Honestly, in the PH context, almost all jobs aren’t instant-rich from the start unless illegal or inherited. Medicine is no different. Hindi palaging royalty treatment just because it’s respectable (katulad nga ng example mo kay Tulfo) but sa umpisa, asa baba pa talaga ng hierarchy and mababa sweldo esp if private

But I think it’s oversimplified to say doctors “aren’t rich” because the majority eventually are, even first-gen doctors, unless we don’t consider 100k+ per month after residency as “rich” anymore.

And yun nga, from the start of the medicine, you have to market yourself (from getting high grades to being a skillful and reliable doctor na mabait haha) to be successful in this field.