Reply To: Internship -5 years experience

[Thomas J. Johnson]

How is our profession going to attract new talent when, after going to school for 5 years and working for another 6, amassing vast technical abilities, project management skills, artistic, creative and spacial visualization talent, you can make a whopping $45k/yr?

You’d be better off going to mechanics school for two years… Chevy mechanics make $50k easy, Porsche mechanics make six figures… or you could spend those 5 years going to med school and doing your residency. If I can memorize and identify 400 plants and their scientific name, I sure as heck can do medicine…

Thank you for reminding me of the depressing nature of our field… hard-work, dedication, technical abilities with low pay and no job security. Not to mention dealing with the “personalities” of employers, peers and clients alike, you can add “the ability to absorb an infinite amount of $h!t” to the list of required skills. Sweet. Where do I sign up…?