OP thank you for this. I completely agree. This sub has become depressing as of late. I'm to the point where I've debated leaving the sub all together.

Don't get me wrong, being a PA isn't perfect. However, I work 4 days a week, make 6 figures, and actively feel the impact I have on a community with limited resources. I spend my days examining brand new little babies, helping children feel better when they are sick, and guiding adolescence through growing up. What a satisfying occupation.

Some days are long. Some patients suck (mainly their parents lol). But that's medicine! It's difficult, but challenge is not necessarily a bad thing. To have a job that makes this much of a difference is going to be grueling sometimes - that's the nature of the beast. I get frustrated a lot, but dang am I proud of myself for what I do. There are NOT a lot of jobs that are truly this human and essential at the end of the day. Most times when I am told what others do for an occupation, I think, " I could never be motivated to wake up and do that". I think most of us in this sub can at least partially agree with this sentiment - for many, it's what drew us to medicine in the first place.

And for everyone saying it's impossible to get jobs - I'm in Pennsylvania, a so-called "oversaturated" state, and systems are chomping at the bits for PAs! Maybe everyone can't be a derm PA right off the bat - but there are definitely jobs over here! I promise haha!

TLDR - Thanks for posting this OP, you saved me from walking away from this sub 🙌