# If You Were Going to Be a Physician, What Type Would You Choose to Be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-be-a-physician-what-type-would-you-choose-to-be/429252 "2007-12-08T04:01:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-be-a-physician-what-type-would-you-choose-to-be/429252/81 "2007-12-11T21:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] The pay is terrible? Really? My internist seems to be doing just fine. Are you in Canada or something? [/QUOTE] Add in a quarter-million dollars in debt from medical school that’s collecting interest, spending 3-8 years at $45K (while in some cases having to make payments on that debt), etc., I wouldn’t do any field in medicine for the money. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-be-a-physician-what-type-would-you-choose-to-be/429252/82 "2007-12-11T22:01:04Z")
Ah, of course. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-be-a-physician-what-type-would-you-choose-to-be/429252/83 "2007-12-11T22:23:08Z")
Depends what you consider terrible pay. The ICU nurses at the hospital make more than I do. Subspecialists make 2-3 times as much. It’s all relative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-be-a-physician-what-type-would-you-choose-to-be/429252.md?page=4)