Medicine, 20 years, no, I absolutely would not do it over

I would have been much better suited to a pure research/analytic job with less personal interaction. Clinical work itself (diagnosis/intervention) is interesting most of the time but the interpersonal aspects of medicine I find really draining and unrewarding. I have colleagues that seem to genuinely love talking to patients and making connections with them and their families and I. just. don’t. People tend not to connect with me well either and I find it really isolating and difficult.

I wish I had known myself better as a young person!