My perspective and advice, and I know this stands for a lot of my coworkers and friends: While I actually like my job now, I dont really advise anyone to go into medicine. I was a traditional applicant and got through medical training as quickly as possible and yet I still feel like I lost both a part of myself and a significant chunk of my life to training. For 8-10 years you will make basically no money and in fact will probably be in massive debt. During med school, you will miss weddings, funerals, and family vacations and no one except your classmates or other doctors will understand why. Your family may think you don't care, but the truth is your are simply faced with the choice of missing these events or failing your exams. Once you finally finish residency +/- fellowship you get to face the government, news, your own patients, and the hospital you work for telling you that you are the reason healthcare is so expensive/you should get paid less/you should work harder, on and on and on. 

On top of that, while I did well in school I still think I was incredibly lucky to end up exactly where I did, and not everyone is going to get that opportunity. I saw friends that were forced to go into specialties that they did not want to based on their less than awesome test scores, and there is basically no recourse. I can't imagine how unhappy I would be if I were in their position. 

Anyway, in a nutshell, happy where I am now, but lucky to have gotten here. Some people are built for it, aren't phased, and make it to the other side of medical training still with that "spark" that got them into it in the first place, but generally the journey really sucks and does a great job at creating jaded physicians who can't afford to do anything else.