctor, one has to resemble an isosceles triangle with its base side down. In other words, it is not smartness which is required from the doctor wanna-be to succeed, it is the persistence of approach and diligence in learning the art. By the way, I think I have long thought that I have a manual dexterity which is required to be a surgeon.I felt unhappy in scientific positions (especially in numerical modeller positions) beacuse they did not utilize my capability to do work with hands. It was in the second half of my PhD candidacy when last time I contemplaited of changing the occupation to a surgeon/doctor. I was always stopped by the incapability to pay for studies. In the past several years, I do not even recall about my former desire to be a surgeon, because it is too late for me. As Art Sowers said, it is best to concentrate on doing a job, any job, which pays bills, and save some money to do hobby in the private time. <
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