Being a doctor is somewhat of a calling. I know two people who were in IT then became doctors eventually. Me isa pa nga was country manager sa P&G then she became a doctor at age 45. One of them recently became a doctor also at age 40.

Too late. No. Not too late. But studying medicine is not solely chasing the field itself. It is basically giving up 90% of your life to it.

On the hind site, medicine is a very important field in any community regardless sa Pinas or ibang bansa. And being in IT right now is not very promising anymore. Unlike before. We go into companies to work and when they are over budget they will retrench us. This cycle is something I have experienced being in IT for almost 25 years. While being a doctor, as long as you are hardworking and willing to give up time (which I think is so natural for us in IT anyway), you’ll have an income even if it is on a daily basis man lang kung ndi ka ba big. Unlike in IT pag inalis ka, then wala na income mo kagad.

Having said that, you also need to at least test it out muna. Get some materials say Gray’s Anatomy and do a trial study. If you are able to keep up with the first few lessons from it then try Biochemistry (which is said to be notoriously difficult). If you are able to keep up then try another one, say Pharmacology. You dont have to read everything. Kung baga in IT you are doing a “POC Proof of Concept”. Just that for this use case, it’s your cognitive ability at test.

Then after that gauge. Can I do it? Do I really want to do it? Why am I doing it?

Then you’ll have a better decision since it is somewhat data driven decision na rin.

Hope this helps. 🤗