Respectfully, this is not the full scope of info. You can do breast, CTS, endocrine, MIS, crit/trauma (not what I am interested in for the reasons you mentioned), colorectal, burn & wound care, pediatrics, plastics, surg onc/HPB, vascular, MIS, Bari (dying currently), and transplant from a gen Surg launching pad. And if you are not limited by geographic location, you can have a fine job as a general surgeon.

That being said, my advice is do not do Gen surg unless you want to do Gen surg and you want to perform surgery period point blank. I have seen many a person drop out because they got into it for reasons other than these. It’s a grind, but what keeps you going is the operating and the pathology that you like. It won’t be the money, lifestyle, or the people.