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Exactly which AMA restrictions are you referring to? Be specific please.
The American Medical Association limits the amount of doctors that medical schools can churn out, so there is always a job and the pay stays high.
But I don't know why I bothered to post this info, or respond to all the posts against me.
I really don't care about which career makes the most $, and I really don't care about $ that much period, so my participation in this thread makes no sense.
The American Medical Association limits the amount of doctors that medical schools can churn out, so there is always a job and the pay stays high.
Sort of true, but not completely. There are tons of foreign trained doctors trying to become eligible to practice in the US on top of US Med student grads. The number of actual medical school spots are actually increasing quite a bit in the past few years. What isn't changing is the number of residency spots--and you aren't going to be able to practice without a residency. That is the real bottleneck. And those spots aren't really controlled by the AMA. Funding and specialty groups have more say there. And some are definitely kept small so as not to "flood the market" (Dermatology, ENT). There are way way more residency spots for internal medicine and family medicine than the more lucrative specialties, though.
Why has nobody mentioned sales yet? If you're good, you could rake in a lot of money. No, it isn't easy, but if all you care about is money, it would seem like the obvious choice.
Why has nobody mentioned sales yet? If you're good, you could rake in a lot of money. No, it isn't easy, but if all you care about is money, it would seem like the obvious choice.
This is a good point, but "sales" is incredibly broad. It ranges from call-centre telemarketers and door-to-door salespeople to investment bankers and private wealth management.
Most salespeople are not making a killing. If you're a doctor, you're middle class at the bare minimum.
Become the CEO of a profitable, fast growing startup.
Equity it the surest path to great wealth.
You will never get rich working for somebody else.
I agree with this somewhat, except that you can become rich working for someone else if you are part of the founding team. You can be the accountant, sales person, developer, operations manager, tech support or a number of other jobs if you look for early start up opportunities. Lots of MeetUp groups and other ways to meet entrepreneurs. If you are willing to live in near poverty taking peanuts for pay in exchange for stock options until the company takes off (or crashes and you move on to the next one) you can end up quite wealthy. This is a gamble, of course.
Great answer, but I think meth is a better choice now, especially because you can manufacture it yourself and cut out the middle man, thus reducing your risk of going to prison. Prostitution doesn't pay as well as drugs because a lot of people can get the product at home for free, even if its not the style they prefer. If we're talking legal professions which are easily attainable, vs. being CEOs of megacorporations or movie stars, I'd go with engineering.
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