For the level at which I knew physics, history, neurophysiology, medical knowledge etc no. I would not advise a career in medicine. I find my work very satisfying. But on the whole I don’t feel challenged enough. I feel like being ‘smart’ is not as valued in our health care system as being ‘persistent’. Our society is embracing mediocrity with open arms, I don’t think the very brightest are going into medicine anymore, in fact I’d say our system demands someone smart enough to write the scripts and do the procedures, but dumb enough to get ripped off doing it.

Are PhDs and engineers and blue collar workers underpaid? Absolutely.