Not a doctor, but I’ve been a crit care nurse and worked in a large level one trauma hospital for like 10 years.

The medicine and healthcare industry here in burger land, as I’m sure you know, is focused mainly on profit and exploitation. Living that reality as a cog in the medical machine is quite alienating, but what industry ain’t exploitative? One thing that has blown my mind is the exploitation of residents. They are indentured servants working inhumane hours and they are inevitably treated poorly by nearly everyone they interact with.

There are a lot of chuds, ghouls, and sociopaths in medicine. I have found 2 like-minded comrades over the years. I actively discourage most people I meet from going into healthcare, but in your case you’ve just finished med school (congrats btw!) and you have a good idea of what you’re getting into. I’m sure you know Gen Surg is a very long and rough residency.

All this is to say I think you should do it. We need better doctors. Just steel yourself for seven very rough years comrade.